Business Desk profiles BioLumic’s leap from R&D to its first commercial contract in the United States. Field-trialed on 6,000 Midwest plots, light-activated hybrid corn averaged a 7.3% yield lift, with some second-generation plots hitting 77%. Partnering with US seed producer Gro Alliance, BioLumic is now selling light-activated seed at scale while moving its Light Recipe platform into ryegrass for New Zealand dairy, backed by fresh funding from Fonterra’s Ki Tua Fund and AgriZeroNZ.

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