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Brief: Ukraine conflict puts food security at risk for 3% of global population, says McKinsey
August 17, 2022
War, climatic events, and supply chain strains are putting millions of tons of grain and roughly 1.4 billion people in vulnerable countries at risk.
Food inflation 101: What agrifoodtech players need to know about the coming crisis
May 19, 2022
War, pandemic, and climate extremes are causing “apocalyptic” food price rises that could “tip tens of millions of people… over the edge.”
GRDC’s new Tekfarm program seeks global agtech solutions for Australia’s grains sector
May 11, 2022
It’s scouting the globe for tech startups and solutions that can take the country’s world-leading grains industry to new heights.
AgriDigital helps Aussie grain players collateralize their crop for working capital. Now it’s heading Stateside
May 10, 2022
It recently announced the close of a $17.7 million funding round.
CIBO & Bushel partner to make carbon farming ‘economically viable’ for US growers
March 7, 2022
The CIBO Carbon Bridge program aims to mitigate risks farmers face when switching to carbon farming practices like no-till and cover cropping.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine won’t just disrupt food supplies – but food technologies, too
February 25, 2022
With so much of the world’s food and fertilizer — and tech prowess too — coming from Ukraine and Russia, we’re facing yet another global food crisis.
With $60m in fresh funding, Arya is eyeing a $20bn slice of India’s grain market
January 20, 2022
It’s boosting farm incomes and reducing food waste by providing logistics, warehousing, and financing solutions to small-scale grain growers.
Davren Global’s innovative insect control is just what the grain industry ordered
November 3, 2021
Cutting-edge Australian plant biosecurity research has delivered a revolutionary non-toxic and long-acting alternative for controlling stored-grain insect pests.
EXCLUSIVE: ZoomAgri raises $3.3m for ‘vision-as-a-service’ food inspection tech
August 25, 2021
It aims to take the manual labor out of the ag commodities inspection process using computer vision, machine learning, and IoT.
Brazil’s Solinftec launches digital grain trading tools in US, Canada
August 23, 2021
It’s one of a handful of tech companies that are trying to digitalize the grain trading industry – much of which is still paper-based.
Brief: Cargill CEO MacLennan says plant-based will ‘cannibalize’ its protein business
June 9, 2021
He also said that the agribusiness giant doesn’t expect China’s domestic livestock feed industry to become self-sufficient anytime soon.
Bushel bags $47m Series C funding as it scales up & eyes new fintech offering
April 20, 2021
The North Dakotan startup is on a mission to digitalize the grain supply chain and now plans to add fintech offerings to its app-based trading platform.
Grain monitoring startup TeleSense closes $10.2m Series B to ramp up sales
October 22, 2020
California’s TeleSense uses remote sensing to monitor temperature and humidity in grain storage bins, helping to prevent disease and spoilage.
The biggest mistakes you can make when selling grain in volatile markets – and how to avoid them
July 14, 2020
From under-marketing your crop and lowballing yield estimates to ‘fixing’ contracts based on market volatility, here are the biggest mistakes you can make in grain marketing.
Croatan Institute is surveying regenerative grain & livestock supply chains for investment opps
June 3, 2020
The authors of the Soil Wealth report are collecting data to help identify opportunities for finance to support regenerative ag during and after the pandemic.
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?
Bushel wants to enhance, not disrupt, grain trading with $19.5m Series B
December 17, 2019
The new funding will be used to help the North Dakota-based company launch new product features and make additional hires.
Founder Calls ‘FarmLead’ the ‘Uber’ for Grain Buyers and Sellers
August 25, 2014
You have a book to sell, and a book you’d like to buy. What do you do? Chances are, hop online. In Brennan Turner’s
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