Flush with new funding, Monarch gears up for expansion: ‘It’s more than a matter of selling autonomous tractors’
July 31, 2024
There’s a lot more to autonomy than autonomy.
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BREAKING: Specialty crop equipment leader CNH partners with Bluewhite to bring autonomous tech to orchards, vineyards
June 25, 2024
The partnership will see Bluewhite’s autonomous technology on New Holland tractors in specialty crop farming operations.
Meet the founder: Bluewhite’s Ben Alfi on mobility, labor challenges, and how to make a tractor autonomous in 14 hours
February 9, 2024
Bluewhite’s “IKEA” approach to autonomy outfits existing machines with its system to tackle everything from seeding to mowing.
EXCLUSIVE: Tractor Zoom scoops up $5m to bring better data, transparency to farm equipment buying
October 3, 2022
Tractor Zoom will invest in more data science to make its digital marketplace for farm equipment buying as transparent and streamlined as possible.
Deere’s investment in InnerPlant is about changing Big Ag. More corporates need to follow suit
September 29, 2022
Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection and, ultimately, commodity farming.
Why John Deere invested in Africa’s Hello Tractor
August 16, 2022
American ag equipment manufacturer John Deere made a minority investment into the tractor sharing and management platform, Hello Tractor. Here’s why.
Tractor Junction hauls in $5.7m seed funding from AgFunder, Omnivore & others
April 28, 2022
It says revenue from its marketplace for new and used farm vehicles grew 7x over the past two years.
Brief: John Deere unveils its first commercially available, fully autonomous tractor
January 5, 2022
The US company said it expects to begin shipping the driverless version of its 8R row crop tractor during the second half of the year.
Brief: CNH Industrial makes 2 acquisitions in 1 week to boost precision ag capabilities
December 7, 2021
The tractor maker had previously announced its buyout of South Dakota tech firm Raven Industries in a deal worth $2.1 billion.
Data Snapshot: Farm robotics startups raised $491m in H1 2021 to automate the basics
December 1, 2021
Many of big deals during H1 involved startups automating simple, everyday tasks within broader agricultural operations.
Why Germany’s Amathaon Capital invested in autonomous tractor startup AgXeed
May 27, 2021
AgXeed offers an autonomous tractor that can be used with a variety of implements, which Amathaon thinks is vital to the future of robotics in ag.
Self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch raises $20m Series A funding
March 16, 2021
US-based Monarch Tractor will use the funding to build its “pilot series” tractors for farmers in its home state of California, Oregon, and Washington.
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