Feeling reflective as we approach the holiday season and the end of 2016? In this week’s podcast, we talk to two food and agtech experts about the trends they’ve noticed in ag and foodtech in 2016.
Japan’s indoor agriculture industry is more developed than in the US and Europe. Here Pieter De Smedt offers his key takeaways from an event bringing the industry from both sides of the world together.
Andrew Vickery, head of rural services at UK accountancy firm Old Mill, argues that UK farmers should take advantage of the next few profitable years to plan for the future including investing in new technologies.
Comet Labs and Orange Silicon Valley recently partnered on a report entitled: Bringing Digital Intelligence to Indoor Farming — urban agriculture in the age of AI. Here are their key learnings.
In his third of a three-part series on open innovation, Byrum gives three pieces of advice for agribusinesses considering using open innovation to keep up with their peers and not get left behind.
Janette Baynard, founder of the Poultry Exchange, asks why the animal protein sector has not attracted the attention of more entrepreneurs and startups.
Daryl Thomas writes about his experiences working on the mergers which became Syngenta, and how smaller ag players will play a role in the industry after the next round of consolidation.
A collaboration between AgFunder and ReFed, this article aims to highlight some of the technologies working towards reducing food waste globally that are not always associated with the problem.
With most agribusinesses continuing to invest in R&D internally, open innovation can be an effective way to access external know-how. Here are some top tips to making it work from Syngenta’s Joseph Byrum.
For the first time ever at a Kauffman Fellows event, a plenary panel was held to discuss the state of agtech innovation and investment.
As with all startups competitions, the pitches at FoodBytes varied in quality, so here three of the judges — Saran Nolet, Sam Trethewey, and Michael Dean, offer 5 pieces of advice to startups to help them perfect their pitch.
The first in a three-part series from Syngenta’s Joseph Byrum is about the importance of open innovation in agriculture.
Two key features of the conference this year were a panel discussion about gene editing and the issue of public acceptance and innovating around food waste.
Farmers have limited cash to spend on their operations at the moment, but there is opportunity for them to address their needs throughout the year through leasing, argues Tristan Watkins, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.
The idea for this week’s podcast came from Sanjeev Krishnan, founding partner at S2G Ventures, the Chicago-based food and agtech venture capital firm.
Kevin Zussman writes about the similarities of the crop protection and animal health industries, and how new technologies are disrupting these markets.
Dale Meyerrose, the retired US Air Force Major General, is asking an important question: what about cybersecurity in agriculture?
Ahead of the PrecisionAg Vision Conference in Phoenix, Arizona next month, James Sulecki writes about five key trends in horticulture technology.
The gene-editing powerhouse the merger between Bayer and Monsanto could produce has been less discussed in media and investment circles, but is a major part of the transaction, writes Emma Cowan.
Ahead of International BioFest2016 in October, AusBiotech gives us a snapshot of how some of its members and partners are innovating in the biofuel space.
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