AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
HerdDogg Secures $2.3M in Seed Funding to Improve Remote Health Monitoring of Livestock
The seed funding from several mid-western VC firms with deep experience in agricultural technologies, IoT, and big data technologies is an expert validation of HerdDogg’s technology and market potential.
FreshDirect Opens New State-of-the-Art Facility Revolutionizing the Online Grocery Industry
South Bronx Facility Reimagines Farm-to-Fork Food Distribution, Ensuring Exceptional Quality and Significantly Increasing Capacity.
Report: Solar Energy Advances for Ranching and Farming
Beyond providing power to farm structures, solar energy can power agricultural operations such as crop irrigation, rangeland livestock watering, security systems, and is contributing to solar innovations in equipment.
A Guide to Storing Silage on Farms
Animals feed on silage throughout the winter, but farmers must follow certain rules to make sure that the fodder is stored in a correct and safe manner.
Population Growth, Less Arable Land, and Sustainability Driving Demand for Controlled-Release Fertilizers
China and U.S. driving most of global demand growth for these environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional fertilizers.
Holistic Farm Management
To find sustainability and success, farmers need to mimic nature. Holistic farm management does not function without establishing goals and values that fit with the quality of life that a farmer is trying to accomplish.
Crisply, a Freshly Picked, Pesticide, Herbicide and Chemical-Free Produce Line
Eden Green Technology will be the first company to offer freshly picked produce, grown locally at next-generation vertical farms, on a large scale.
AgriTech - Featured Stories
As Farmers Grow Drone Use, Privacy Issues Top List of Concerns
Survey of Farmers Highlights New Risks and Opportunities in Expanding Drone Market
As Farmers Grow Drone Use, Privacy Issues Top List of Concerns
Survey of Farmers Highlights New Risks and Opportunities in Expanding Drone Market
Finalists Named for AgTech Conference of the South Pitch Off Competition
AgVoice, BeeHero, MyAgData and Trackter Selected to Present to Panel of Judges on July 24
AgriTech - News Headlines
Is Agriculture and Food Becoming CRISPR?
Three researchers present findings on CRISPR gene editing at 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting
UMD Assistant Professor Awarded $1.1 Million to Mitigate Rising Sea-level and Saltwater Intrusion Threatening Coastal Farm Viability and Bay Health
Tully's project combines crop research, wetland ecology, geological and chemical analysis, and economic modeling to not only determine what crop management strategies work in this saltier environment, but identify practical applications that will be the most cost effective and profitable to the farmer while protecting the environment.
Semtech's LoRa Technology, DNA of IoT, at Google Cloud Next '18
LoRa Technology expected to be de facto platform for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Inari, a plant breeding technology company, introduces its mission to transform agriculture and to impact society and the environment
- Inari, a Flagship Pioneering company, launches an agricultural plant breeding technology company
- Inari aims to transform plant breeding to significantly reduce time and cost by applying cutting edge biological and data sciences
- Inari has assembled a team of exceptional and diverse scientists and science advisors that are developing unique approaches with partners and growers around the world
AgBiome LLC Secures Series C Funding
AgBiome LLC, a private company harnessing the plant microbiome for novel agricultural pest solutions, announced today that it has secured $65 million in Series C financing that will help the company bring novel crop protection products and solutions to the market.
AgriTech - Featured Product
Innovative, Modular, Dual Belt Conveyor Pallet Systems
Dorner's 2200 Series Precision Move Pallet Systems feature the latest advancements in pallet traffic management. A unique pin tracking system guides pallets through merges and curves while maintaining product orientation. The fast belt change capability increases efficiency and reduces downtime in assembly automation processes. They are available in lengths up to 25 ft., can handle loads up to 500 lbs. and travel at speeds up to 114 ft/min.
AgriTech - Featured Company
OutBack Power
OutBack inverter/chargers are the next generation in advanced power management. Each is a DC to AC sinewave inverter, battery charger and AC transfer switch housed within a tough die-cast aluminum chassis.
