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How Vendée is Organizing the Water Battle
The first part of our special report on water focuses on a major challenge for agriculture: managing a resource increasingly affected by unpredictable weather events. In Vendée, local officials and farmers have chosen to anticipate. Insights from Laurent Favreau, Vice President of the Vendée Departmental Council and President of SyDEV.
La RĂ©daction - 16 March 2026
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SĂ©bastien Roumegous: "Technology must adapt to the laws of life, not the other way around"
Field agronomist turned leader of an international company, Sébastien Roumegous, founder and CEO of Biosphères, advocates a belief: agricultural technology will only be sustainable if it respects the laws of life. With Biosphères, he supports the transition of farmers, SMEs, and large groups like LVMH, Danone, Nestlé, and Unilever.
Anne Barrat - 16 March 2026
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Cereal Sector: Data Emerges as a Strategic Lever for Competitiveness
In the face of market volatility, geopolitical tensions, and agricultural transformations, cereal logistics becomes a strategic issue. During a roundtable organized by La Ferme Digitale at the 2026 International Agricultural Show, industry leaders, agricultural experts, and agritech entrepreneurs shared their vision on modernizing the supply chain and the crucial role of data.
Anne Barrat - 11 March 2026
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The Agricultural World Worries About Rising Fertilizer Prices Due to Middle East War
Rural Coordination expresses concern over the rising cost of fertilizers. Nearly 30% of global fertilizers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, raising alarms about supply disruptions and potential impacts on food production worldwide.
Marion Deygas avec LM - 9 March 2026
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EU Inc.: The Simplification European Agritech Startups Need
Europe is not lacking in agricultural innovation or talent. What it still lacks is a legal framework that matches its ambitions. Insights from two experts at PwC Switzerland, Johannes Smits and Thibaut de Haller.
Johannes Smits et Thibaut de Haller, PwC Switzerland - 26 February 2026
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Vanilla Sector: Fausto Bouchereau Unveils the Secrets of a Volatile Market with Untapped Potential
A high-value sector but structurally unstable, vanilla fluctuates between price tensions, industrial transformation, and development opportunities. Fausto Bouchereau, a recognized expert in the field, analyzes the balances of an extraordinary market, as opaque as it is strategic, during the 6th Conference on French Vanillas.
Anne Barrat - 23 February 2026
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Yves Bertrand: "The greenhouse became essential because the market demanded it"
In the late 1970s, French tomatoes entered a new era. Major retailers demanded consistent volumes, uniformity, and year-round availability. With open-field cultivation proving inadequate, the greenhouse became essential. Yves Bertrand, a pioneer in Lot-et-Garonne, recounts this shift and advocates for a tool he believes is more economical than commonly perceived.
19 February 2026
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The European Union Imported Nearly 900 Million Euros of Phosphorus from Russia in 2025
The European Union continues to import significant volumes of phosphorus from Russia, despite the war in Ukraine, according to an analysis by Swedish environmental company Ragn-Sells. With nearly 900 million euros in imports in 2025, this dependence on a nutrient essential for food production reignites the debate on supply security and the development of recycling solutions to enhance European food sovereignty.
17 February 2026
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Central Lever of Tomorrow's Agriculture: Automation Faces Economic and Scale Barriers, Says Romain Faroux
Agricultural automation technologies are now mature across many segments, yet their adoption remains limited. According to Romain Faroux, an expert in agronomic innovation, the challenge is no longer to prove their effectiveness, but to create the economic and organizational conditions for their large-scale dissemination.
16 February 2026
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GrubMarket Confirms Investor Interest in Integrated Food Chain Platforms
The $50 million funding round announced by GrubMarket, which values the American platform at nearly $4.5 billion, illustrates the rise of integrated agri-food models. In a more demanding AgTech market than post-pandemic, investors favor players capable of structuring the physical and digital flows of a still fragmented sector.
La RĂ©daction - 12 February 2026
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The End of the Single Agricultural Model
A recent study from the Ministry of Agriculture's Center for Studies and Prospective highlights a major shift: French agriculture is no longer structured solely by the size of farms or their productions, but by the increasing diversity of entrepreneurial projects that drive them.
La RĂ©daction - 11 February 2026
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Carbon Robotics: AI Enters the Field
With its Large Plant Model, startup Carbon Robotics makes a significant impact. When a tech entrepreneur and a hands-on farmer transform AI into agricultural infrastructure.
La RĂ©daction - 6 February 2026
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Technology at the Heart of Risk Management and Agricultural Transition
In the face of climate change, agriculture is no longer just a production issue, but a risk management challenge. For Maximilien Rouer, technology is essential, not to eliminate this risk, but to make it financeable, insurable, and collectively shareable. Interview.
Anne Barrat - 5 February 2026
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AI: The New Engine of French Agriculture, Balancing Competitiveness and Sovereignty
An official report published at the end of 2025 identifies artificial intelligence as a strategic lever to enhance the competitiveness and sovereignty of French agriculture, far beyond a mere technological challenge.
La rédaction - 3 February 2026
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New Genomic Techniques: Key Dates in a Genetic Revolution
Often associated with GMOs and at the heart of ongoing debates, new genomic techniques are rooted in a recent scientific history marked by clearly identified technological breakthroughs. This long format provides a chronological overview of the key stages of their emergence, global diffusion, and regulatory singularity in Europe.
La RĂ©daction - 3 February 2026
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Has Ecology Erased Humanity? A Problem or a Mistake?
What if ecology has been targeting the wrong issues for a century? Born to understand the relationships between living beings and their environment, ecology has gradually sidelined humanity, even as our species has become the dominant force in the biosphere. Ecology can no longer ignore a true human ecology since humans transform all environments.
3 February 2026
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Three Transactions Shaping Plant Tech by the End of 2025
The months of November and December 2025 confirmed a sustained momentum across several key segments of European agritech: plant genetics, agricultural robotics, and high-value ingredients as strategic growth drivers.
LĂ©a Peres - 30 January 2026
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Genomic Technologies: Understanding the Foundations of the Debate
Often equated with GMOs, new genomic technologies (NGTs) are based on distinct principles that currently provoke intense scientific and regulatory debates. To clarify the foundations and stakes, Bloom Agritech interviewed a genetics expert, Vincent PĂ©tiard.
Anne Barrat - 30 January 2026
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AgTech No Longer Funds Ideas. It Funds Proofs.
$2.4 billion invested, over 1,000 deals, and 24 bankruptcies: according to iGrow News, 2025 marks the sector's entry into its maturity phase. 2026 is expected to confirm this trend: ongoing experimentation gives way to the industrialization of solutions that prove their value in the field.
La rédaction - 13 January 2026
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Progress Begins When We Stop Fragmenting Life
Founder of Gaiago and creator of AgriBooster, Francis Bucaille advocates for a demanding vision of agriculture: neither nostalgic nor fetishistic about technology. For this former farmer, the challenge is not to pile up innovations, but to relearn how to read life – soils, roots, microbiology, genetics – in order to choose the right technology, sometimes very simple, sometimes very advanced. An interview with an agronomist who argues for breaking out of silos.
Anne Barrat - 13 January 2026
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