Author: Hithaishi CB

DJI Agras T100, T70P and T25P agricultural drones offer higher efficiency, improved safety, and better capabilities to support spraying, spreading — and now lifting DJI, the world leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, announces the global launch of the DJI Agras T100, DJI Agras T70P, and DJI Agras T25P. The newest generation of DJI Agriculture’s popular spray drones builds on over 12 years of dedicated research and development. Not only can they carry heavier payloads, but these agricultural drones can also support multiple application scenarios with higher operational efficiency. Each drone features industry-leading safety systems and more intelligent features for fully…

Practical Farmers of Iowa will implement this collaboration locally, providing technical guidance and financial incentives to farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices. PepsiCo and Cargill announced a strategic collaboration to advance regenerative agriculture practices across 240,000 acres from 2025 through 2030. The collaboration will focus on the companies’ shared corn supply chain in Iowa, where Cargill sources from local farmers to produce ingredients used in some of PepsiCo’s most iconic products. Agriculture, and creating a more resilient agricultural system, is critical to PepsiCo’s business, as the company sources 35 crops and ingredients from more than 60 countries to make its convenient foods and beverages. As a global…

Proven® Seed collaborates with farmers across the Prairies to evaluate hybrids under large-scale farm conditions spanning a wide range of soils, climates, and cropping systems  Proven® Seed, the proprietary seed brand of Nutrien Ag Solutions, is expanding its canola portfolio with the launch of four new hybrids for the 2026 growing season. The additions include both LibertyLink® and TruFlex® options, each offering distinct maturity ranges, trait packages, and agronomic advantages to meet the evolving needs of Western Canadian farmers. “These new hybrids are the result of extensive multi-year field testing through our comprehensive seed advancement program,” says Jennifer Dale, Canola Product Line Manager at Nutrien…

Speciality Food & Drinks Asia (SFDA) and Speciality Coffee & Tea Asia (SCTA), Singapore’s most-anticipated trade event for the gelato, pastry, bakery, coffee, tea, pizza, chocolate, foodservice and nightlife sectors, SIGEP Asia, returns to Sands Expo & Convention Centre from 16 to 18 July 2025. Spanning three halls across 10,000sqm, this event is co-located with Restaurant Asia, Speciality Food & Drinks Asia (SFDA) and Speciality Coffee & Tea Asia (SCTA), and will bring together F&B owners, distributors, artisans, chefs, restaurateurs and innovators from across Southeast Asia and beyond for curated experiences and strategic networking opportunities. Organised by IEG Asia, SIGEP Asia and its co-located events SFDA, SCTA and Restaurant Asia are…

Agrifood systems employ almost 40 percent of the global work force, making this year’s Investment Days theme of “Investing for more and better agrifood jobs” Boosting investments in agrifood systems is a powerful lever to improve lives and can address the “alarming gap” of employment opportunities facing the 1.2 billion young people expected to enter the job market in the next decade, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said in remarks opening FAO Investment Days 2025. FAO’s Investment Centre noting its evolution over 60 years, together with partners, to introduce innovative approaches,…

University of Bristol, spin-out CDotBio wins prestigious Armourers & Brasiers Venture Prize A pioneering carbon nanodot technology, originally developed for healthcare, is now poised to transform global agriculture through the development of next-generation, RNA-based biopesticides. Developed by CDotBio, a biotechnology spin-out from the University of Bristol, UK, this breakthrough promises to reduce reliance on traditional chemical pesticides and significantly lower the environmental impact of crop protection. CDotBio has been awarded the £25,000 Armourers & Brasiers Venture Prize, which recognises excellence in materials science innovation with high commercial potential. Carbon nanodots are ultra-small, biodegradable particles that enable precise, species-specific targeting in plants. Traditionally…

QIRA is derived from annually renewable crops and serves as an impactful alternative to a fossil-derived equivalent Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based Cargill and Germany-based HELM, is officially starting production of QIRA®, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol (BDO) made from locally grown dent corn. QIRA is derived from annually renewable crops and serves as an impactful alternative to a fossil-derived equivalent used in the manufacture of consumer goods. A grand opening event, scheduled for July 22, 2025, will celebrate the completion of the $300-million facility and the official start of QIRA production. The event will include elected officials, Iowa farmers,…

Indonesian industry leaders from strategic sectors such as energy, and agriculture engaged in productive discussions with their U.S. counterparts The Indonesian government, in collaboration with the private sector, is advancing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Indonesia and the United States, focusing on robust, balanced, and fair trade and investment ties. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to strengthening cooperation with the United States, including efforts to reach a trade tariff agreement. “The economic relationship between Indonesia and the US has always been strong and must be maintained. One way to further strengthen this relationship is through…

Strengthens Singapore’s specialty chemicals landscape by producing bio-circular material driving sustainable solutions to bioeconomy space Arkema, the world’s largest integrated factory dedicated to advanced bio-circular materials, located on Jurong Island, Singapore announced the addition of another unit site, alongside its plant celebration event. With the addition of the Singapore plant, global production capacity for PA-11 has increased by 50%. The Group is the world’s only producer of Rilsan® PA-11 and Oleris® Advanced Oleochemicals, both made entirely from castor beans. The transparent polyamide is used in eyewear, electronics, healthcare devices, and home appliances. To meet the growing demand across Asia Pacific, Arkema announces it will…

CEPI is the world’s largest funder of Nipah virus research, committing over US$100 million to its Nipah vaccine and biologics programmes and related enabling science projects. Human trials are underway for a vaccine against Nipah, one of the world’s most deadly viruses. These trials are being conducted in Bangladesh, where outbreaks of Nipah disease now cause the deaths of almost 6,000 people annually. The vaccine (PHV02), developed by the U.S.-based biotech company Public Health Vaccines (PHV), will be among the first Nipah vaccine candidates to reach this stage of human testing when it launches in early 2026. Public Health Vaccines…