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January 29, 2021
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Irrigation
September 10, 2020
CropX Acquires New Zealand-Based Regen
Israeli soil sensing and data analytics startup CropX has acquired New Zealand-based Regen, a cloud-based, precision effluent and irrigation decision support tool company, reports AgFunder News.
The acquisition marks CropX’s foray into the New Zealand market. It has longstanding ties...
Market Watch
March 25, 2020
How Indian Agritech Can Help Address Climate Risks
Almost all sections of society are vulnerable to climate change, but I would put smallholder farmers in the “severe” risk category, writes Hemendra Mathur at AgFunder News. Small and marginal farmers in India, with landholdings of less than two...
Market Watch
December 20, 2019
Canadian Telecoms Giant Telus Acquires Decisive Farming
Telus, the Canadian telecommunications company, has acquired Canadian farmtech startup Decisive Farming, reports Ag Funder News.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed but Remi Schmaltz, CEO of Decisive Farming, confirmed the transaction.
“Yes, Decisive Farming has joined the TELUS family. TELUS...
Market Watch
August 28, 2019
Yamaha Leads $7.5m Series A in Strawberry Harvesting Robot
Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV), the venture arm of Yamaha Motor Co, led the $7.5 million Series A funding round for Advanced Farm Technologies (AFT), which develops robotic farming equipment like the T-6 robotic strawberry harvester, which uses multiple robotic...
Market Watch
July 15, 2019
The Road to Automated Agriculture Begins in Brazil
Last year, we joined private equity leader TPG as an investor in Brazilian farm operations management startup Solinftec, which we called at the time “the most successful agtech company no one has ever heard of,” writes Rob LeClerc at...
Market Watch
May 6, 2019
Canada AgriFood Tech Market Map: 166 Startups Growing Canada’s Agricultural Sector
Just as it has for most of its history, the ample and multi-leveled agricultural and agri-food sector of Canada continues to play a fundamental role in the country’s economy, writes Remi Schmaltz on AgFunderNews.
Experts predict that all agricultural and...
Market Watch
March 18, 2019
Russia: Intterra is Integrating Farmers, Suppliers, Advisors, Traders, Bankers on 5 Million Acres
Earlier this month, a Russian agtech startup called Intterra entered into a partnership with global agribusiness Syngenta to use its digital platform in Russia, connecting more than 100 farmers across 2 million hectares (nearly 5 million acres) of cropland in 2019...
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