Agtech

Sustainable Agtech Firm Opens New 48,000-square-foot Manufacturing and R&D Facility in Missouri

Pivot Bio Inc., a California-based agtech firm, is opening a new 48,000-square-foot manufacturing and research & development facility in Hazelwood, Missouri. St. Louis has become a midwest hub for Pivot Bio’s ... Read More

Missouri Company Turns a Weed into Fuel

After nearly a decade of controlled breeding and gene-splicing, an oil-rich plant commonly considered a weed, field pennycress, has been transformed into CoverCress, a source for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation ... Read More

Karla Klingner’s Columbia, Missouri Company Promotes Agroecology to Improve Health and Combat Food Deserts

Karla Klingner, CEO of Columbia, Missouri-based Palindromes Inc., is actively involved in agroecology and building a resilient and equitable food system to combat food deserts and prevent health issues related to ... Read More

Geospatial and AgTech Meet in St. Louis

Following the 2018 NGA West announcement, geospatial and agtech companies have flocked to St. Louis, creating a new industry sector at the intersection of Missouri’s already thriving agtech industry and its ... Read More

Highlighting Missouri’s Strategic Approach to Today’s Food Challenges

With strong roots in food and ag: nearly 400 food companies and more than 100,000 farms, Missouri is poised to embrace the U.S. Food Industry’s modern disrupters such as eating patterns, ... Read More

A Record Year 2022: Ostara Breaks Ground on New Facility in St. Louis, Missouri

As 2022 draws to a close, we’re celebrating a record-breaking year at Missouri Partnership by taking a look back at some of Missouri’s biggest stories in economic development from the past ... Read More

A Record Year 2022: Verde Resources Invests In La Belle, Missouri

As 2022 draws to a close, we’re celebrating a record-breaking year at Missouri Partnership by taking a look back at some of Missouri’s biggest stories in economic development from the past ... Read More

Bayer Crop Science Fighting Food Insecurity, Climate Change

Bayer Crop Science, which has its North American headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, has put two topics at the center of its research and development initiatives, developing new products that it ... Read More

Ostara Breaks Ground on New Facility in St. Louis, Missouri

Ostara St. Louis, Ltd., an agtech company, broke ground on a new Crystal Green® fertilizer production facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The new facility represents more than $17 million in capital ... Read More

American Foods Group Breaks Ground on New $800 Million Facility in Missouri

American Foods Group, LLC (AFG) is opening a new state-of-the-art beef processing facility in Warren County, Missouri. The company broke ground today at the site near Wright City – marking the ... Read More