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Grain Yield Increase and Disaster Reduction by “Fen long” Technology Invented in China Contributing to Improve the Better Future of Human Being
Editor’s Note:
In recent years, natural disasters such as drought and waterlogging occur frequently. Climate warming has triggered various disasters that affect existence, which has brought unprecedented challenges to grain production, ecological environment and world peace maintenance. “Fen long” technology, the new method of farming invented by Wei Benhui, the Chinese inventor, can help to solve these problems in the world to a certain extent and make the human future better by multiple using “5 kinds of resources”, soil and its cubic natural rainfall, oxygen, temperature, humidity and solar energy.
In August 2021, the yield of highland barley in the saline-alkali soil, which was transformed by “smash-ridging” technology in Zangzhong Village, Zhaqi Town, Zhanang County, Shannan City, Tibet, China, the roof of the world, increased by 38.67%. The highland barley yield of smash ridging sand soil farmland in Kemai Community, Changzhu Township, Naidong District, increased by 1121.73 kg, with 25.43% of increase range, and the straw yield also increased by more than 20%. Peng Xinhua, the researcher of Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences has implemented smash-ridging sweet potato experiment in Jiangxi Province, and the result was that the yield increased by 89% to 117%. The maximum production increase of wheat of heavy coast saline-alkali soil in Dongying City, Shandong Province was 154.22% after being transformed by “smash-ridging” technology. The production increase of cotton of heavy saline-alkali soil in Yuli County, Xinjiang Autonomous Region was yet 81.17% in the fourth year after being transformed by “smash-ridging” technology. Over the past decade, “smash-ridging” technology was applied to nearly 50 kinds of crops such as rice, corn and wheat in 28 provinces such as Guangxi and Xinjiang, and no more rich water, pesticide or other production costs was required while the production increase was generally 10% to 50%, the quality was improved by 5% and the increase production in saline-alkali soil was 20% to 100% after transformation. Experts estimated that, the natural disaster such as waterlogging, drought, high temperature and low temperature may be reduced by more than 20%, and soil environment improvement,and crop biomass increase will reduce carbon by more than 10% and increase ground air humidity by 10%.
Invented by Wei Benhui from Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, “smash-ridging” technology is a major new method of farming, which can realize a new round of production increase, quality improvement, water conservation, disaster reduction, carbon reduction and sustainable development of agriculture and contribute to widen the space of human existence and development.
In March 2021, “smash-ridging” technology was shown on the world’s No. 1 screen in Times Square, which stated that the smash ridging agricultural machinery and smash ridging farming that would not mess the soil layers for ultra deep ploughing had broken through worldwide problems such as “physical” production increase of agriculture and physical transformation of saline-alkali soil. “Smash-ridging” technology which has shocked the world is common technology, common welfare and common wealth of all mankind.
The advert of “smash-ridging” technology marks that the world has ushered in a very rare new agricultural revolution. The technology is simple, widely applied and sustainable for hundreds of years. It has realized increase of grain production and decrease of disaster to benefit human being.
1. Creating subversive fifth farming mode, which is worldwide used
“Smash-ridging” technology is named after vertical burying, high-speed rotary-cut smash soil, ridge and suspend by using spiral, hollow and other “drill” farming tools invented by Wei Benhui, instead of the “plow” which has been used for 5,500 years. “Smash-ridging” technology has become the fifth efficient farming mode after slash-and-burn cultivation, man power, animal power and tractor ploughing in the history of human farming. “Smash-ridging” technology structured “smash-ridging agriculture” technology system that matches smash-ridging agricultural machinery, smash-ridging farming and smash-ridging cultivation and overturned traditional farming way and agricultural production technical philosophy by using the scientific concept of “ultra deep ploughing and deep loosening the soil without messing the soil layers”. The worldwide universal technology expands the space for human existence and development, and its scientific connotation and characteristics are as below:
First of all, fully excavate natural resource utilization that the earth feeds human being. With 5 kinds of natural resources, soil, the grain producer which the mankind survives on, natural rainfall, oxygen, temperature and humidity and solar energy, once more multiple positive utilization can be realized on the basis of existent farming and agricultural utilization to promote a new round of agricultural production increase, quality improvement, water conservation, disaster reduction, carbon drop and sustainable development.
