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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Oman's rise as the MENA region's most active agricultural market, Egypt's $15 billion New Delta — the largest horizontal agricultural expansion in history — the FAO's food crisis warning tied to the Strait of Hormuz, URUS Group acquiring AgriWebb for global beef data, and CEA's strategic shift from leafy greens into berries and non-food applications. Let's get started!

Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:

Analysis: The Omani Advantage: Oman emerges as MENA's most active agricultural market in 2026, backed by $240M in infrastructure and a five-year FAO roadmap following the Strait of Hormuz closure
CEA: Beyond Salad: CEA's reset is shifting capital toward berries and non-food applications — cosmetic botanicals, pharmaceutical crops, and industrial materials like natural rubber and cotton
M&A: URUS Group acquires AgriWebb to extend data-driven cattle management into beef, spanning 25 million animals across VAS and AgriWebb platforms — closing Q3 2026
Mega Project: Egypt inaugurates $15B New Delta — the largest horizontal agricultural expansion in modern history, targeting 2.2 million feddans of desert with the world's largest wastewater treatment plant
Food Security: FAO warns Strait of Hormuz closure could trigger a global food crisis within 6 to 12 months as the Food Price Index rises for a third consecutive month
Finance: EIB and BNP Paribas sign 200M euro deal for European agricultural SMEs; Resurrect Bio closes oversubscribed $10.3M Series A led by Corteva Catalyst
Innovation: Infinite Acres launches GroLoop agentic farm management for CEA; BioWorks launches TotalNema Ax botanical nematicide with 83% root-knot nematode control; QuberTech raises 3.4M pounds for natural rubber from dandelions
Earnings: Deere Q2 net income $1.773B on revenues of $13.4B; Hydrofarm operating under Forbearance Agreement; Edible Garden revenue up 22.9%; OECD reports 30-plus percent agricultural production growth since 1990
Events: Fiber Connect and Precision Agriculture (Orlando), Food Innovate Summit (Amsterdam), Greentech Amsterdam

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