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AgNavigator News
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Investors in Europe are increasingly backing livestock climate technologies that reduce emissions and improve farm economics, with significant funding going to solutions like EcoNomad’s BioNomad® system for small farms, methane-reducing feed additives from companies like Volta Greentech, and animal monitoring tools such as Hoofcount’s automated dairy footbath. These innovations address rising energy and fertiliser costs, stricter regulations, and animal welfare concerns, while initiatives like the EU-funded Rumen-Innovate project signal growing momentum in microbiome science for methane reduction. Collectively, these developments mark the rise of a distinct investment category focused on emissions reduction, animal health, and farm resource efficiency in the livestock sector.
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Yanmar continues its investment in Brazil’s ag machinery market with a new facility in Indaiatuba, which will nearly double production.
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German agri-bioinformatics firm Computomics has raised €6.3 million in Series B funding led by Convent Capital to expand its AI-driven breeding platform, which helps identify crop varieties resilient to heat and drought. The investment comes amid severe European droughts and declining crop yields, highlighting the urgency for climate-adaptive breeding solutions. Computomics’ ×SeedScore® platform integrates genomic and environmental data to accelerate breeding cycles, having already reduced barley breeding time for AB InBev from 12 to 5 years. The company aims to enable breeders to keep pace with rapid climate change, targeting varieties suited for the coming decade.
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Brazil’s Profert law could lessen the country’s dependence on foreign fertilizer and provide potash miners like Brazil Potash with millions in financial assistance.
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