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Bayer, DuPont bet $15 million that ag tech is ready to bloom

Barbara Grady, GreenBiz
clock 08 July 2016 •
Bayer, DuPont bet $15 million that ag tech is ready to bloom

Ag-tech is set to take off thanks to a new $15m accelerator from pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG and DuPont's Pioneer unit

Ag tech gets a lot of buzz these days — with talk of drones, sensors, data-reading apps on tractors and new genetic engineering tools hot topics in Silicon Valley and recipients of a surge of investment....

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