Secondly, trigger deepening utilization of the surface soil of earth with a light force. Loosened soil increases several times over., and most of soil is granular, and granular structure surface is smooth. Unit weight decreases by 10% to 20%, and available nutrient increases by 10% to 30%. Basic fertility improves by 10% to 30%, and applying quantity of chemical fertilizer for planting crop can reduce by more than 10%.
Thirdly, create cultivated land reservoir with loosened soil and expanded volume. Natural rainfall reserves approximately double, which provides conditions for human being to utilize rainwater and snow water again. Soil porosity enlarges approximately and oxygen increase approximately by one time. Soil microbial community and quantity increase by almost multiple times.
Fourthly, create soil ecological environment that is suitable for crop growth. Smash ridging cultivation requires soil ecological environment with balanced water, fertilizer, gas and heat. The crop takes roots in the earlier stage, strengthens in the medium stage and becomes powerful in the later stage. It features production increase and quality improvement with resistant to drought, high and low temperature. The root system is particularly developed with fibrous root increasing and activity strengthening. The photosynthetic efficiency improves by 10% to 30%, and the stress resistance such as drought and high and low temperature improves by approximately 20%, while biomass increases by 20% to 30%.
Fifthly, create suitable environment for crops based on ecological conditions in which high agricultural yield is still available and consumption of agricultural “chemicals” is achievable even the consumption of fertilizer and pesticide can be reduced by more than 10% and some plastic mulch can be reduced. Some of polluted soil can be “purified itself”. For example, reduction of heavy metal pollution (reduction of cadmium content of rice) is a physical effect that other chemical means can hardly match.
Sixthly, realize no ecological area or crop variety limit. Almost all crops and some traditional Chinese medicinal materials in rice field, dry land and even saline-alkali soil can be applied to from Hainan Province at low latitude (18°N) to Xinjiang and Heilongjiang at high latitude (45° to 50°N), from Beihai of Guangxi at low altitude (10 to 15 metres) to Shigatse of Tibet at high altitude (over 4,000 metres), which indicates that there is no obvious limit on ecological area or crop variety, and it can be generally used in the world.
2. Application in China’s cultivated land and saline-alkali soil in 2021, with outstanding results
Test on smash ridging has been implemented in many places of China, and the result showed that comparing with traditional cultivation, the yield of rice increased by 15.5%, that of corn increased by 12.26%, and that of peanut increased by 8.05% with no fertilization.
“Smash ridging” technology has been applied to 50 kinds of crops such as rice, corn, wheat and potato in 28 provinces all over China for more than a decade, and production increase achieved 10% to 50%, and production increase in saline-alkali soil after being transformed achieved 20% to 100% with no increasing fertilization or irrigation volume. There are many cases of production increase in various places. In Yuanjiang City of Hunan Province, yield of smash ridging rice increased by 26.5% in that year, and it still increased by 12% in the fourth year after the first smash ridging cultivation. The yield of smash ridging wheat in Fuping, Shaanxi Province increased by 29.9%, and that of the second crop of corn increased by 34.89%. The average production increase of rained farming sugarcane was 32.5%.
In 2021, the cases of production increase with “smash-ridging” technology occurred frequently, and the results are outstanding.
Firstly, rice production continuously increases with “smash-ridging” technology. Yaoguao Town, Longhui County, Hunan Province used to be the breakthrough point where Academician Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice yields reached 900 kg per mu. In April 2014, “smash-ridging” cultivation was implemented, and the yield of hybrid rice increased by 25% in that year. It has been the 8th year since “smash ridging” technology was implemented, but the yield of hybrid rice is expected to increase by 10% or so. The yield of second crop of rice after rice smash ridging was implemented in Yongan Village, Shifu Town, Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region increased by 9.5%.
