2020 Trends in Agriculture Investing
Venture capitalists invested more than $6 billion in agriculture technology startups as part of an overall record year.
Ideanomics Acquires U.S. EV Tractor Maker Solectrac
- California-based Solectrac was founded in 2012 by CEO Steve Heckeroth, a leader and visionary in the renewable energy and EV space for more than 40 years.
- Solectrac offers 3 different e-tractors and utility vehicles ranging from 25-70 HP for use in a variety of agricultural and utility operations.
- Ideanomics acquires the remaining 78.6 percent of the fully diluted cap table of Solectrac to own 100 percent.
- The agricultural tractor market is a $75 billion market globally with the under 40-HP segment accounting for more than 60 percent of demand.
How Early Farming Machinery Is Impacting Today's Agtech
Appreciating the early roots of farming machinery is essential to understanding how agriculture has gotten to today. Here's how early farming machinery is impacting today's agtech.
Farmers Edge Extends Relationship With Aerospace and Data Analytics Company Planet
Partnership brings together high-frequency satellite imagery with AI technology and unique digital infrastructure to drive sustainable, profitable, and proactive farming
Good Bug Bad Bug - A Point on Prevention
Whether you are growing vertically, horizontally, indoors, or in a greenhouse, pests are a real concern for your crop. No matter where you are in the world, there are insects that will feed on your plants.
SAE International's COMVEC™ to Host Commercial Vehicle Industry In-Person and Online
Event Will Focus on Energy, Sustainability and the Future of Commercial Vehicle Transportation
Global AgTech leader Semios acquires Altrac to deliver more value to growers through control and automation
Semios, the leading precision-farming platform for permanent crops, announced today it has acquired Altrac, developers of an agriculture automation platform enabling farmers to monitor and control important agricultural systems required to produce high-value crops from their computer or mobile device.
Preventing Wildfires Through Overgrowth Management
Farmers are often left to protect their own land and are responsible for ensuring they take safety precautions to stop the spread of a wildfire caused by natural events. Fortunately, the USDA has assisted farmers that have experienced wildfire damage.
CO2 GRO Inc. Announces a Commercial Feasibility at La Serra Ltd., a UK based Tomato Greenhouse Grower with Marketing Partner Rika BioTech Limited
The commercial feasibility will be conducted in a section of La Serra's 8-hectare (861,000 square foot) greenhouse for one-year. The primary focus of the commercial feasibility is to assess CO2 Delivery Solutions'™ Perimeter Protection™ benefits. Suppression of powdery mildew on susceptible tomato varieties is of interest to La Serra as it is expected to result in significant crop savings resulting in improved operating margins. The commercial feasibility will also monitor enhanced tomato fruit production and CO2 usage.
US eating habits have transformed: food provenance, organic diets and ethics inform dietary choices
A quarter (26%) say they will now always choose less-polluting food types, and so permanently reduce their meat and dairy consumption.
New bearings reduce wear in heavy-duty applications
Lubrication-free and maintenance-free heavy-duty material iglide TX2 shows a 3.5-fold improvement in wear tests
Seegrid Introduces New Autonomous Tow Tractor
Enhanced Smart Path technology increases mobile robot's human-like awareness, understanding, and decision-making capabilities
Artemis Releases 2020 State of Indoor Farming Report
The State of Indoor Farming report looks at where the indoor agriculture industry is today as well as gives growers an industry voice around the latest trends, biggest challenges, and the immense opportunities in this rapidly expanding industry.
SaaS-based Agriculture- Revolutionising the Agricultural Sector with Cutting-Edge Software Solutions
AI-driven farming can provide farmers with pest-risk forecasts, image-based insights, and weather pattern related information. AI allows farmers to tackle pest attacks, crop failure possibilities, climate change, and soil degradation smartly and more effectively.
ONDO releasing a new mobile app for its weather station ONDO WEATHER
The mobile app is key for all farmers who are using ONDO Weather to get sensor-based climate and soil data, as well as detailed weather forecast for their farms, and plan or adjust their irrigation, fertigation, crop treatment, harvesting and other activities based on that.
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