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Apeel Sciences is a Santa Barbara-based agtech company producing plant-derived coatings that extend shelf life for avocados, apples, mangos, cucumbers, and citrus fruits. The edible barriers reduce water loss and oxidation, enabling longer supply chains without refrigeration for growers in the United States, Mexico, and Europe.

Genus PLC is an animal genetics company focused on improving cattle and pig populations to support sustainable food production. The company operates through two main business units: one providing bovine genetics mainly for dairy and beef cattle, and the other offering porcine genetics for pork production. Genus develops genetically superior breeding animals using scientific techniques. It generates revenue by selling genetics, including semen and embryos, as well as through related services under multi-year royalty agreements. The principal activities of each segment are: (a) Genus PIC porcine sales business, (b) Genus ABS: bovine sales business, and (c) Genus Research and Development: spending on research and development.

Distynct is an AgTech company delivering precision livestock farming solutions for remote monitoring of swine production facilities. The platform provides real-time data on animal health and facility conditions. Ames-based in Iowa, Distynct targets U.S. pork producers with sensor-based technologies.

Bowery Farming is a New York City-based vertical farming company founded in 2015 that operates indoor facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Kentucky. The company grows pesticide-free leafy greens, herbs, strawberries, and microgreens using its proprietary BoweryOS platform, which integrates computer vision, automation, and machine learning for continuous plant monitoring. These farms achieve 95 percent less water usage and over 100 times the productivity per square foot compared to traditional field farming. Bowery produce reaches consumers through Whole Foods Market locations across the Northeast, select Foragers Market stores in the New York area, and menus at Tom Colicchio's Craft and Fowler & Wells restaurants in Manhattan.

Niqo Robotics is a Wageningen-headquartered developer of autonomous agricultural robots equipped with AI-driven computer vision. Its precision sprayers identify and treat weeds selectively, slashing weeding expenses for farmers cultivating row crops like potatoes and sugar beets. The Dutch firm combines robotics hardware with machine learning software to enable efficient, eco-friendly field operations across Europe.

Biobest is a Belgium-headquartered supplier of biological crop protection and pollination systems. Based in Westerlo, it offers bumblebees for pollination, beneficial insects and mites like Phytoseiulus persimilis, nematodes, biopesticides, sticky traps, and pheromone lures to growers internationally.

Shiji Biotechnology is a Beijing-headquartered developer of genetic technologies for swine breeding. The company engineers pig breeds resistant to diseases like African swine fever using CRISPR gene editing. Shiji offers breeding stock, semen, and consulting services to large-scale farms across China. Established in 2016, it collaborates with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences on porcine genomics research.

CVR Partners LP is a manufacturer and supplier of nitrogen fertilizer products. Its principal products include Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) and ammonia. The company market ammonia products to industrial and agricultural customers and UAN products to agricultural customers. The primary geographic markets for its fertilizer products are Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, and Texas. The company's product sales are heavily weighted toward UAN.

eFishery is a Jakarta-based aquaculture technology provider founded in 2013 that equips fish and shrimp farmers with smart feeding systems, IoT sensors, and cloud-based analytics platforms. Its eFeeder devices automate feeding schedules across Indonesia, Vietnam, and India, serving more than 100,000 ponds. The company achieved unicorn status in 2023 after raising $137 million in Series D funding from investors including SoftBank. eFishery delivers financing, insurance, and supply chain services through its full-stack ecosystem, enhancing yields by up to 30 percent while minimizing feed waste in Southeast Asia's $20 billion aquaculture market.

FMC is a pure-play global crop protection company with a fairly balanced product portfolio across geographies and crop exposure. Through acquisitions, FMC is now one of the five largest patented crop protection companies and focuses on the development of new products, including biologicals, through its research and development pipeline.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is the largest purveyor of home lawn and gardening products in the US. The company sells a broad range of lawncare products, including grass seed, fertilizer, and lawn-related weed, animal, and disease control. US consumer typically generates the vast majority of companywide revenue and profits. Its lawncare and gardening products are well-recognized brands in the US, including Scotts, Miracle-Gro, Roundup, Ortho, and Tomcat.

K+S AG produces two products: fertilizer and salt. The company engaged in business with potash and magnesium products from plants in Germany and Canadian sites in Bethune, as well as the European salt activities. It also includes the waste disposal and recycling business in Germany. extraction and processing of raw materials.

Braiin Ltd is an Australian technology company leveraging proprietary intellectual property and patented artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies to deliver actionable insights across the verticals: Agriculture, Property Technology, and Customer Experience as a Service (CXaaS). The company's platforms are designed to address inefficiencies and drive data-backed decision-making across traditionally analog sectors. It prominently focuses on the agriculture technology sector, where it has successfully deployed its AI-powered solutions across multiple implementations. It provides end-to-end solutions to improve farming productivity using IoTs, Wireless Connectivity, Robotics, Software and AI/ML.

PI Industries Ltd manufactures, distributes, and sells agrochemicals, specialty fertilizers, and seeds to the agriculture industry. The firm's agrochemicals portfolio includes insecticides, fungicides, and plant health products. The company competes on price with the manufacture and sale of generic products. PI Industries reports sales across two geographical segments: within India and outside India. The outside India division represents its business division predominantly in Japan, Germany, and China. In India, the firm sells its products through a large network of distributors and retail outlets. The company has one reportable business segment which is Agro Chemicals.

Nxin is a Beijing-based agricultural technology company that operates a rural financial platform connecting farmers with credit and digital services. It provides supply chain financing, crop insurance, and e-commerce for inputs like seeds and fertilizers via its app serving 10 million users in China. Established in 2013, Nxin partners with Agricultural Bank of China and processes ¥50 billion in annual transactions, promoting IoT sensors for precision farming in provinces including Henan and Shandong.

Farmers Business Network is a San Carlos-headquartered agricultural technology platform that equips farmers in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina with data-driven tools for crop management. It offers e-commerce for farm inputs like seeds and fertilizers, agronomic insights from satellite imagery and soil sensors, crop marketing services, and insurance products. The farmer-to-farmer network fosters peer benchmarking on yields and costs. FBN Finance provides direct lending for equipment and inputs, while its marketplace connects producers to buyers for grains and oilseeds.

Infarm is a Berlin-headquartered urban farming company deploying modular vertical farms in supermarkets and cities. Founded in 2013, it grows herbs, leafy greens, and strawberries using IoT-controlled hydroponics and machine learning for optimal yields. Infarm partners with chains like Metro and Carrefour, supplying fresh produce in Germany, France, and the United States.

Semios is a Vancouver-headquartered precision agriculture platform for orchard and vineyard growers. It deploys in-field wireless sensor networks, automated pest monitoring traps, and variable-rate biopesticide sprayers. The system delivers real-time data on crop health, irrigation, and pest pressure via a cloud dashboard. Founded in 2010, Semios serves over 1,000 farms across North America and Chile reducing water use by 20 percent and pesticide applications.