PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 8 March

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New Zealand based agtech company, Halter, has completed a $314.5 million Series E funding round, achieving a new $2.86 billion valuation. The company plans to use the funding to expand commercialisation of its virtual fencing and animal management system in Australia and the United States.

A senate inquiry into CSIRO funding and resourcing has warned Australia’s sovereign research capability is under pressure from job cuts, declining real funding, ageing infrastructure and uncertainty over the national science agency’s strategic direction.

The New South Wales government is investing a further $3.79 million in the state’s aquaculture industry, with four Shoalhaven projects selected under the Aquaculture Industry Development Program.