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Missouri Scientist Receives $1.4 Million Grant for Smart Farm Research

A scientist at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded $1.4 million in federal funding to advance a fully automated crop monitoring platform. Danforth Center ... Read More

Researchers & Companies Across Missouri Look for New Ways to Feed the World

On research farms across the Midwest and at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, researchers continue to work to find new crop technology, new ways to grow ... Read More

Missouri is the Global Leader in Agtech

When you ask people on the U.S. coasts what Missouri has to offer, they may reply with the common misconception that it’s simply cows and corn. While Missouri is proud to ... Read More

Missouri’s Global Leadership in Agtech Draws Delegation from U.K. Looking to Expand

Missouri’s global leadership in agtech was on full display this week as a group of business leaders and government officials from the United Kingdom took part in a trade mission to ... Read More

Agtech Startup Launched by Gates Foundation Chooses Missouri as New Home

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced plans to create a new nonprofit to bring scientific breakthroughs to smallholder farmers whose yields are threatened by the effects of climate change. ... Read More

Video: 39 North Highlights Missouri’s Global Agtech Leadership

Missouri’s new agtech innovation community 39 North is taking root in St. Louis. The district covers nearly 600 acres in Missouri and includes many of the region’s top agtech companies including the Danforth ... Read More

Missouri’s Ag Coast Has Ingredients to Feed the World

Missouri’s agriculture industry contributes $33 billion in GDP to Missouri’s economy, and generates $88 billion in sales and more than 378,000 jobs across the state. In fact, so much agricultural product ... Read More

Agtech Company Relocates With New HQ In Missouri

Aker Technologies, a Chicago-based agtech company, announced plans to relocate their headquarters to St. Louis, Missouri. The announcement comes after Aker Technologies landed $2.6 million in new investment. Founded in 2016, ... Read More

Continued Growth Proves Missouri Is The Global Leader In Agtech

Missouri is the global leader in agtech. That statement has never been more true as more and more companies choose Missouri as the best place to grow their business. Recently, Bunge, ... Read More

Innovation Incubator Expands In Missouri’s 39 North Agtech Innovation District

BioGenerator, the investment arm of St. Louis bioscience booster BioSTL, recently announced that it has expanded its shared lab space concept to the 39 North agtech innovation district, in St. Louis, ... Read More