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October 2026 left 200 land-based agriculture and agtech records in the iGrow Intelligence database, against 198 for October 2025. Recorded agriculture funding went from $1,909.1M across 37 disclosed deals to $9,341.1M across 21. Ownership changes eased from 19 to 17, partnerships fell from 40 to 30, product unveils rose from 24 to 34, and bankruptcies fell from five companies to one.

This edition covers land-based agriculture and agtech only. Aquaculture, energy and water are tracked separately and excluded here. It compares October 1 to 31, 2026 with October 1 to 31, 2025, and adds a year-to-date view running January 1 to November 6 in each year, November 6 being the most recent date the database holds.

2025 records are still being backfilled, so raw volume gaps overstate growth, and shares of activity are the more reliable measure. A second caution applies to this month. One USDA program, the $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief payment, carries 85.6% of October’s recorded agriculture capital, so the funding total describes one policy announcement more than it describes the market. Figures with and without it appear throughout.

Records count every tracked agriculture entry, from funding and acquisitions through partnerships, launches and appointments. Funding counts all recorded instruments, so government programs, loans and grants sit alongside venture equity, and the total covers the 21 October deals with a disclosed amount. Ownership changes combine mergers and acquisitions, asset acquisitions, divestitures and spinoffs. The database added energy and water beats during 2026, so October 2025 was almost entirely agriculture, at 198 of 207 records, while October 2026 was about half, at 200 of 394. That falling share tracks what the database now covers rather than any fall in activity.

North America carried 117 of October’s 200 agriculture records, 58.5%, against 95 of 198 a year earlier, 48.0%. Europe moved the other way again, holding 49 records, 24.5%, against 64, 32.3%. Asia fell to 15 from 18, the Middle East to 10 from 11 and Oceania to 3 from 4, while Africa rose to 4 from 3 and South America to 2 from 1. Seven regions appeared in both months. The United States alone held 111 records, 55.5% of the month, against 91 a year earlier, followed by the Netherlands at 11, Germany at 10 and Israel at 9.

Crop tagging widened to 50 distinct tags from 25, and the mix moved from protected horticulture toward field row crops. Corn led at 14 records once the Maize tag is added in, against 1 a year earlier, followed by Soybean at 8 against 2, Wheat at 7 against none and Rice at 6 against 1. Leafy Greens led last October at 6, against a single record this year. Variants matter, because the database holds Corn and Maize as separate tags.