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Van der Ende Group, Hortispeed, Alpine Fresh, abbGrowers B.V., Munters, Optifarm, OCI Global, OCI Nitrogen, AGROFERT, Limagrain, European Investment Bank, Converge Bio, Gates Foundation, 701x, Ever.Ag
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- AgTech Digest
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- Jun 5, 2026
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📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Welcome back, listeners! This week on AgTech Digest, we're covering May's consolidation wave — three acquisitions, a landmark 300 million euro EIB financing for Limagrain, and the first USDA and EPA authorized field trials of an engineered microbial fertilizer, all alongside the Purdue barometer hitting its lowest farmer confidence reading on record. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Analysis: May's M&A spring cleaning surge — 10 deals, defense and infrastructure players buying AgTech autonomy, early-stage VC evaporating in the US while Europe surges, and a 55% fertilizer price spike sending supply chain shockwaves Interview: Malaysian Palm Oil Council on sustainability and MENA food security — 3.3 tonnes per hectare yield efficiency, mandatory MSPO 2.0 certification, carbon stocks up to 60 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hectare, and palm tocotrienols as functional food ingredients M&A: Van der Ende Group acquires Hortispeed's water treatment lines; Alpine Fresh merges with abbGrowers for year-round blueberry supply; Munters acquires Optifarm for AI livestock monitoring under Speria Finance: OCI Global divests 50% of OCI Nitrogen to AGROFERT for 55M euros; Limagrain secures 300M euro EIB loan for plant genetics — one of the largest EIB agricultural financing packages on record Early Stage: Converge Bio receives $2.5M Gates Foundation grant for crop genomics AI; 701x closes oversubscribed $10M Series B funded entirely by regional ranchers without institutional VC Innovation: Ever.Ag expands Everett agentic AI into livestock and animal protein; Switch Bioworks initiates USDA and EPA field trials for engineered microbial fertilizer; Syngenta and Ascribe Bioscience sign exclusive PHYTALIX biofungicid…