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Beyond the Megafarms: 4 Alternative Models For Indoor Agriculture
August 14, 2017
There is more variety in indoor farming businesses than the megafarms that make the news.
Ag Industry Brief: Automated Indoor Farming, M&A, Farmers Demand Climate Action, more
August 11, 2017
Agrilyst and Motorleaf have partnered up to facilitate increased automation for indoor, hydroponic growers plus new acquisitions and hiring.
Q&A: Wells Fargo Seeks to Bridge the Gap Between Growers and Tech
August 10, 2017
We caught up with Wells Fargo SVP Adam Bergman to discuss the role of financial institutions in the agtech startup ecosystem and how Wells Fargo is supporting it.
Israel Agritech Market Map: 400 Startups Putting The Tech in Agritech
August 10, 2017
There are now more than 400 Israeli startups working on innovations for the global agriculture sector, according to new research from Start-Up Nation Central, an Israeli NGO and Greensoil Investments, a local agritech venture capital firm.
Dupont Acquires Farm Management Software Granular for $300m
August 9, 2017
Granular CEO Sid Gorham will continue to helm Granular while also taking over digital agriculture for DuPont, which includes responsibility for DuPont’s agronomic software business.
Women in Agtech: Saturas Founder Anat Halgoa Solomon
August 9, 2017
In the next in our women in agtech series of interviews with female CEOs and founders working in agtech, AgFunderNews caught up with Solomon to find out more about Saturas and being a female entrepreneur in agtech.
Sacramento is Making Moves to Become an Agtech Hub
August 4, 2017
The Greater Sacramento Economic Council is attempting to carve out a piece of the tech scene just 90 miles to the south, and thanks to UC Davis and nearly 250,000 acres of farmland, that means agtech too.
Ag Industry Brief: Monsanto Emails, New Australian Accelerator, Federal Cannabis Legalization Bill, more
August 4, 2017
Controversial Monsanto email communications have been revealed by the New York Times.
UAE’s Produce Import Ban Shines Light on Food Security Dilemma and Indoor Ag Opportunity
August 3, 2017
It’s perhaps not news that the Middle East is in a precarious position when it comes to food security. One of the hottest, driest, and
TomKat Ranch: Measuring the Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture with Precision Ag Tech
August 2, 2017
Kevin Watt, land and livestock manager at TomKat Ranch, thinks that once the benefits of regenerative ranching can be fully quantified — through soil carbon measurements, forage density, and more — it could become a mainstay of both ranching and soil management.
Cannabis Industry Becoming Competitive as Canopy Selects Latest Cohort
July 31, 2017
We caught up with co-founder and managing director Patrick Rea to discuss the current political climate for cannabis and what Canopy’s new cohort say about where the cannabis industry is today.
Gene Editing Gets Public Market Approval as Calyxt Raises $64m IPO
July 28, 2017
Calyxt spun out from its parent company Cellectis to price an oversubscribed IPO at the bottom of the price range, while analysts remain concerned about gene editing regulation.
Women in Agtech: From Vietnam to Founding Redmelon Company – Le Vuong
July 27, 2017
The next in our series of interviews with female CEOs and founders working in agtech, AgFunderNews caught up with Vuong to find out more about Redmelon Company and being a minority female entrepreneur in agtech.
Syngenta Ventures Invests in Premier Crop Systems After Months of Trials with Software
July 26, 2017
Syngenta Ventures has acquired a minority stake in Premier Crop Systems (PCS), a Des Moines, Iowa based agronomic software tool in a growth equity investment round.
NYC Hosts First Food Waste Fair for Exploding Food Waste Innovation, Revealing Challenges
July 26, 2017
Food waste issues are coming into the mainstream as investors and municipalities realize that there is money to be saved and made in keeping food out of the landfill.
Arkansas Congressman Rick Crawford on How to Help Rural Farmers
July 25, 2017
The state of Arkansas is home to Tysons, Walmart, a Nestle plant and a Frito-Lay factory, but much of the food produced in Congressman Rich Crawford (R) of Arkansas’s first district is grown on family farms.
Brazil’s First Agtech Accelerator Program Pulse Seeking Startups
July 20, 2017
The country’s first agtech program is sponsored by Raízen, Brazil’s largest producer of sugarcane ethanol and third-largest energy company, along with SP Ventures and NXTP Labs.
Sales Consultant – AgTech
July 19, 2017
Sales Consultant | Growing startup | AgTech The Company Maia Technology is a start-up business in the AgTech space. We are building new technology for
SoftBank Invests in Largest Ever Agtech Deal, a $200m Series B for Indoor Ag Startup Plenty
July 19, 2017
SoftBank has invested in Plenty, a vertical farming startup in California, to help the company expand into new markets and crops.
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