A List of Dairy Tech Startups and the Barriers to Adoption
There is a growing number of dairy tech startups on the market but there are challenges impacting dairy farmers’ ability and desire to adopt these innovative tools.
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AgriFood Tech Startup Spotlight: Brazil’s Verde Marketplace for Sustainably-Grown Crops
Verde AgriTech, a fertilizer business operating in Brazil, recently launched a new business unit called Verde Marketplace, which it hopes will become the first B2B platform for farmers to offer sustainably-produced food on a large scale to interested corporate buyers.
Estonia’s eAgronom Raises €1m Seed Funding for Farm Management and ERP Software
The web and mobile platform allows grain farmers to manage and oversee their farm in real-time, including employee operations and activities in the field.
Understory Raises $7.5m to Power Global Expansion of Weather Monitoring Network
Understory analyzes and processes data to create real-time datasets, views, and actionable information from historical, current and forecasted weather events to provide better insights and early detection of risks.
FDA Makes Move Towards Clearing Up Food Tech Regulation with New Action Plan
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under fire for not providing more guidelines to food tech companies on what is and what is not allowed.
BREAKING: CoverCress Raises $2m to Develop Gene-Edited Cover Cash Crop
CoverCress (formerly Arvegenix) has closed a $2 million bridge investment round co-led by Bayer Growth Ventures and BioSTL’s investment arm BioGenerator.
CoverCress is a plant breeding company using CRISPR gene editing tools to develop and grow a new cover crop based on the native plant pennycress.
How One Veteran’s Personal Journey Sparked the Creation of a Multi-Million Dollar Cannabis Startup
“I never consumed cannabis for the first 29 years of my life, Socrates Rosenfeld founder and CEO of Jane Technologies tells AgFunderNews after raising a $6m Series A round of funding.
Cargill Aims to Improve Worker Safety with Remote Controlled Herding Robot for Livestock
Cargill is bringing robots to its meat processing facilities in the hope of improving animal welfare, worker safety, and efficiency with a robotic cattle herder.
In Ovo Closes Series A to Combat Male Chick Culling in Egg Industry with VisVires New Protein
Dutch startup In Ovo has completed a Series A raise with Singapore-based disruptive food system venture fund VisVires New Protein and global specialty chemicals company Evonik.
Cannabis Operator 4Front Raises $31m on Mission to Professionalize the Industry
Where Do Halloween Pumpkins Come from Anyway — and More Importantly, Where Do They Go?
Whether you’re carving some up for your front porch or using them in a decorative display, Halloween doesn’t seem to be complete without pumpkins. This year, we’re taking a break from the candy stash to figure out where all those pumpkins come from.
Ignitia Raises $1.1m Series A to Expand Tropical Weather Forecasting Service to Smallscale Farmers in Nigeria
Regardless of where a farmer is located, knowing what Mother Nature may have in store is a key aspect of planning day-to-day management as well as long-term decisionmaking.
Provenir is Bringing Butchering to the Farm and Improving Meat Traceability
For Provenir CEO and farmer Chris Balazs, bringing an Uber-like service for meat processing to the Australian beef industry would solve many different pain points across the supply chain. It’s also something that’s near and dear to his own struggles.
Norwegian Aquaculture Feed Optimization Startup CageEye Raises Funding from Aqua-Spark
CageEye’s echo-sounder technology uses software and hardware to track acoustic data in a fish cage, while relying on machine learning to measure and analyze biomass movements.
Report: 76% of North American Consumers Would Try a Therapeutic Cannabis Product
As Canada ushered in legal cannabis consumption last week, many consumer products companies and retailers are wondering whether delving into the space will be worthwhile. The answer is probably yes, according to a new report.
Maersk Makes 7th Startup Investment in Food Waste, Supply Chain Software Spoiler Alert
Maersk has received 850 pitch decks so far this year, according to Peter Jorgensen who says the company’s investment initiative gives it the chance to make a positive difference as a large corporate, not just a provider of funds.
Produce Pay Raises $14m Series B to Help Farmers Get Paid
Agribusiness marketplaces are a hot trend in agrifood tech at the moment as entrepreneurs look to create more options for farmers than existing distribution channels to give them more flexibility and hopefully more money in their pockets.
Meet the Largest Multi-State Cannabis Company You’ve Never Heard Of
Grassroots Cannabis operates in seven states and plans to add two more states to its roster by the end of the year, as a vertically integrated grower, processor and retailer of branded cannabis products.
Farmers Edge and Global Ag Risk Partner on Data-Driven Crop Insurance for Farmers
Farmers Edge and Global Ag Risk Solutions are teaming up to combine Farmers Edge field-centric data with Global Ag’s customized insurance products to create a new data-driven insurance model for crop farmers.
EXCLUSIVE: Wasteless Raises $2m Series A for In-Store Retail Tech Reducing Food Waste
Founded in June 2016, Wasteless has developed a proprietary dynamic pricing algorithm for products with a limited expiration date, allowing retailers to create and display discount prices across the demand curve.