Here, we introduce notable technologies and services that are expected to be adopted in the agricultural sector in the second half of 2025. We hope this article helps readers discover innovations that can be integrated into their own businesses or partnerships.
Company Introduction
Semios Group: Advancing Digital Agriculture Through New Leadership and Global Innovation
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Semios Group is a global leader in agricultural technology, providing digital solutions that support growers, agronomists, and agricultural retailers managing more than 100 million acres of farmland across five countries. The company is a pioneer in combining advanced data analytics, IoT-enabled monitoring, and precision agriculture tools to address some of the most pressing challenges facing modern agriculture.
Semios is best known for introducing variable-rate pheromone mating disruption technology in orchards. This breakthrough innovation has significantly reduced reliance on chemical pesticides while improving crop protection outcomes. Over the years, the company has expanded its portfolio to include water management, frost protection, farm automation, and an industry-leading Farm Management Information System (FMIS). Its platform integrates real-time data from sensors, satellites, and predictive models, enabling growers to make smarter decisions that enhance both sustainability and profitability. In addition, Semios operates trusted brands such as Agworld, Altrac, and Greenbook, extending its reach across the entire agricultural value chain.
In September 2025, Semios announced the appointment of Amy Teschin as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), marking the beginning of a new era of growth and innovation. Teschin brings extensive leadership experience from global agribusiness companies including Wilbur-Ellis and Cargill, where she led initiatives in digital agriculture tools, sustainability efforts, and large-scale organizational transformation. By combining a producer-first perspective with deep expertise in technology-driven solutions and international operations, she is set to advance Semios’s mission of empowering growers worldwide with independent, scalable, and innovative tools.
Chairman of the Board Mick Saucier emphasized that Teschin’s appointment clearly demonstrates the company’s commitment to operational excellence, strategic growth, and long-term leadership in digital agriculture. Recognized as part of the Global Cleantech 100 and Thrive Top 50, Semios continues to push the boundaries of agricultural technology, working toward a more sustainable future for farming and supporting global food security.
Website: https://semios.com/
Tanmiah Food Company: Expanding Capabilities to Strengthen Food Security and Sustainability in Saudi Arabia
Founded in 1962 and listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange, Tanmiah Food Company is one of the Middle East’s leading providers of fresh poultry, processed protein products, animal feed, health foods, and food service solutions. Through a vertically integrated business model encompassing farms, hatcheries, feed mills, and processing facilities, Tanmiah serves customers across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, and Kuwait. Its products are supplied to both wholesale and retail markets, as well as to major international fast-food chains.
In September 2025, Tanmiah inaugurated two state-of-the-art facilities in Saudi Arabia’s central region: the Majmaah 2 Poultry Processing Plant and the Dana Automated Feed Mill. These investments mark a significant milestone in the company’s efforts to enhance operational efficiency, expand production capacity, and support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals for food security and agricultural self-sufficiency. Majmaah 2 is among the most advanced facilities of its kind in the region, featuring cutting-edge processing lines capable of handling larger birds, an advanced wastewater treatment system that recycles more than 6,000 cubic meters per day, and plans for renewable energy integration. The site also houses an innovation hub producing Tanmiah’s award-winning value-added products, including the Taste Secrets range, which recently received three stars at the 2025 Superior Taste Awards in Brussels.
Complementing this development, the Dana Feed Mill—currently in trial production—boasts a capacity of 40 tons per hour and is equipped with automated production lines, stringent biosecurity measures, and high-quality products designed to optimize poultry operations. Together, these facilities further strengthen Tanmiah’s role as the only certified local poultry supplier for global QSR leaders such as McDonald’s in Saudi Arabia.
Sustainability lies at the core of Tanmiah’s growth strategy. Through its “One Million Trees” initiative, the company has already planted more than 500,000 trees, with an additional 150,000 to be planted at the Majmaah 2 site. These efforts are expected to reduce CO₂ emissions by a total of 243,000 tons and enable the recycling of billions of liters of wastewater.
By investing more than SAR 1.5 billion domestically and attracting foreign direct investment into the agri-food sector, Tanmiah is establishing itself as a global benchmark for halal, sustainable, and innovative protein production—advancing both food security and environmental stewardship for the future.
