Jorge Heraud, VP of automation and autonomy at John Deere, talks tractors, sprayers and educating the public about the vital role of farmers.
Aquaculture company Vertical Oceans welcomes new CFO, Cibus hires an expert in “natural capital.”
As artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics continue to evolve, smart farms will become even smarter.
Many farmers are open to agtech innovation, but current financing structures hold them back from adoption.
The Green Growth platform aims to integrate precision agriculture software as simply as possible with farm hardware.
As an independent entity, Performance Livestock Analytics plans to grow its data analytics platform and expand to new markets.
Guardian Agriculture has raised $20m in a series A round to expand its autonomous drone technology to farms across the US and ramp-up manufacturing of its SC1 aircraft.
Investment in agrifoodtech will be key to the stable, sustainable and prosperous development of Africa, says Saron Berhane.
AEA’s John Kempf on why his company led the recent seed round for US-based precision agriculture startup Croptix.
Ecorobotix offers weeding and crop protection via its “high-precision sprayer” for targeted herbicide, fungicide and pesticide application.
Carbon Robotics will bring its LaserWeeder robot to new parts of North America and launch into international markets in the near future.
S2G will provide funding for startups in capital-intensive, asset-oriented industries including agriculture, energy and oceans.
MITRA, an Indian manufacturer of fruit spraying equipment, has today been fully acquired by major automotive manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra.
There’s still scope for innovation in boosting farmer producticity and efficiency as AFDB predicts 60% increased food insecurity.
Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze food and agriculture technology investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more
BII plans to designate $250 million to African and Indian startups by 2026, including those developing solutions for smallholder farmers.
The partnership will combine the Farmers Business Network’s customized crop protection plans with Greeneye’s AI-based precision weed spraying system.
Despite an overall increase in agtech adoption, farmers around the world still lag in terms of adding new sustainability practices to their operations.
Vertical farm failure, a SPAC from the father of agtech, GM controversy, indoor farmed wheat, and funding for one of regenerative agriculture’s leaders were the top 5 articles reported on by AFN’s team of reporters in 2022.
We catch up with Benedikt Bösel, managing director of a 3000-hectare farm near Berlin, Germanyv that’s adopting and developing regen ag systems
Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets