How Will Grower-Owned Digital Ag Tools Change the Game?
April 26, 2018
The Grower Information Services Cooperative (GiSC) and Mainstreet Data are teaming up with IBM to offer a suite of digital services for GiSC members.
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Bayer, Netafim, Swiss Re, and IFC Team-Up to Bring New Tech to Smallholders
April 24, 2018
A new coalition of agriculture and finance industry players is working together to find new ways to get technology into the hand of smallholders farmers
Five Cultured Meat Startups Raise Funding as Fledgling Industry Comes into Focus
April 23, 2018
So far in 2018, at least five startups using cellular agriculture, the science behind cultured meat that can be used to manufacture many animal products in a lab setting, have raised funds as this fledgling industry diversifies and grows.
Six Startups Using Technology to Improve Soil Health
April 21, 2018
A rising chorus of investors and stakeholders, along with some farmers, are beginning to spread the message that the health of the soil is just as important as the health of the plants growing in it.
Inocucor Makes ‘First of Many’ Acquisitions, Closes Series B on $54.4m
April 19, 2018
Biologicals startup Inocucor has acquired ATP Nutrition in the opening salvo of a plan to become a “selective consolidator” in the premium crop inputs space.
HarvestPort Moves Into Crop Inputs As E-Commerce for Farmers Broadens and Varies
April 18, 2018
HarvestPort wants to take over the task of “shopping around” by offering growers unique deals through an agricultural inputs marketplace.
Indian IoT Platform for Pre and Post Harvest Raises Seed Round Led By Omnivore
April 18, 2018
AgNext has created a suite of tools, including hardware and software, to leverage data to improve the efficiency and profitability of farmers and processors.
HelloFresh Taps Spoiler Alert to Cut Food Waste by 65%
April 17, 2018
In less than a year, international meal kit player HelloFresh has reduced its land-fill bound waste by 65% with the help of Boston-based startup Spoiler Alert, a B2B tech platform that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory,
Why Qualcomm Ventures Sees Farm Connectivity Challenges as Opportunity
April 16, 2018
We caught up with Carlos Kokron, vice president and managing director at Qualcomm Ventures to find out how the corporate VC manages such an international portfolio of investments and where it’s looking next for growth.
Ag Industry Brief: FBN Makes Moves in Canada, Bayer Sells Digital to BASF, more
April 13, 2018
Farmers Business Network makes an acquisition in Canada while Bayer sells assets to get ready for the big takeover, plus more in this week’s brief.
After A Wave of Agtech Acqui-hires, DTN-Spensa Deal Changes the Script
April 12, 2018
Though the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, DTN SVP Ed Mattix offered that DTN is a conservative buyer looking to directly profit off of its acquisitions and that there would likely be more to come.
UPDATED: Open List of Women Leaders in Ag Challenges Industry Event Organizers to Promote Equal Representation
April 10, 2018
A publicly available and editable list of women leaders in agriculture, started by Agrilyst CEO Allison Kopf, challenges event and conference organizers to increase gender representation in public discussions of the industry.
Understory’s Move into Agriculture Comes into Focus with Monsanto Partnership
April 9, 2018
After one year of testing, Monsanto is collaborating with hyper-local weather data provider Understory to optimize the company’s seed production operation in Argentina.
Ag Industry Brief: USDA Approves CRISPR-Edited Food While Bucking NOSB Recommendations, more
April 6, 2018
The USDA makes multiple impactful rulings while Food System 6 Accelerator chooses a new cohort and BayWa announces an agtech competition in this week’s brief.
Insects and Blockchain Win Big at the First Mekong AgriTech Challenge
April 5, 2018
The Mekong AgriTech Challenge (MATCh), the Mekong region’s first AgTech pitch competition and market access boot camp, launched for the first time last week.
Smithfield Partners with Agtech Startup to Convert Controversial Hog Waste Lagoons into Sustainable Fertilizer
April 5, 2018
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, is launching a partnership with Florida startup Anuvia Plant Nutrients to convert the hog manure created by the company’s farming operations into fertilizer.
Wilbur-Ellis Backed Insect Startup Beta Hatch Closes $2.1m Seed Round
April 5, 2018
Beta Hatch cultivates mealworms for animal feed using patent-pending equipment, a trade-secret process and unique genetic stock, developed by entomologist and founder Virginia Emery.
US Farm Management Software Market to Reach $1.62bn – Report
April 4, 2018
Working from data collected from a survey of 1490 farmers in January 2018, a new report estimates the US market for farm management software could grow to $1.62 billion.
FBN Challenger AgVend Raises $1.75m for National Expansion
April 4, 2018
AgVend is the latest entrant into a small set of players vying for the so far small community of farmers looking to purchase online – all banking on the expectation that that community will grow.
What is the Prototypical Agtech Exit?
April 2, 2018
At the closing investor discussion at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco on March 21, three agrifood investors concluded that though the exits of 2017 were good to see, they weren’t necessarily as replicable as many may hope.
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