Agtech Indigo Agriculture has reached an agreement with US brewing firm Anheuser-Busch to work on sustainable rice production. The company said it would invest US$100 million in the project and will use its expertise from developing agtechs for other food products such as beer. The brewer is the largest end user of rice in the United States, and rice is a key ingredient in their leading beers. With a commitment of 2.2 million bushels of rice, the deal will give incentives across Indigo's end-to-end agricultural supply chain for environmentally-conscious growing methods. Anheuser is the largest end-user of rice in the US, milling roughly 2.6 million lbs per day at its Jonesboro, Arkansas factory.
Agtech Indigo Agriculture has reached an agreement with US brewing firm Anheuser-Busch to work on sustainable rice production. The company said it would invest US$100 million in the project and will use its expertise from developing agtechs for other food products such as beer. With a commitment of 2.2 million bushels of rice, the deal will give incentives across Indigo's end-to-end agricultural supply chain for environmentally-conscious growing methods. Anheuser is the largest end-user of rice in the US, milling roughly 2.6 million lbs per day at its Jonesboro, Arkansas factory.