
Guest article: Agtech poised for a rebound in 2025?
Despite some widespread challenges for agtech, Rabobank has identified multiple themes that remained resilient in 2024.
Despite some widespread challenges for agtech, Rabobank has identified multiple themes that remained resilient in 2024.
After experiments with Amy’s Kitchen, Chef Bombay, and Sunbasket, Chef Robotics’ technology is being rolled out across North America.
Robots are cool but there’s a time and a place, says Hyphen cofounder Stephen Klein. “Turns out you don’t actually need a 30-kg robotic arm to move a coffee cup.”
We caught up with FYTO to talk duckweed and manure management: “Manure is a great input because we’re growing probably the fastest nitrogen consumer on the planet.”
Edete—which offers precision pollination as a service (PPaS)—helps Mother Nature by applying pollen directly to trees in a highly targeted manner.
When it comes to farming, says Verdant Robotics cofounder Dr. Gabe Sibley, the biggest pain points are typically labor and input costs. “We squarely address both.”
Rice and wheat are harvested with combine harvesters. Yet strawberries are still picked by hand at a time when growers are facing rising labor costs and serious labor shortages. So why aren’t we seeing more mechanization being deployed for specialty crops?
Tevel is partnering with ag machinery manufacturers and integrating its robots and ground computing software system with harvesting machinery.
Carbon Robotics will bring its LaserWeeder robot to new parts of North America and launch into international markets in the near future.
The now-defunct startup’s former VP Chris Cerveny says everything from timing to funding to how automation gets deployed can impact a farm’s lifespan.
Panelists at World Agri-Tech and in AgFunder’s new report say agrifoodtech investment will get worse, but those solving ‘the right’ issues have opportunity.
MITRA, an Indian manufacturer of fruit spraying equipment, has today been fully acquired by major automotive manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra.
Plus, the USDA’s office of the chief scientist gets a new director and cultivated meat startup Upside Foods expands its leadership team.
Ongoing labor shortages and a need to cut costs are fueling a new class of foodservice robotics, from ‘bots that mix drinks to burger vending machines.
Verdant Robotics recently announced a $46.5 million Series A funding, led by Cleveland Avenue. AgFunder first invested in the seed stage round a few years ago when the company was still in stealth. Here AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc explains why.
Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. While there are calls for developing nations to seek compensation from the world’s biggest emitters at COP27, developing nations must also look to technology to mitigate the impacts of climate change – or adapt.
The food and beverage industry in the US installed 25% more robots last year , according the International Federation of Robotics.
Bonbell co-founder Doaa Abdel Hameed shares here thoughts on enhancing the hospitality industry, her company’s future, and supporting female founders.
A shift has occurred in the farm robotics category and The Mixing Bowl and Better Food Ventures have put together a market map detailing nearly 250 startups automating various activities on crop farms operating both indoors and outdoors to highlight its depth.
Apeel Sciences and Benchling are among the startups addressing the tools and services needed in the middle of the agrifood value chain.