Secondly, smash ridging water conservation and continuous high yield lasted for many years. In 2021, the third year after “smash-ridging” technology was implemented in Yanshan, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, the yield of wheat with water conservation increased by 18% with irrigation reduction by nearly 2,000 cubic metres per hectare. In 2021, the sixth year after “smash-ridging” technology was implemented in Fanjiazhai Village, Guyang Town, Lankao County, Henan Province, the yield of wheat increased by 10.3%.
Thirdly, “smash-ridging” agriculture and saline alkali soil transformation in highland region. As previous statement, the yield of highland barley of saline alkali soil in Tibet, the roof of the world, increased by 38.67%, that of highland barley of sand soil cultivated land with “smash-ridging” technology increased by 25.43%, that of highland barley straw increased by more than 20%, which can effectively solve the problem of lack of grain and feed in Tibet.
Fourthly, the history of high yield of sugarcane in a large area with “smash-ridging” technology was made. “Smash-ridging” technology “145” demonstration base for planting sugarcane was built in Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. On March 6, 2021, upon experts’ acceptance, it increased by 38.3% than conventional cultivation. “Smash-ridging” technology “145” demonstration in Binyang of Guangxi, is expected to make history of green ecological high yield of sugarcane in a large area with entire mechanization to bring a sample for China’s and the world’s sugarcane planting technology.
3. Increasing grain yield and decreasing disaster by conforming to the nature, and all the mankind getting a better future
The best living quality and survival and development environment with abundant and tasteful food, fresh air and visible blue sky and cloud are mankind’s good wishes.
The earth is endowed with 5 kinds of inexhaustible natural resources, soil and its stereoscopic spatial natural rainfall, oxygen, temperature and humidity and solar energy. Soil is the “producer” of grain and other agricultural products the human being survives on and the “regulator” of natural environment to relieve drought, waterlogging and other natural disasters. In order to realize the above dreams, human being has to profoundly comprehend and properly utilize the “5 kinds of natural resources”, which is the fundamental obedience to the rules of resource utilization for mankind’s survival. For a country, the more proper utilization rate of “the 5 kinds of natural resources” of the stereoscopic space, the more secure grain and ecology in the country, the more fortunate of national life, which is also in this way for all the world and all the mankind.
The core of “smash-ridging” technology is to multiply sound utilization of the above “5 kinds of natural resources”. Its pioneering scientific contribution is based on the principle of “ultra deep cultivation and deep loosening (by utilizing the soil resources of plough sole which human being has not utilized yet), loosening soil at original site, granular soil, once off completion of soil preparation., and no tillage or light tillage for conservation tillage for years”. Meanwhile, “smash-ridging” technology is almost applied to various land resources including cultivated land and saline alkali soil so that agricultural available resources have expanded substantially. Furthermore, yield increase can be maintained with properly reducing fertilization. Additionally, it is easy to popularize and apply, and it is merely to replace tractor “plough” cultivation with smash ridging “drill”. Rice field is 25 cm deep, and dry land is 35 cm deep, and saline alkali soil is 40 cm deep. Expected effect is achievable with no excessive input or technical instruction required.
Wei Benhui said that invention of spiral and hollow “drill” tillage implements would certainly bring a major change of tillage implements and modernization of series products of smash ridging agricultural machinery equipment. The world will usher in great new times of “smash-ridging agriculture”.
According to expert’s estimates, if 1 billion mu of farmland and 300 million saline alkali land are cultivated in China, 130 billion kg of grain can be increased every year and 300 to 400 million more people can be fed. If land “smash-ridging” technology is implemented in 50% of farmland in the world, yield of grain can be increased and more people can be fed.
With “smash-ridging” technology, 40 to 50 cubic metres of natural rainfall reserve can be increased for cultivated land per mu, and drought, waterlogging and other disasters can be reduced. Recently, heavy waterlogging occurred in Henan Province. Because light tillage is carried out in most of cultivate land (most of loosened soil of plough layer is 12 to 15 cm), the soil of button layer is compacted and moves upward due to rolling by tractor wheels for years. Adding the road extension and ground hardening in the villages, there is no more place for water reservation. If “smash ridging” technology is implemented in half of cultivated land, such affect of rainstorm can be reduced greatly. Also, with improving smash ridging soil environment and significant increasing crop biomass, the goals including carbon reduction, peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutralization can be achieved early, and global warming can be relived greatly.
