Brazil’s KPTL invests in poultry management platform Agrisolus
March 2, 2021
Agrisolus captures real-time data about a variety of metrics to optimize poultry production and prevent disease in the flock.
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Leveraging big data for better sweet potatoes
October 28, 2020
When it comes to growing sweet potatoes, North Carolina is a superstar. Now it’s turning to tech to get even better at it.
Weather, food security, and Covid-19
June 1, 2020
Agriculture is a weather-driven sector. Increasing weather variability due to a warmer atmosphere, coupled with Covid-19 supply chain disruptions and trade restrictions, are driving up food prices and increasing food insecurity in 2020, writes John Corbett.
Could TeakOrigin’s data-based “language” around food quality help ailing supply chains during Covid-19?
April 20, 2020
The startup is using analytical chemistry, optical spectroscopy, and machine learning to create a universal data-based language for evaluating food quality.
How will Covid-19 impact the US organic food sector? Mercaris weighs in
April 16, 2020
Mercaris, an organic and non-GMO trading platform and data service, thinks Covid-19 brings market risks as well as unique opportunities.
Grow crops like a fighter pilot
April 14, 2020
The next harvest is becoming a matter of economic survival for some growers in uncertain times. With trade wars, pandemics and market plunges, farmers now more than ever need every edge they can get to make the most of the growing season. One thing they can do to up their game is to take inspiration from fighter pilots, writes Joe Byrum.
EXCLUSIVE: Provision Analytics raises $3.2m to expand food safety data platform
April 14, 2020
For the Canadian startup, traceability and food safety are about finding correlations across the food system – and not just telling a product’s story.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaf Agriculture comes out of stealth with agtech API to integrate your farm data
February 11, 2020
Leaf wants to make it easier for agtech innovators to create apps by harnessing clean, standardized, and aggregated data from multiple sources.
BASF’s Xarvio partners with Arable to improve fungicide recs in lead up to outcome-based pricing
December 4, 2019
Xarvio is now pulling data from Arable’s hyperlocal weather data sensors to help farmers improve the timing and efficacy of their fungicide applications, which will feed into BASF’s new business model plans for farmers.
Why Prospera started in greenhouses before taking AI tech into the fields
November 15, 2019
Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.
BRIEF: Israel’s Agritask closes $8.5m Series A to advance farm data in frontier markets
November 7, 2019
The InsuResilience Investment Fund led Israel-based Agritask’s Series A funding round for its application in expanding farm and crop insurance to smallholder farmers.
9 questions with FoodBytes! Chicago pitch company Agremo
October 16, 2019
Serbian startup Agremo pitched its farm data management software last month to a panel of judges and audience.
Tastewise raises $5m Series A for consumer data platform, releases trend report
September 25, 2019
The Israeli startup combs thousands of recipes, menus, and social media conversations to figure out what food and beverage trends consumers will crave next.
Hyperspectral tech company FruitSpec secures $4m Series A
September 24, 2019
The Israeli agritech company FruitSpec — which is carving out a niche using hyperpectral imagery to count fruits —is set to officially close its $4 million Series A fundraise at the Agrivest conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Get the scoop here!
AFN introduces… Viridis RS & Tractor Junction
September 18, 2019
Introducing GROW accelerator’s first cohort starting with two startups that are taking aim at India’s agricultural problems – Viridis RS and Tractorjunction.com.
How fertilizer companies are using technology to stay relevant
August 5, 2019
Charlotte Hebebrand, is director-general of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), a nonprofit organization that represents the global fertilizer industry, on issues related to the promotion
Meet the AI-powered cannabis app that wants to help you find the exact high that you’re looking for
July 30, 2019
Tired? Anxious? Chronic pain? Trouble sleeping? There’s probably a strain of cannabis for that and Namaste Technologies is using an AI-powered app to help you find it.
KisanHub Nets £3.4m Series A For UK, India Expansion
July 25, 2019
KisanHub specializes in squeezing out actionable insights from raw, complex and unwieldy food supply chain data sets
Farmobile Banks New Funding from Equipment Group Ag Growth International
July 18, 2019
Data management company Farmobile plans to use the new funding to help it expand its aggregation and data-for-profit services worldwide. For Ag Growth International, it could mean integrates more data-focused tech into its equipment offerings.
Future Food: How Whole Foods’ Walter Robb Thinks About Food Tech and The Future of Grocery
May 1, 2019
In this second edition of Future Food, I chat to Robb about his food preferences, his contrarian views of the plant-based meat trend, the role of big data in food, and how the Amazon deal came about.
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