AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
C Spire Helping Mississippi Delta Farmers Introduce Smart Agriculture Solutions
Tech movement initiative helps firm support precision farming to boost crop yields, reduce water use.
Pepper-picking robot demonstrates its skills in greenhouse labour automation
With the rising shortage of skilled workforce in agriculture, there's a growing need for robotisation to perform labour-intensive and repetitive tasks in greenhouses. Enter SWEEPER.
Thought Leaders in Agriculture: Interview with John Power
I see aerial imagery analytics as a powerful technology that – if used correctly – can give the farmer the kind of insight he needs to manage the operation in real-time extremely effectively
Batteries, the Heart of Your Drone
A smart battery is a rechargeable battery that is equipped with a battery management system (BMS). Packet Digital and Vertical Partners West recently developed an intelligent battery management system for the Venom Commercial Series of drone power products.
Using Telematics in Farming
Telematics involves precision farming solutions by automating decisions or actions at a distance. The farmer’s “smart” machinery would apply seeds and fertilizer at variable rates based on the soil characteristics
How Machine Learning Plus Weather Information Can Help Us Feed The World
Even if we had perfect weather data everywhere all the time, there are many more uncertainties in a lot of the weather-driven agronomic models that attempt to predict crop stage, disease pressure, and crop performance
Yield10 Bioscience with Dr. Oliver Peoples
We’ve placed an emphasis on re-thinking the approach to boost crop yield using biotechnology. By focusing on identifying bottlenecks in carbon flow to increase the efficiency of photosynthesis, we are identifying new yield trait genes that show promise in our target crops
AgriTech - Featured Stories
Here are the 14 startups pitching at Wisconsin's AgTech Venture Day
Nick Williams – Reporter, Milwaukee Business Journal: Golden Angels will have a fund committed to the presenting companies. In 2017, Golden Angels Investors dedicated nearly $1 million for agtech startups pitching at the event.
Freight Farms Announces 'Grown,' the World's First On-Site Vertical Farming Service
New service can seamlessly integrate with any foodservice operation or support year-round CSA programs--no farmland or additional staff required
AeroVironment Collaborates with REIN's DroneInsurance.com to Offer Commercial Drone Insurance Solutions for Quantix™ Hybrid Drone
AeroVironment's Quantix™, an innovative and powerfully simple to use drone delivering real-time actionable intelligence, can now be covered through DroneInsurance.com's first-of-its-kind drone insurance platform, offering 24/7 ground and usage-based flight coverage options
AgriTech - News Headlines
Improve quality control processes using a digital microscope
Inspection of assembled boards, connectors or other SMT components
In the electronics quality control (QC) process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production, a visual product inspection is often performed. Here, every product is examined visually, often using a microscope due to the miniaturization before the product is sold into the external market.
Semtech, Senet and Sensoterra's Proven IoT Solution Offers Farmers Scale and Operational Visibility
Sensoterra's LoRa-enabled sensors reduce up to 30% of water usage in soil irrigation for commercial farms
GroGuru CEO to Deliver Keynote Speech at the San Diego Global Investment Forum
Serial entrepreneur and critically acclaimed author, Patrick Henry, to share his experience on how to build a fundable startup company
Indigo Agriculture Raises an Additional $250M and Launches Digital Grain Marketplace
-Indigo extends efforts to decommoditize agriculture with launch of Indigo Marketplace™, a digital platform for buying and selling grain
-Indigo Marketplace has already connected thousands of U.S. growers and buyers, with billions of dollars in inventory and demand
-Supporting Indigo's mission and the expansion of Indigo Marketplace is a Series E raise of $250M, bringing Indigo's total capital raised to over $650M
Commercial UAV Expo Announces Dynamic Lineup of Speakers for October 2nd Keynote
Leaders from FAA and The White House to be Featured at October Event in Las Vegas
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Cabinet Coolers End Costly Shutdowns White Paper
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Len Calderone - Contributing Author
Len contributes to this publication on a regular basis. Past articles can be found with an Article Search and are listed below.
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