“Smash-ridging agriculture” and its entire production technology system invented and created by Wei Benhui have surpassed the existent agricultural production mode and have been affirmed and supported by Yuan Longping and other more than 10 Chinese academicians. The technology system has been practiced to almost all crop varieties from low latitude to high latitude and from low altitude to high altitude. It can be popularized globally and is expected to be a new mainstream technology in the world to lead the trend of agricultural cultivation development. The future will be better for all mankind. (Written by Heng Yi)
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Wei Benhui, the inventor of “smash-ridging” technology, Chinese cultivation expert, secondary researcher of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has acquired 21 achievements in sugarcane, Chinese yam, potato, cassava and “smash-ridging” technology, 18 national, provincial and ministerial awards, 15 invention patents. He has bred 26 new varieties of Chinese yam. Additionally, he has published 10 works such as China’s Ecology for Grain Increase with Smash Ridging Alive Soil and Chinese Yam Cultivation as well as more than 170 papers. He has won the titles of National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker of China, Special Allowance Expert of the State Council, Guangxi Excellent Expert, Guangxi Outstanding Contribution Expert, Guangxi Most Beautiful Scientific and Technological worker, etc.
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A closer look at the opening price, early sale estimates and what determines the outcome at expiry.
Canada, 11th Nov 2026, Grand Newswire –
The most useful part of HiBT’s Event Contracts appears after the order is placed. On eligible positions, the app lets the holder see an estimate for selling before expiry. That can be useful when a Bitcoin move starts to reverse with time still left on the contract. The limitation is easy to miss: the estimate tells the holder what an early exit might return at that moment, and it may be less than the amount they put in.
The easiest way to misread the position screen is to treat its two USDT amounts as interchangeable. The potential payout describes what the contract may pay if the selected outcome is correct at expiry. The early sale estimate describes what closing the position could return before expiry. A trader can be right about the direction so far and still face a choice between accepting the amount currently available and waiting for a settlement that has yet to be determined.
The order screen is easy to read
A HiBT Event Contract takes a view on whether a selected price index will finish above or below its opening level at a specified expiry. The contract guide describes the two directions as Call and Put. A Call expresses a view that the index will finish higher; a Put expresses a view that it will finish lower. The order screen shows the duration, the amount committed and the potential payout.
The opening level is the number against which the expiry price is judged. It matters more to the result than the day’s opening price or any other price a trader happens to be following. Someone can correctly say that Bitcoin is up on the day and still have a losing Call if the index finishes below the opening level of that particular contract.
The opening price takes a closer look
HiBT’s execution notice says the exchange introduced a one-second delay between submission and execution on April 13, 2026. Under the published rule, the index at execution determines the opening price. The price visible when the user taps to submit is a reference figure and can differ from the price ultimately recorded on the order.
During a fast price move, even that short interval can change the reference level the contract must finish above or below. The recorded opening price is the figure that matters at settlement.
Early selling is the useful difference
The exchange’s more recent trading guide describes early selling as an available exit route. In the app, the option is labeled Sell Event Position. When it is available on an open contract, the confirmation screen shows estimated proceeds. That amount can change as the underlying price moves and the time left on the contract decreases.
A trader might look at the estimate after the market has moved in the expected direction. There is still a reason to look again if the market turns: the original view may no longer hold, and the amount available for an early sale may have changed as well. A changing estimate is useful precisely because it can be checked against the original amount. It also means a figure seen earlier should not be treated as the proceeds of a sale that has yet to happen.
The order amount is a useful comparison. If the sale proceeds exceed what the trader put in, a completed sale can realize a gain. If the proceeds are smaller, it can realize a loss. The price direction alone does not tell the trader which of those cases applies. What matters for that calculation is the amount actually received on the sale.
