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(INNO) Bayer buys majority stake in St. Louis agtech startup
August 3, 2022
Bayer AG is acquiring a majority stake in St. Louis-based agriculture startup CoverCress Inc., a move that comes as CoverCress this year plans for a […]
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(INNO) Fire Awards: Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator looks to elevate agtech firms
August 3, 2022
Since inking a partnership with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in 2018, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) has placed a focus on elevating […]
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(INNO) Two IPOs. Zero regrets.
August 3, 2022
Startup Exit Awards: Exits of the Year – Benson Hill and Nerdy Benson Hill and Nerdy didn’t begin with ambitions of becoming public companies. They […]
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Two St. Louis-Based Food Innovators Partner to Introduce Heart Healthy Cooking Oil Into Food Service Applications, Forming More Sustainable Seed-to-Shopper Supply Chain
July 28, 2022
Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL, the “Company” or “Benson Hill”), a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, has signed a supplier […]
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Meet Your Neighbors: Jeffrey Straub, Plastomics
July 18, 2022
After retiring from Monsanto, Jeffrey Staub, founder and chief technology officer of Plastomics, couldn’t stay away from his first “science love”, chloroplast engineering technology. In […]
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(Farm Progress) Pennycress: The first cash cover crop
July 18, 2022
Illinois and Missouri farmers are trying out 10,000 acres of pennycress this year, a common weed that’s been bred into a high-value oilseed good for […]
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