Website: https://tanmiah.com/
Sustainable Electrification of Fertilizer Production
NitroCapt, a climate technology company based in Sweden, is developing a groundbreaking plasma-based process that produces nitrogen fertilizer directly from air using renewable electricity. This approach eliminates the use of fossil fuels, reduces emissions, and removes dependence on externally sourced raw materials.
NitroCapt’s patented SUNIFIX® technology, which received the 2025 Food Planet Prize, has the potential to outperform conventional fossil gas–based fertilizer production due to its exceptional energy efficiency. By directly oxidizing nitrogen from the air using an energy-efficient plasma reactor, SUNIFIX® enables the local, climate-neutral production of nitric acid. This nitric acid is then used as a feedstock to manufacture nitrate-based fertilizers with an extremely low carbon footprint.
By supplying low-emission, high-efficiency nitrate fertilizers, NitroCapt aims to support the decarbonization of global agriculture, improve soil health, and ensure a stable fertilizer supply—particularly in regions facing input shortages. The company is currently operating a pilot facility in Uppsala, Sweden, and is scaling up toward the launch of its first commercial production unit in 2027.
Website: https://www.nitrocapt.com/
PlantArcBio: Unlocking the Genetic Potential of Crops Through the DIPPER™ Platform
About PlantArcBio
PlantArcBio is an Israel-based agricultural biotechnology company dedicated to advancing sustainable agriculture and global food security. The company develops gene discovery and RNAi-based solutions aimed at improving crop traits and enabling biological pest control. Its vision is to make agriculture more resilient, efficient, and environmentally responsible through science-driven innovation.
The DIP™ Platform: Direct Gene Discovery Inside Plants
PlantArcBio’s proprietary DIP™ (Direct In-Plant) platform enables direct in-plant screening to identify novel genes that deliver significant positive effects on crop performance. Using this approach, the company discovered breakthrough genes that confer drought tolerance and increase yields.
In field trials conducted in collaboration with Rallis, a subsidiary of India’s Tata Group, maize yields increased by more than 400% under drought conditions and by up to 190% under normal conditions. Since then, PlantArcBio has entered into multiple partnerships with global seed development companies and continues to expand its research into additional crops where enhanced drought tolerance and herbicide resistance are needed.
The DIPPER™ Platform: Optimizing Gene Editing to Enhance Crop Quality
Building on the success of DIP™, PlantArcBio developed DIPPER™ (Direct In-Plant Platform for Edited Regulation), an innovative platform designed to optimize gene-editing processes such as CRISPR. Unlike conventional editing approaches that focus on gene knockouts, DIPPER™ precisely identifies native DNA changes that enhance the expression or function of existing genes—improving traits such as yield, drought tolerance, and nutritional value.
This high-throughput system dramatically shortens discovery cycles and makes gene editing more precise and cost-effective. Crucially, because DIPPER™ focuses on regulating native genes rather than introducing foreign DNA, it enables performance improvements without creating genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
PlantArcBio has already demonstrated proof of concept with gene-edited, herbicide-tolerant soybeans and is expanding its research to include traits such as protein and oil content, as well as tolerance to abiotic stress.
Relevance to the Japanese Market
In Japan, where GMO crops face regulatory constraints, the DIPPER™ platform aligns well with the growing interest in gene editing as a sustainable crop improvement approach. Its ability to enhance native gene expression without genetic modification opens pathways for collaboration with Japanese agricultural and biotechnology companies seeking advanced, regulation-compliant innovation. The DIPPER™ technology is applicable across a wide range of crops, including field crops, fruits, vegetables, seeds, and leafy greens.
Outlook
Leveraging the DIPPER™ platform, PlantArcBio is actively seeking global research and commercial partners to develop climate-resilient, high-yield, and nutritionally enhanced crops. By combining advanced molecular tools with deep agricultural expertise, the company aims to help farmers worldwide overcome the challenges of climate change and resource scarcity.
Website: https://www.plantarcbio.com
CropX
CropX Technologies is a global leader in digital agriculture. By delivering a platform that integrates high-precision hardware, advanced modeling, and enterprise-scale intelligence, the company enhances productivity, resource efficiency, and sustainability across modern agriculture. In 2025, CropX strengthened its global footprint through the acquisition of Acclym (formerly Agritask), an agricultural intelligence platform trusted by major multinational corporations such as AB InBev, Nestlé, General Mills, and McCain Foods.
