Farm tech market map: charting the next wave of agtech value for farmers March 14, 2023 Real cost and productivity loss on the farm are creating a catalyst for agriculture to take a big leap forward in its digitization journey.
What is “the next big thing” for agtech? March 8, 2023 As we look to the next decade there’s an underserved, tech-driven opportunity for founders and investors alike: serving the ag service providers.
Brief: SwarmFarm lands $8.3m to move autonomous farming beyond driverless tractors February 16, 2023 SwarmFarm combines autonomous vehicles with an open network to help farmers customize equipment based on their individual needs.
Agrifoodtech startups tackle labour, nutrition and biosecurity issues at evokeAG 2023 February 13, 2023 APAC’s premier agrifoodtech event evokeAG brings investors, innovators and others together to address some of the biggest challenges of our time.
Data snapshot: India, China & Indonesia lead Asia-Pacific’s farmtech investment right now November 2, 2022 India is by far the region’s most advanced farmtech ecosystem, while a Chinese agricultural drone service raised the biggest farmtech round in 2021.
Data Snapshot: Novel farming leads sustainable farming investments in Europe in 2021 July 27, 2022 Sustainable Farming is both under-funded and a major opportunity for investors wishing to get involved with climate tech.
FarmWise’s weeding robots haul in $45m Series B funding from Taylor Farms, others June 1, 2022 The San Francisco-based startup said it will use the funding to bring its new vegetable weeding implement to market.
Meet the female founder: Future Acres CEO Suma Reddy on farm robots & entrepreneurship March 28, 2022 The entrepreneur discusses her path to agtech and the role farm robots have in helping growers address crops, yields, and labor challenges.
Brief: Solinftec & Growmark collaborate on new farm robot for field management March 24, 2022 They’re building a robotic system that can monitor crop health and feed data-informed insights back to farmers.
Bowery’s strawberry bot buyout February 24, 2022 Bowery announced its acquisition of robotics startup Traptic last week. Here, AFN analyzes the deal and what it means for the wider indoor ag space.
Brief: John Deere unveils its first commercially available, fully autonomous tractor January 5, 2022 The US company said it expects to begin shipping the driverless version of its 8R row crop tractor during the second half of the year.
How cold storage could be an antidote to Africa’s hefty food imports December 14, 2021 InspiraFarms is deploying off-grid cold storage technology to help Kenya cut hundreds of millions of dollars of seasonal food waste.
Fieldin acquires Midnight Robotics to make farm management more autonomous November 17, 2021 The deal will add a layer of self-driving capabilities to Fieldin’s existing farm management platform, which relies on tractor-mounted sensors.
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