Agriculture produced 227 of September's 692 database records, recorded agriculture funding fell from $2.80 billion across 30 actions to $1.40 billion across 12, and ownership changes held at eleven in both Septembers.
Cereals and grains records rose from 53 to 127, the country base widened from 14 to 27, and nine priced venture rounds averaged $9.2 million against three averaging $51.2 million a year earlier.
Recorded capital into Dutch agriculture rose from $48.6 million to $170.3 million, ownership changes climbed from seven to eleven, and North America replaced the Middle East as the destination Dutch companies named most.
Greenhouse funding reached more companies in smaller amounts this year, ownership changes doubled to ten, and the activity base widened from 16 countries to 23.
America's indoor farms are finally answering the question they spent a decade avoiding: what business are they in? For a growing number, the answer is no longer crops.
Crop protection's 2026 reset: a consolidation wave in biologicals, a funding rebound past $500M, and the first genuinely new chemistry in a generation.
