IoT brings water management to Australian farmers
Satellite-controlled pumps and machinery bring next level monitoring of water supplies to rural farms across…
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Crop protection ‘eye in the sky’ receives US$30m in latest funding round
Tel Aviv-based Taranis-Visual Ltd has succeeded in raising US$30 million in a series C round…
Insect technology start-up Protenga raises US$1.6 million
Malaysia-based Protenga, which farms black soldier fly insects to produce animal feed and fertiliser, has…
UK firm that turns CO2 into animal feed gets funding boost from Government
Nine UK companies receive £24 million package from the Government to establish a more efficient…
Bayer partners with Prospera to develop precision digital tool for vegetable greenhouses
Global agtech giant Bayer has entered into a strategic partnership with Prospera Technologies Inc, an…
IGS to help Vertegrow build Scotland’s first commercial vertical farm
Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), an Edinburgh-based supplier of controlled-environment growth products, including a vertical ‘farm-in-a-box’…
MENA digi-conference: How agtech can enhance food security for the region
Government and ministry delegations from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Lebanon, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, South Africa, Finland,…
Appalachia: America’s new agtech capital?
AppHarvest, a US start-up already committed to building North America’s largest ‘controlled environment agricultural facility’…
Using data from drones to predict root crop growth
Scientists from Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) are using artificial…
More crop per drop: Intelligent irrigation Aussie-style
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has partnered with Goanna Ag, a Queensland-based manufacturer of agricultural…