Kolb discusses agtech adoption challenges, how different types of agtech are being adopted, and the importance of farmer mentality when building agtech startups.
Despite recent average rainfall, California continues to cope with water scarcity. The state may be eyeing water tech to help get its farmers back afloat.
We caught up with Rick Murdock, co-founder of Ag Connections, to find out more about the Syngenta acquisition, and the startup’s journey to that point.
There’s no doubting it: big data is here to stay. As the technology continues to revolutionize the ag industry, players from across the business are making moves to integrate data-driven technologies along every step of the supply chain.
The conference, organized by the Australian Farm Institute, explored whether digital technologies will enable the third agricultural revolution and bring about the next big productivity gain, and how to catalyze this revolution in Australia.
Satellite and sensing startup Planetary Resources raised the funding from a group of high-profile individuals and venture capital investors.
Swiss drone imagery company Gamaya has raised SFr 3.2 million ($3.2 million) in Series A funding to develop its hyperspectral imaging sensor and analytics software platform.
A new whitepaper released today tackles the topic of agtech adoption. Entitled ‘Beyond the Hype: How Agricultural Technology Wins Customers and Creates Value’, it offers six suggestions to agtech startups.
The indoor agriculture software service Agrilyst raised the round ahead of a cannabis platform rollout, while 4 M&A deals this week span ingredients, biofuel, meat products, and food e-commerce.
AgFunderNews caught up with Reid Carter, who invested in Semios separately from his day job at Brookfield Asset Management, to find out more about his interest in agtech.
Rory Aronson wants you to steal his idea. Seriously. In founding FarmBot, he decided none of his ideas would be proprietary.
Slantrange has raised the funding from a wide range of investors including venture capital firms, angel syndicates, and a farming organization.
The agribusiness, which is already a PrecisionHawk customer, has invested a small amount in the drone company’s Series B round.
The American Farm Bureau Federation has launched a new initiative aimed at awarding certain ag data company with an “Ag Data Transparent” seal if they participate in its Ag Data Transparency Evaluator (ADTE).
Syngenta is set to release 16 new products into the market this year, a record-breaking number for the company, according to Jamie Eichorn, head of
Semios raised the funding to expand its specialty crop-focused sensor and precision ag platform business.
Noel Dickover, director at the PeaceTech Lab explains how agriculture big data tools, particularly those tracking weather, can help peacebuilders in conflict zones.
This year will be the worst year of the commodity price downturn for US row crop farmers as many enter their third year of negative net incomes, according to Rabobank Food & Agriculture.
An organic, vegan food delivery service, a Spanish e-grocer, and a social impact-focused meal delivery company are some of this week’s fundings as the food e-commerce segment shows no signs of slowing.
The agricultural drones market is flying. A new report from RnR Market Research states that it’ll be worth nearly $3.7 billion by 2022. DroneDeploy also reported that it’s its largest commercial sector for DroneDeploy.
