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Syngenta has acquired vegetable seed breeder, producer and marketer Feasterville, Pa.-based Abbott & Cobb, known for its sweet corn.

Ag tech companies can court possible investors at the AgTech Conference of the South.

Forbes has recognized ag tech startups Apeel Sciences, BrightFarms, FoodLogIQ, Plenty, Produce Pay, SWIIM, Soft Robotics, Trace Genomics and Understory as being among the most innovative in the field.

Earl’s Organic Produce, San Francisco, has hired Kevin Cook as director of human resources.

Mayda Sotomayor is The Packer’s 2018 Produce Woman of the Year.

The Organic Trade Association has hired Johanna Mirenda as farm policy director.

CHICAGO — The produce industry needs to play catch up with innovation and advancing technology, David Krause believes.

SALINAS, Calif. — Ag tech startups and other businesses looking to set up shop in Salinas, Calif., will have more options after the completion of a project announced June 27 at the Forbes AgTech Summit.

Food safety technology company Certus has introduced a rapid response in-house pathogen testing system.

California’s 2017 almond acreage is estimated at 1.33 million acres, up 7% from the 2016 acreage of 1.24 million acres.