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Humanitarian Tech: AgriWebb launches Helping Hands Project for victims of Australian fires
January 17, 2020
The program links farmers who want to help with farmers who need labor, equipment, or a place to keep livestock as well as providing a tool for calculating losses for insurance claims.
Robots, hemp, drastic weather: Farmers Edge’s Wade Barnes shares 2020 ag predictions
January 14, 2020
From traceability to hemp to robots, if Barnes is right, 2020 is going to be a blockbuster year across the agricultural board.
Is CropX’s acquisition of CropMetrics a signal of increasing consolidation in digital agtech in 2020?
January 13, 2020
The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.
Analyzing 2019’s wild weather year: could technology have helped?
December 23, 2019
Weather events have plagued US crop production throughout the year, including severe floods and an early freeze. Using Indigo’s GeoInnovation platform, we take a deeper look and ask, could technology have helped farmers weather the storms better?
Kraft Heinz leads $12m Series A for smart checkout startup Zippin
December 12, 2019
What does a CPG company want with smart checkout technology, you ask? Data, and lots of it.
FarmlandFinder raises $3m seed round led by Cultivian to make farmland sales fairer
December 5, 2019
The Des Moines-based startup is leveling the playing field by providing all users with comprehensive data about potential farm purchases.
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.
Perception is reality: data reveal gender bias in agri-foodtech investing
October 3, 2019
Just 8% of venture capital dollars invested in agri-foodtech in 2018 went to founding teams with at least one female, according to a new report by AgFunder, KK&P and The New Food Economy with support from S2G Ventures.
FarmBackup’s Vision for “Borderless Farming” in Denmark and Beyond
June 4, 2019
Søren and Anders Knudsen have developed FarmBackup, an online marketplace where farmers and contractors can advertise and arrange for equipment-based services.
How Will Grower-Owned Digital Ag Tools Change the Game?
April 26, 2018
The Grower Information Services Cooperative (GiSC) and Mainstreet Data are teaming up with IBM to offer a suite of digital services for GiSC members.
Ag Industry Brief: Y Combinator Sweet On Cultured Meat, Granular Partners with Planet, Another Startup Pays for Data, more
March 23, 2018
Granular and Monsanto have new partners, Y Combinator requests cultured meat proposals and more in this week’s brief.
Checking in With Climate Corp’s Open Platform Strategy and the Future of Ag Data
January 30, 2018
The decision to make the platform open, Climate Corp’s CTO Mark Young explains, was not only part of an effort to bring more value to customers, but also to move the digital ag space forward.
FarmerTrials.com is Offering Startups a New Way to Conduct Field Trials
September 11, 2017
There’s one thing that every new agtech startup needs when they want to sell their solution to farmers: proof that it works. And to get that, you need field trials.
Free Report: The Rise of a More Intelligent Food System
August 15, 2016
Ahead of the release of his new data-heavy report, Patrick Keating of Keating International gives an exclusive insight into how the global food system has progressed since the earliest forms of food and agriculture technology.
Farmland Investment Platform to Offer Rare Returns Data for Investors, Farmers – exclusive
August 25, 2015
Collecting farmland performance data globally has been a bugbear for many investors for a long time. Map of Agriculture hopes to fill the information gap with a global resource for investors, and possibly farmers too.
USDA & Microsoft Call upon Private Sector to Combat Climate Change’s Impact on Farming
August 5, 2015
The UDSA and Microsoft have launched the Innovation Challenge, a contest offering access to large amounts of USDA data. Awards include cash prizes and the deadline is November.
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
aWhere: The Climate Corp for the Other 500 Million Farmers
May 14, 2014
In comparison to the rest of the world, American farmers have it made when it comes to access to ag-technology. And in light of the
Fixing Ag’s Big Data Problem
December 14, 2013
Big data is a big problem in agriculture, and entrepreneur and ag-expert Lance Donny believes he can fix it. Lance Donny, CEO of OnFarm Systems,
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