This acquisition—CropX’s seventh strategic expansion—significantly enhances the company’s capabilities in enterprise-level sustainability, regenerative agriculture, and ESG reporting. Acclym provides advanced tools for monitoring and validating environmental performance across global supply chains. By combining Acclym’s large-scale analytics with CropX’s agricultural engine, the integrated platform delivers seamless visibility from the farm to the boardroom, enabling procurement, risk management, and sustainability teams to make actionable, data-driven decisions.
Deployed in more than 70 countries, the CropX platform is built on precision agriculture tools that combine soil sensors, weather analytics, satellite imagery, and proprietary crop models. These capabilities support efficient irrigation, nutrient management, disease prevention, yield optimization, and environmental compliance—helping growers and enterprises improve outcomes while reducing inputs.
Website: https://cropx.com/
Nofence
Nofence is a global pioneer in virtual fencing technology, enabling farmers to manage grazing without physical barriers through GPS-enabled, solar-powered collars.
Backed by a $35 million Series B funding round—the largest agri-tech investment in Europe in 2025—Nofence is accelerating its expansion in the United States and strengthening sustainable livestock management for cattle, sheep, and goats.
The company’s technology supports rotational grazing, reduces labor costs, and improves land stewardship, making virtual fencing a scalable solution for climate-resilient agriculture.
Website: https://www.nofence.com/
BlueGreen Water Technologies: Bringing Precision Water Restoration to a Warming World
As harmful algal blooms (HABs) accelerate worldwide, BlueGreen Water Technologies is emerging as a leader in science-driven water restoration. Operating across three continents, including North America, Asia and Africa, the company focuses on safeguarding freshwater systems essential to agriculture, industry, and community resilience. Its mission is to restore water bodies contaminated by HABs rapidly, safely, and at scale.
HABs, driven by warming temperatures, nutrient pollution, and shifting rainfall patterns, can render drinking water unsafe, disrupt fisheries and aquaculture, damage industrial operations, and undermine local economies. BlueGreen’s core technology addresses these challenges through a selective, nature-aligned process that triggers the collapse of toxic algal bloom without harming other aquatic life. Its patented formulation remains on the water’s surface for optimal dispersion, enabling rapid, precise, and large-scale remediation.
Supporting this approach is BlueGreen Insights (BGi), the company’s AI- and satellite-powered water intelligence platform. BGi transforms water management by providing near-real-time monitoring, early detection of bloom risk, and data-guided intervention strategies, enabling authorities to shift from reactive cleanup to proactive prevention.
A Partnership Built on Technology, Trust, and Long-Term Resilience
A major source of international interest is BlueGreen’s strategic partnership with Winrock International, announced in 2025. Winrock is a globally recognized leader in sustainable agriculture, watershed management, and community-led environmental programs. The partnership brings together two complementary strengths: BlueGreen’s rapid, science-driven HAB treatment and Winrock’s deep experience in long-term watershed restoration, stakeholder engagement, and nature-based solutions.
Together, the two organizations are creating a comprehensive, end-to-end model for water resilience, one that begins with fast, targeted remediation and extends into long-term ecological recovery. BlueGreen brings advanced technology and real-time monitoring, while Winrock contributes decades of experience working with governments, farmers, and local communities to reduce upstream nutrient pollution, restore native vegetation, and build environmental understanding through education and capacity development.
This collaborative model blends technological precision with community trust and ecosystem stewardship. It offers a scalable blueprint for countries seeking not only immediate recovery from HABs, but also durable water security anchored in sustainable watershed health.
Relevance to Japan and the Region
BlueGreen’s approach aligns closely with national priorities around freshwater protection. Iconic water bodies such as Lake Biwa face mounting pressures from climate change, warming surface waters, and nutrient stress, challenges increasingly observed in lakes and reservoirs worldwide. BlueGreen sees meaningful potential for future collaboration with Japanese academia, water authorities, and global partners like Winrock to explore research studies, monitoring initiatives, or pilot trials that advance water quality, ecosystem health, and long-term climate resilience.
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Dr. Oori Weisshaus
VP Innovation, BlueGreen Water Technologies
Website:https://bluegreenwatertech.com/