PULLMAN, Wash. September 10, 2022 – Qualterra, an agricultural biotechnology firm, has been awarded a competitive NIST SBIR grant to integrate plant growth metrics, production optimization, and artificial intelligence into its existing TreeTracker™ software and provide next-generation plant tracking capabilities to farmers. Since its inception, TreeTracker™ has always been cutting-edge. Conceived in an era when…

PULLMAN, Wash. March 30, 2022 – Horticultural biotechnology company NuPhY, Inc. announced that it was awarded a competitive WSDA Nursery Research Grant to develop controlled environment production of pathogen free, true-to-type rootstocks, easing the bottleneck of rootstock acquisition and providing for growers in an uncertain climatic future. Climate pressures and pathogen stress are contributing to…

SPOKANE, Wash. December 17, 2021 – On Friday, December 17, 2021, NuPhY Inc., a leader in plant and tree fruit production and genetic testing acquired Ag Energy Solutions, a pioneer in plant-based biochar and green renewable energy systems. This exciting combination of plant technologies and agricultural biomass processing is a full-service solution for the agriculture…

STARBUCK Wash. and SPOKANE Wash. August 30, 2021 – Columbia Pulp LLC and Ag Energy Solutions Inc. have announced an agreement to partner in the processing of wheat straw from the Columbia Pulp facility through the Ag Energy Solutions biomass processing platform. The output from this processing is a form of high-quality biochar, branded Carbon…

PULLMAN, Wash. July 1, 2021 – Agricultural technology company NuPhY Plants has joined a select group of Pacific Northwest labs deemed competent to test for Little Cherry Virus 2 and X-disease. By passing a proficiency test administered by Washington State University, a global leader in plant-disease research, NuPhY is able to test plant material for…

PULLMAN, Wash. April 7, 2021 – Agricultural technology company NuPhY Plants has received a USDA innovation grant to develop a rapid, wide-ranging, cost-effective virus detection test. Viral plant infections cost the global horticultural industry upwards of $60 billion every year. Dr. Seanna Hewitt, a genomics scientist with NuPhY, says that current virus-testing methods are slow,…

November 19, 2020: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PULLMAN, Wash. – Taking root in the remains of a now-defunct start-up, NuPhy is a new agricultural technology company headed up by Washington State University professor of horticulture Amit Dhingra. The new WSU spin-out was revitalized after NuPhy, Inc., an affiliate of the Cowles Company of Spokane, acquired the…