What the settlement record shows
For a contract held to expiry, the closing index is compared with the recorded opening level under the applicable rules. The market may have crossed that level several times during the contract. Those crossings explain why someone might have reconsidered the position, but they are not the settlement result. The opening price, expiry time and closing price are the figures that let the trader reconstruct the outcome afterward.
For a contract sold early, the relevant record is the completed sale. A subsequent move that would have favored the trader does not add to the proceeds. Nor does a later reversal reopen the position. Keeping those two records separate makes it possible to understand an outcome even when the closing price on a chart looks at odds with the amount received.
Recognition at the Global Onchain Awards
In October 2026, HiBT was named Best Global Event Contracts Exchange at the Global Onchain Awards, held during the Global Onchain Summit in Singapore. The organizer’s winners announcement reported more than 100 nominations across over 20 categories for the awards program as a whole. Those totals describe the program, rather than nominations or votes received by HiBT.
HiBT’s Global Onchain Awards 2026 winner graphic. Source: CoinGape.
The published judging criteria covered market coverage, contract variety and the reliability of market resolution. The award was for the Event Contracts offering as a whole.
HiBT also offers an Event Contracts API for approved external platforms. The API serves a separate purpose from early selling: it lets approved partners connect their own systems to the product. For individual traders, the more immediate change is on the position screen, where an eligible contract can be closed before settlement.
The trade off on short contracts
The clearest part of the design is the choice at entry. A direction, a duration and a conditional payout give the order a defined shape. The early sale estimate adds a decision that makes sense for a short contract: if the trader has changed their mind, they can see what leaving would mean in USDT. That is more useful than seeing a countdown alone.
The harder part is keeping track of which number belongs to which moment. The index when the order executes can differ from the one visible at submission. The early sale estimate can change while the contract is open. The potential payout stays conditional until the outcome is known. A glance at the underlying chart cannot substitute for the order record, and a favorable move cannot tell someone how much an exit would return.
Early selling gives the holder a way to act on a change of view. How useful it is depends on whether the option is available on the position and what the sale would return. For a contract with little time left, those details matter more than the direction of the last price move.
On mobile, that decision happens on the open position screen. The iPhone app for the HiBT platform is listed as Global HibtHub on the Apple App Store. HiBT’s Android app is available on Google Play.
Global HibtHub store previews. Source: Apple App Store.
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DHARIN Launches Lab Grown Diamond and Gemstone Fine Jewelry Collection for Everyday Wear
United States, 11th Nov 2026, Grand Newswire – Fine jewelry brand DHARIN today released its first collection. Designed for everyday wear, the collection centers on lab-grown diamonds and lab-created sapphire, emerald and ruby, and is now available through mydharin.com to customers in the United States and Europe.
DHARIN’s pieces sit between fashion jewelry and traditional fine jewelry. The brand holds that fine jewelry need not be reserved for engagements or formal occasions, and can instead become an everyday choice, much like a classic piece in a wardrobe. The collection follows fine jewelry standards in its materials and settings, while its design takes cues from the way fashion is worn: each piece can be worn alone or stacked.
This approach shapes the brand’s choice of materials. Lab-grown diamonds share the same crystal structure, refractive index and hardness as mined diamonds, and lab-created sapphires, emeralds and rubies share the same composition as their natural counterparts. The difference lies in origin: lab-grown stones require no mining, and their growth process is fully traceable.
DHARIN views lab-grown stones as part of a more considered approach to fine jewelry, in which value comes from design, craftsmanship and wear, not from rarity alone. The same budget can allow for a larger stone or a higher grade, bringing D color, high clarity diamonds into everyday jewelry. Design is also less constrained by the cost of rough material, leaving more room to explore cut, proportion and color. Lab-created colored gemstones offer consistent color, allowing pieces in the same shade to sit together in harmony.
DHARIN regards jewelry as something to be worn rather than an investment, and encourages customers to build a collection over time, in keeping with their own style and pace of life.
