Meet the Founder: Neatleaf’s Elmar Mair discusses the critical role of autonomy in ag: “It takes a lot of anxiety out of cultivation”
Neatleaf’s CEO and co-founder talks ag robotics, scaling a hardware startup, and why it started in cannabis.
Neatleaf’s CEO and co-founder talks ag robotics, scaling a hardware startup, and why it started in cannabis.
ReFED’s Dana Gunders discusses why interest in food waste solutions from US businesses, investors and consumers remains high.
The company will also introduce new capabilities to its system, which farmers can retrofit to existing machinery.
Robust waste tracking and inventory systems are key to cutting more food waste out of the food retail supply chain.
The team recounts its days from university students to founding Agrospheres, a startup delivering novel encapsulation tech for biologicals.
Time to hunker down, startups.
Early commitments to the fund include The Rockefeller Foundation, Builders Vision, and the Schmidt Family Foundation.
Pivot Bio said it has paid $6 million to growers participating in the company’s N-OVATOR program that rewards farmers for using nitrogen management practices.
Indiana’s Producer Led Innovation Challenge tackles the challenge of making farmers more productive in the face of economic headwinds.
Farmers aged 18-60 may represent a much larger share of the agricultural market in 10-plus years, says grain-trading platform Bushel.
“We have a very clear strategy that will allow us to establish a brand based on our quality,” says Oishii co-founder Hiroki Koga.
Financial troubles along with a downturn in venture capital and demand for specialty mushrooms are behind Smallhold’s recent filing.
The two companies will combine swarming with heavy-payload drones for more precise, effective spraying on specialty crops.
Bluewhite’s “IKEA” approach to autonomy outfits existing machines with its system to tackle everything from seeding to mowing.
Low adoption is likely due to the economic and logistical burdens placed on farmers in order to participate in carbon sequestration programs.
Neatleaf has built a straightforward ag robotics platform focused on plant-health and yield. Customers say they can’t work without it.
With this latest round, Inari will ready its multiplex gene-editing platform for row crops for commercialization in the US and elsewhere.
California-based farm-ng aims to lower the adoption and innovation barriers for small and medium growers adopting robotics.
Burro will use the new funds to broaden its product line and reach more areas of agriculture struggling with labor.
AgFunder partner Michael Dean on discovering the huge opportunity for new technology development and deployment across the food system.
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