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B You mentioned the sale: CoverCress has been sold this year, with Bayer now owning 65% of the company. b Yes, there was a transaction. When CoverCress Inc. announced its crop would be planted as a cover crop and grown commercially on 10,000 acres across the Midwest this fall, farmers were interested. The company, which commercialized a pennycress variety improved by Western Illinois University plant breeder Win Phippen, has big plans to increase acreage exponentially on what will be a biofuel oilseed cover crop - effectively, the first cash cover crop. [Extracted from the article]

In January 2020, Michael Ott participated in the American Farm Bureau Innovative Challenge contest at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) national convention. Unique business model Ott saw an opportunity to use drones to deliver pesticides and cover crop seeds. [Extracted from the article]

In January 2020, Michael Ott participated in the American Farm Bureau Innovative Challenge contest at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) national convention. Unique business model Ott saw an opportunity to use drones to deliver pesticides and cover crop seeds. [Extracted from the article]

In January 2020, Michael Ott participated in the American Farm Bureau Innovative Challenge contest at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) national convention. Unique business model Ott saw an opportunity to use drones to deliver pesticides and cover crop seeds. [Extracted from the article]

In January 2020, Michael Ott participated in the American Farm Bureau Innovative Challenge contest at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) national convention. Unique business model Ott saw an opportunity to use drones to deliver pesticides and cover crop seeds. [Extracted from the article]

In January 2020, Michael Ott participated in the American Farm Bureau Innovative Challenge contest at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) national convention. Unique business model Ott saw an opportunity to use drones to deliver pesticides and cover crop seeds. [Extracted from the article]

Fresh Bowl - the New York City-based food technology company that has introduced chef-created vending machines using a "closed loop" reusable container program - has received $2.1 million in a round of seed funding led by venture capital companies, Betaworks and Ground Ventures, with participation from Tuesday and Mana Capital. Calling them the "Red Box of on-the-go meals", Fresh Bowl founder and CEO Zachary Lawless, said that customers can purchase a menu item from one of four vending machines in Manhattan. [Extracted from the article]

Fresh Bowl - the New York City-based food technology company that has introduced chef-created vending machines using a "closed loop" reusable container program - has received $2.1 million in a round of seed funding led by venture capital companies, Betaworks and Ground Ventures, with participation from Tuesday and Mana Capital. Calling them the "Red Box of on-the-go meals", Fresh Bowl founder and CEO Zachary Lawless, said that customers can purchase a menu item from one of four vending machines in Manhattan. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an online recap on articles in the web site meetingsnet.com including bXb Online's development of a network for virtual content, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed convention center, and online marketing company Eved's venture funding that raised 9.5 million dollars.

The article discusses the innovation and establishment of Bell Laboratories and explores the changes in its technical sector. It also tackles the business models and innovations used at AT&T. It mentions the efforts of the research groups at AT&T and notes that they are initiating a venture capital group to finance modern ideas.

The article discusses the effect of financial crises to venture capital community (VC), proposing high uncertainty in the near-term availability of venture financing for telecom start up and possible weakening of technological innovation. It notes that VC struggles to harmonize rough macroeconomy with the belief in the growth drivers of telecom. It stresses that VCs will have to rely on safest bets that can have chilling effect on innovation.