The first collection is built around earrings and extends to rings and bracelets. The lab-grown diamond pieces center on three four-prong solitaire stud earrings, ranging from a 1 carat total weight round brilliant cut to a marquise cut and a 4 carat total weight oval cut, all in D color. The colored gemstone pieces include halo stud earrings, a halo ring and a tennis bracelet, each offered in sapphire, emerald and ruby. The halo pieces use a low setting suited to everyday wear. The collection is offered in metals including rhodium-plated sterling silver, 18K gold vermeil and 14K gold.
Each DHARIN product page lists the stone type, carat weight and metal, with color and clarity grades included for diamond pieces. Every lab-grown diamond of 0.50 carat and above is accompanied by an individual grading report issued by the International Gemological Institute (IGI). IGI is an independent gemological laboratory, and DHARIN is not affiliated with IGI. All colored gemstones in the collection are laboratory-created and identified as such on each product page, and brand certificates can be provided upon request.
The name DHARIN, pronounced DAR-in, is derived from a Sanskrit root associated with holding or sustaining, and is similar in sound to the English word “darling.”
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DHARIN is a fine jewelry brand specializing in lab-grown diamond and lab-created gemstone jewelry designed for everyday wear. The brand’s founder previously worked in retail for international luxury and fashion brands and holds a diploma in the Coloured Gem Professional programme from Gubelin Academy. The brand is operated by Celestial Stream LLC in the United States. For more information, visit https://mydharin.com.
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Rantizo (Nasdaq: RNTZ) Advances U.S. Production of Heavy-Lift Autonomous Drones After $258.8 Million Acquisition, Targets California’s $61.2 Billion Agricultural Market
Houston, Texas, USA, November 11th, 2026, FinanceWire
California’s Central Valley to serve as U.S. launch market for the Houston-built Harvest 100, a heavy-lift agricultural drone with more than 70% U.S. or allied parts designed to cover 500 acres per day; Rantizo holds master spray agreements with Nutrien and Helena
Rantizo (Nasdaq: RNTZ) (“Rantizo” or the “Company”), the Houston-headquartered builder of American-made heavy-lift autonomous drones, today announced plans to expand its agricultural drone services into California’s Central Valley, which will serve as the U.S. launch market for the Harvest 100, the Company’s U.S.-built heavy-lift agricultural drone. The announcement comes one month after Rantizo completed its $258.8 million transaction and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker RNTZ.
The Harvest 100: American-Made Heavy Lift
Rantizo designs and builds its aircraft in Houston, Texas. Its flagship, the Harvest 100, is a heavy-lift, autonomous agricultural drone built in America with more than 70% U.S. or allied parts and designed for FAA and NDAA compliance. Each Harvest 100 is designed to cover 500 acres per day, and the platform is built to be BVLOS-capable and swarming-ready, with modular payloads that carry it from spraying and seeding into forestry applications.
Rantizo is an approved drone application provider under master spray agreements with Nutrien and Helena, two of the largest agricultural retailers in the United States, positioning the Company to serve their grower networks. Rantizo is also seeing strong grower interest heading into the upcoming season, with drone sales agreements in place, multiple successful field trials, and FAA certifications and operational authorizations in more than 15 states. Growers and ag retailers can hire a Rantizo field team by the job or by the season, or buy, lease or finance the aircraft and fly it themselves, with pilot training available.
“America needs American drones, and we are building them in Texas today,” said Marianne McInerney, President of Rantizo. “The acquisition and the new ticker were the starting line. Behind them is an American shop floor, an American-made heavy-lift aircraft, and master spray agreements with two of the country’s largest ag retailers. California is where the Harvest 100 launches: the most valuable farm economy in the country, served by an American drone. As foreign aircraft are priced and regulated out of this market, Rantizo intends to be the American name growers and ag retailers call first.”
