Tag: precision agriculture

World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

October 20, 2020

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit takes place each year in London, San Francisco and São Paulo . With more than 41 countries represented in London

PrecisionAg® VISION Conference

January 14, 2020

Engage with those at the forefront of global digital agriculture – a full spectrum of progressive agriculture leaders from row and specialty crop growers and

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?

FIRA 2019 – International Forum of Agricultural Robotics

December 10, 2019

Agricultural robotics is the undoubted solution for reducing the drudgery of work for producers: it allows them to provide quality food in sufficient quantity for

FIRA 2019 – International Forum of Agricultural Robotics

December 10, 2019

Agricultural robotics is the undoubted solution for reducing the drudgery of work for producers: it allows them to provide quality food in sufficient quantity for

BRIEF: Israel’s Agritask closes $8.5m Series A to advance farm data in frontier markets

November 7, 2019

The InsuResilience Investment Fund led Israel-based Agritask’s Series A funding round for its application in expanding farm and crop insurance to smallholder farmers.

About Future Farming

November 5, 2019

This year, Misset International and Wageningen University & Research present the third edition of the annual Global Future Farming Summit which will focus on unlocking

India’s Fasal raises $1.6m seed funding to build out precision ag across SE Asia

October 30, 2019

Fasal, a precision agriculture platform, has just raised $1.6 million of seed funding from Omnivore and Wavemaker Partners, AFN can confirm.

Augmenta raises $2.5m seed round from Hardware Club, Marathon VC

October 8, 2019

The Greek tech startup will use the funds to support commercialization of its real-time device that analyzes crops and manages input application.

AGRI Tech Venture Forum

May 15, 2019

The ag tech landscape has evolved significantly in recent years. As the sector expands and continues to gain momentum as a critical industry for a

Global Thinking Sets Up New Zealand Agtech Startups for Outsized Impact

February 15, 2018

The New Zealand agtech ecosystem is starting to gain recognition for its innovation well beyond the boundaries of New Zealand.

Data As Agriculture’s New Currency

May 3, 2017

The first in a three-part series by Joseph Byrum explores the development of data as an agricultural commodity.

What is Precision Agriculture?

April 24, 2017

What exactly does the buzz phrase precision agriculture mean, and how is technology enabling it? Remi Schmaltz takes a closer look.

What Do the New FAA Regulations Actually Mean for Ag Drone Startups?

July 1, 2016

The FAA has released its regulations allowing commercial drone use. Slantrange & AgEagle weigh in on what this might actually mean for the growing sector.

How Big Data is Disrupting Agriculture from Biological Discovery to Farming Practices

June 9, 2016

Vonnie Estes is an agtech consultant with a particular focus on building biotech-focused startups. Here she drills down into the disruption taking place in the industry through innovations in big data.

Fundings in Brief: Japan’s Farmnote Raises Seed Capital and Indian Animal Healthcare Companies Merge

September 3, 2015

Read about Japanese farm management tool Farmnote, two M&A deals with Indian animal health companies and a $6m Series A for IoT company LinkLabs.

Israeli Precision Agriculture Service Targeting Smaller Farms Secures Seed Funding

August 31, 2015

Tel Aviv-based Farm Dog is creating precision agriculture hardware and software tools suitable for small and medium-sized farms in Europe and the U.S.

AgSmarts named semi-finalist to $1M Global Action Challenge

Precision Irrigation Company AgSmarts Raising Follow-on Seed Round As Revenues Grow

August 11, 2015

AgSmarts is raising $750k – $1m in a follow-on seed round led by a new strategic investor. Brett Norman, CEO, tells AgFunderNews about the company’s progress since its first seed round last year.

InfoAg Conference Reveals Lessons for AgTech Investors

August 4, 2015

These are good days to be a precision agriculture company, but with so many new technologies coming to market, it’s getting tough to discern which are poised to become “must haves” for growers, writes Gabriel Wilmoth of Syngenta Ventures who attended InfoAg last week.

AgFunder Midyear AgTech Investing Report 2015

Moving to Mainstream: AgTech Gathers $2.06bn in the First Half of 2015

July 31, 2015

What a start to the year! Today AgFunder releases its Midyear AgTech Investing Report (Free Download) and 2015 has already lived up to expectations. Nearly surpassing