While analysts like Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain, stew over the Brexit vote cautioning that there could be cancellations of U.S. export contracts if the U.S. dollar surges higher.” U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was quoted as saying that “I think there are far more comprehensive issues relating to the EU and the U.K.'s role in the EU in that vote, ,” Vilsack said he is more concerned with completing the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement currently being negotiated between Europe and the U.S. and that Britain leaving the EU isn't going to derail U.S. trade priorities for Europe, like the food safety and simultaneous buy-and-sell issues related to commodities futures trading An AgTech venture capital firm and an alliance of top Ag industry leaders have officially launched Radicle, an accelerator fund dedicated to growing early stage agricultural technology startups into proven industry leaders, and aims to reduce the time to develop, market and commercialize new Ag technologies. Founding members include Bayer, DuPont and OurCrowd, a leading Israeli venture capital firm.

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