10 Years in Agtech: Ag Innovation Showcase’s Rohit Shukla Shares Thoughts on Future of Food
October 4, 2018
We grapple with the future of food, now more than ever, writes Rohit Shukla.
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Billionaire-Backed Fund Invests in Pivot Bio’s $70m Series B to Address ‘One of Largest Sources of GHGs on Planet’
October 2, 2018
“Pivot Bio is addressing one of the largest sources of GHGs on the planet – the potent nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions associated with the use of synthetic fertilizers,” said Carmichael Roberts of Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
International Sales Manager
October 1, 2018
Fyteko is a Belgian start-up active in biotechnology, with the aim to contribute to a healthy and profitable agriculture and thus reduce the impacts of
Land O’ Lakes Launches Digital ERP Tool to Measure Profitability of Sustainable Farming Practices
September 24, 2018
The Truterra Insights Engine quantifies the economic and environmental benefits of certain practices and strategies to enable farmers to identify and select farm management options.
AgDNA and CNH Industrial Partner to Bring AI to Agriculture
September 20, 2018
AgDNA has partnered with CNH Industrial to give its customers access to AgDNA’s AI-enabled technology platform. Paul Turner writes about the partnership and the increasing interest in AI by major equipment manufacturers.
Growers Raises $5m Series A for Farm Data Analytics with ‘Software Plus Services’ Business Model
September 12, 2018
Growers Holdings, a digital agriculture software and services startup, has raised $5 million in Series A funding in a round led by US heartland-focused investor Lewis & Clark Ventures.
Conservation Agriculture Creates a “Cascade of Cost Savings” for Farmers – EDF Report
September 7, 2018
Implementing conservation practices like nutrient optimization, crop rotation, conservation tillage, and cover crops can put money back in farmers’ pockets, according to a new report.
Sentera Raises $14m Series A from Syndicate of Leading Agtech Investors
September 6, 2018
“Obviously everybody likes their funders, but we are particularly happy to have this group behind us,” Sentera CEO Eric Taipale told AgFunderNews.
What’s Next for Agtech?
September 4, 2018
In the second in a two-part series, Barclay Rogers illustrates the core themes in farm tech adoption to-date and predicts the next phase in farm tech development.
Deveron Acquires Veritas to Add Agronomic Expertise and Data Analytics to Drone Service
August 30, 2018
Deveron, which sends pilots to fly drones over farmland on request, will gain precision agriculture capabilities by bringing Veritas’s team of agronomists, plant scientists, and data scientists onto its staff.
The EU will become the “Museum of Agriculture,” says Leading Agtech Entrepreneur
August 29, 2018
Agricultural futurist Robert Saik is a professional agrologist and certified agricultural consultant who founded Agri-Trend which was acquired by Trimble in 2015.
Enterra Feed Eyes World’s Largest Insect Farm in Wake of Series B Raise
August 28, 2018
Last week, Enterra Feed Corporation, an insect farming business from Canada, announced its latest round of funding and plans to construct three new insect factories in Canada and the US.
How Agtech Has Quietly Transformed Agriculture During the Downturn
August 27, 2018
It’s been a long, dark period in the agriculture industry since corn prices tumbled almost five years ago, but something magical has occurred: agtech has emerged as the dominant theme in a rapidly reshaping agricultural economy, writes Barclay Rogers.
Embracing Digital Agriculture: Coffee’s Fourth Wave?
August 22, 2018
Shuchi Nijhawan, VP of agriculture at Eka, writes about the adoption of digital agriculture in the coffee industry, particularly in India.
AgriFood News: Singapore’s Largest Indoor Farm, SoftBank to Invest $750m into Pizza Robot? SWIIM Raises $3m, more
August 9, 2018
The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines submitted each week by members of the AgFunder community through our news sharing platform #feedit. Have news to share? Post it here and engage,
African AgriFood Tech Startups are not Waiting on Western Tech
August 8, 2018
Thought for Food founder and CEO Christine Gould said that since her competition looks for both impact and commercial viability, the finalists in the TFF Challenge offer much more geographic variety than other food and agtech competitions.
When an AgriFood Startup Pitch Competition is Truly Global, Smallholders Win
August 7, 2018
Christine Gould has been running the Thought for Food (TFF) Challenge and Summit for six years now. But this year a contest usually saturated with
Startup Technologies Making GMO Less Controversial
August 6, 2018
Despite pervasive consumer disapproval, scientists and seed companies have far from abandoned GMOs as a subject of research and development and some new approaches using GM technology could address the more pervasive consumer concerns.
Augmenta Raises $600k Seed Round for Plug & Play Automation on the Farm
July 17, 2018
The startup manufactures a plug and play device that scans and analyzes crops as a tractor moves across the field capturing 4K video data of every inch of the field.
Nutrien Acquires Agrible for $63m to “Create Ag Retailer of the Future”
July 16, 2018
Nutrien intends to integrate Agrible’s suite of farm management services with its newly branded digital platform as well as continue to grow Agrible’s sustainability tracking service for food companies.
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