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This episode discusses recent M&A activity in AgTech, significant financing for Limagrain, and the first authorized field trials of an engineered microbial fertilizer.

📺 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…

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