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Climate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action to combat deforestation

September 21, 2019

The statement calls asks corporations to tackle the financial risks associated with ongoing deforestation along their operations and global supply chains.

How TERRA helps GrainCorp keep up with speed of technology change

August 29, 2019

Like most corporates the size of GrainCorp and many of the world's agribusinesses, the company is not positioned or organized in a way that makes it possible to survey the startup scene as often as necessary. Step in TERRA, the accelerator from RocketSpace and Rabobank.

DecisionNext Raises $7m Series A to Forecast Agricultural Commodities Pricing

May 23, 2019

The startup has an SaaS platform that provides users with forward-looking views of commodity markets that they can translate into actionable business decisions.

The 5 Food Production Risks Digital Ag Can Solve

September 18, 2017

People fundamentally misdiagnose the opportunity in digital agriculture when they sum it up as “grow more with less" write Jess Bollinger and Adam Wolf of Arable.

The Commodity Business in Food and Agriculture is Over

September 11, 2017

Data analytics are bringing about the end of commodity business in food and agriculture, writes Mike Neal.

Why Farmers Should Have a Hedging Strategy

August 7, 2017

Farmers are all too familiar with the rampant uncertainty that riddles the markets and crops every season, so they should consider putting together a hedging strategy, writes Howard Marella.

Is Debt a Better Instrument for Farmland Investment?

June 27, 2017

Drew Fox asks, is farmland investment the best way to access the opportunity in agriculture, or is there a better solution?

Making Agtech Matter in Today’s Agricultural Economy

July 5, 2016

On a quest to understand the forces at play in the agricultural economy, and to assess the role that agtech could play in this economy, Rogers has written a two-part in-depth analysis for AgFunderNews

Are the Good Times Really Over for Good? The Future Direction of the US Ag Industry

July 5, 2016

On a quest to understand the forces at play in the agricultural economy, and to assess the role that agtech could play in this economy, Barclay Rogers, CEO of Good Earth Irrigation, has written a two-part in-depth analysis for AgFunderNews.

Are Falling Farm Incomes Impacting Agtech Adoption for the Long Term?

April 14, 2016

This year will be the worst year of the commodity price downturn for US row crop farmers as many enter their third year of negative net incomes, according to Rabobank Food & Agriculture.

Ag Weather Data Platform aWhere Goes From Series A to Big Ag Partnerships

November 23, 2015

It's been quite a year for aWhere, which closed its $7 million Series A round of funding in September 2014 on AgFunder, as the company sets its sights on the financial markets.

Farmland REIT Offers Loans to Farmers Amid ‘Cash Crunch’ from Low Commodity Prices

September 2, 2015

Farmland Partners, the listed farmland real estate investment trust, has launched a loan program for farmers to help bridge operating costs amid commodity price slump.

Maritime Data Powerhouse Spire Announces Close of $40M Series B Round

June 30, 2015

According to the American Association of Port Authorities, “The United States is served by some 360 commercial ports that provide approximately 3,200 cargo and passenger handling facilities.” Food and farm products, including wheat and wheat flour, corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, and coffee are listed among the leading commodities shipped for domestic and foreign trade through U.S.

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Tag: commodity

Climate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action to combat deforestation

How TERRA helps GrainCorp keep up with speed of technology change

DecisionNext Raises $7m Series A to Forecast Agricultural Commodities Pricing

The 5 Food Production Risks Digital Ag Can Solve

The Commodity Business in Food and Agriculture is Over

Why Farmers Should Have a Hedging Strategy

Is Debt a Better Instrument for Farmland Investment?

Making Agtech Matter in Today’s Agricultural Economy

Are the Good Times Really Over for Good? The Future Direction of the US Ag Industry

Are Falling Farm Incomes Impacting Agtech Adoption for the Long Term?

Ag Weather Data Platform aWhere Goes From Series A to Big Ag Partnerships

Farmland REIT Offers Loans to Farmers Amid ‘Cash Crunch’ from Low Commodity Prices

Maritime Data Powerhouse Spire Announces Close of $40M Series B Round

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