Brief: Farm data company Ag-Analytics acquires land research platform AcreValue
It has also struck partnerships with Farmer Mac and Indigo Ag, which will use the combined platforms to further their own financing and carbon offerings.
It has also struck partnerships with Farmer Mac and Indigo Ag, which will use the combined platforms to further their own financing and carbon offerings.
Jeremy Williams is a panellist at the AgTech NEXT conference on 6 October, where he’ll be speaking about geospatial imaging’s role in ag.
The Singapore-based startup secured the Series A funding from Exfinity Venture Partners, pi Ventures, and AgFunder, among others.
The startup will use the capital to cement its presence in India and expand its food quality assessment platform to the Middle East and Europe.
The Minnesotan startup sees partnerships as the best route to expanding its footprint, rather than developing ancillary solutions and services in-house.
The startup claims to be the first to receive approval from the US Federal Aviation Authority for drone flights beyond the visual line of sight.
With Prospera on board, Valmont now claims to be the world’s largest, vertically integrated artificial intelligence company in agriculture.
Farm Market iD aggregates data from a variety of sources to offer agribusinesses support with marketing and better serving farmers and ranchers.
ListenField’s API ecosystem combines satellite, weather, and in-field data with crop modeling, phenology, and genotype selection to improve yields for rice and other crops.
Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker thinks that Covid-19’s continuing effects will see a ramping up of food protectionism this year – while climate change will also take a toll.
After 17 years with Organic Valley, Kate Campbell is moving into an executive leadership position to milk the most out of the dairy co-op’s data.
The Beijing-based startup will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion, partnering with other agrifood businesses in Creadev’s portfolio.
The Toronto-based company has pivoted from drones as a core business to offering multi-layer analytics as farmers seek the most bang for their data bucks.
When it comes to growing sweet potatoes, North Carolina is a superstar. Now it’s turning to tech to get even better at it.
Melbourne-based DAS is partnering with IAG to speed up risk assessment for rural insurance customers and provide them with ag, climate, and real estate insights.
The Yield – an AgFunder portfolio company – is “poised to be The Climate Corp of horticulture,” said Yamaha Motor Ventures’ Nolan Paul.
PLA’s platform helps beef producers run their businesses more efficiently through the power of data analytics and connection to animal health companies and the founder thinks Covid-19 will accelerate farmer interest in such livestock tech.
The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.
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xFarm’s partnership-centric approach to farm data helped it secure €3 million in equity funding from Italy’s United Ventures and Switzerland’s TiVenture.
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