A new epigenetic testing pilot in Manitoba is helping dairy farmers optimize herd health and productivity by looking at how genes respond to the environment.
Epigenetics startup brings new insights to dairy herd performance
A new testing pilot in Manitoba is helping dairy farmers optimize herd health and productivity
Scientists uncover plant ‘cold switch’ that could reduce costly spring frost losses
New study shows how plants respond at molecular level to freezing temperatures
New research from Chonnam National University in South Korea is shedding light on what’s happening inside plants during those sudden temperature drops — and new ways we might help crops cope better.
Closing the forage data gap: innovation aims to cut methane and boost margins
Lack of data for forages makes it harder to adopt best management practices, Quebec farmer says
A Quebec farmer is developing a digital decision-support system specifically for forage-based livestock operations.
Canadian startup looks to lower farm input risk through price transparency
ClearCost is launching a digital marketplace to bring price transparency, lower risks and “Uber-like” logistics to the farm input industry
Clear Cost, a Canadian agtech start-up is trying to change how those inputs are bought and sold through a digital marketplace for farm inputs.
How microbiologists are making protein without the farm
Norwegian food research institute is one of many around the globe advancing cellular agriculture
Given its focus on sustainability and reducing resource use, Norway — though its largest food research institute, NOFIMA — is doing some of the most advanced work in cellular agriculture.
Different places, shared challenges
What global farm innovation taught us in 2025
While tech and settings vary widely, farmers globally grapple with remarkably similar challenges, and innovation is the shared language for solutions.
The bid to create the first true greenhouse strawberry
Artificial intelligence and genetics is powering Red Sun Farm’s effort to breed strawberries specifically for indoor growing
Red Sun is developing strawberry varieties bred specifically for indoor growing environments.
Insects, innovation, and a new feed frontier
Canadian-backed research helps young Kenyan engineer turn food waste into farm feed
Harcourt Farms near Nairobi, Kenya, uses black soldier fly larvae to transform waste from the city’s many produce market stands into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer, creating jobs, reducing emissions, and addressing food insecurity.
From WhatsApp to the world
Technology, new approaches connecting farmers to research in Kenya
Simple technology and a new approach are making it easier to connect farmers and research in Kenya.
Technology with a local twist
Alt Grocery wants to bring farm stands online — one post at a time
Alt Grocery is a digital platform built to help local farmers and small food businesses be visible online with no coding skills or marketing budgets required.