Harvest 100 U.S. Launch Market: California’s Central Valley
Rantizo plans to bring its agricultural drone services to California’s Central Valley, beginning with four adjacent counties: Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern. California is the nation’s leading agricultural state, with $61.2 billion in farm and ranch cash receipts in 2024, more than 400 commodities and more than three-quarters of the country’s fruits and nuts, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The corridor’s almonds, grapes, pistachios, citrus and vegetables are high-value specialty crops where precise, timely aerial application matters most, and where orchards, vineyards and wet or constrained ground can limit conventional equipment. Concentrating on four neighboring counties allows Rantizo to serve the region with mobile two-person crews and shared equipment rather than separate fixed operations.
The entry is phased and tied to contracted demand. Rantizo intends to work with experienced California license holders and its master spray agreement relationships with agricultural retailers to establish licensing, county registrations and channel partners, beginning operations with two drone pilot crews and scaling to as many as four crews across the corridor during the upcoming season as contracted acreage grows. The service business is also built as a direct sales channel for the Harvest 100: paid applications and field demonstrations introduce growers to the aircraft and build a pipeline for purchases, leases, pilot training and long-term service programs.
Federal Policy Is Shifting the Market to American-Built Drones
Federal policy has moved decisively toward domestic aircraft over the past 18 months. Executive Order 14307, “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” directed federal agencies in June 2025 to prioritize U.S.-made drones. In December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission added foreign-made drones and critical drone components to its Covered List, barring new foreign models from equipment authorization unless exempted. And since September 3, 2026, imported unmanned aircraft with a maximum take-off weight above 25 kilograms face Section 232 tariffs of up to 100% under Presidential Proclamation 11055.
The market those rules protect is growing fast. The Federal Aviation Administration forecasts that the active U.S. fleet of large drones, those over 55 pounds, will grow from 8,295 aircraft in 2025 to 55,509 by 2030. The Harvest 100 is built for exactly that weight class.
Built on the $258.8 Million Transaction
Rantizo’s public listing was established in October 2026, when the Company completed its approximately $258.8 million acquisition of the drone assets of Houston-based Rantizo, Inc. and adopted the Rantizo name. Rantizo, Inc. received 51,966,591 newly issued Class A ordinary shares and held approximately 87% of the Company’s Class A shares following the closing, and those shares are subject to a six-month lock-up. The Company’s shares have traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market as RNTZ since October 13, 2026.
The Rantizo name has been field-proven since 2018, when it was founded in Iowa City as a pioneer of agricultural drone spraying. The Company is led by President Marianne McInerney, a former U.S. Department of Transportation official.
Rantizo expects to provide further updates on its California launch, commercial orders, production and deliveries as they are finalized.
Global Communications and Partnerships
Phoenix MGMT & Consulting has transitioned with the Company from SKK Holdings to Rantizo and continues to support its overall growth and global expansion, leading global communications, public relations and global partnership development. Phoenix’s work includes introducing Rantizo to prospective supply, manufacturing and technology partners across the drone, defense and advanced-materials sectors.
About Rantizo
Rantizo (Nasdaq: RNTZ), headquartered in Houston, Texas, designs and builds heavy-lift autonomous drones in the United States for precision agriculture, forestry and wildfire response, infrastructure inspection and specialized government applications. Its platform includes the U.S.-built Harvest 100 agricultural drone, the Titan firefighting and forestry drone and a long-range fixed-wing surveillance prototype, supported by field services and by purchase, lease and financing options. For more information, visit www.rantizo.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s production plans and capacity; the launch and commercialization of the Harvest 100; the planned California expansion, including its timing, licensing, regulatory approvals and anticipated demand; master spray agreements, sales agreements and anticipated commercial orders and deliveries; product specifications and targeted performance; market forecasts and demand; the effect of current and proposed federal regulations and tariffs; and the Company’s growth strategy. Master spray agreements do not guarantee any volume of acreage or revenue. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks relating to product development and testing, manufacturing readiness, supply chain conditions, regulatory approvals and changes in law or trade policy, market acceptance, competition, capital requirements and the other factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Third-party forecasts cited in this release are those of their sources. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.
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