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Tag: Farm Robotics Mechanization & Equipment
‘Boil the weed inside out’: RootWave launches high-frequency, ‘regen ag-friendly’ weed zapper for orchards
August 16, 2023
RootWave has launched a weeding machine for fruit orchards it believes can offer growers a faster, cost-effective way to manage more acreage.
Data snapshot: India farmtech investment ‘relatively strong’ despite a harsh fundraising environment
August 2, 2023
Climate change and the need for efficient and affordable technology for farmers is driving investor interest in India farmtech.
Meet the founder: PerPlant’s Rasmus Emil Hansen on taking precision agriculture to the edge
July 14, 2023
PerPlant says its tech can monitor fields and generate insights with centimeter-level precision at a fraction of the cost of other tools.
Brief: Switzerland’s Ecorobotix raises $52m to bring crop protection ‘bots to the Americas
May 10, 2023
Ecorobotix offers weeding and crop protection via its “high-precision sprayer” for targeted herbicide, fungicide and pesticide application.
70% of specialty crop growers now investing in farm robots, says new Western Growers report
May 8, 2023
Robots that automate the task of weeding are far and away the most popular right now amongst specialty crop growers, says Western Growers.
Carbon Robotics bags $30m to fight the war on weeds with autonomous laser bots
April 11, 2023
Carbon Robotics will bring its LaserWeeder robot to new parts of North America and launch into international markets in the near future.
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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