Analytics
July 17, 2018
Jason Tatge, Farmobile CEO, shows us the latest Farmobile PUC for the 2018 growing season, at Commodity Classic 2017 in Decatur, IL.
Busy times these days out in Leawood, KS, for ag data startup Farmobile, as...
Farm to Fork
July 11, 2018
“Agritech” at one time would have meant new equipment such as tractors and combine harvesters, but today it refers to the wave of digital innovation sweeping through agriculture, writes Lachlan Colquhoun on CDOTrends.com.
So far, that has extended to Big...
Analytics
July 3, 2018
We live in an exciting time in agriculture. Not only is technology advancing rapidly, but the understanding and comprehension of technology and data is becoming easier to decode and decipher. By 2050, the population of Earth will amass 9.7...
Farm to Fork
July 2, 2018
One of my dad’s favorite, albeit borrowed, sayings was, “Act like you’ve been there before.”
He was mostly referring to NFL players who showboat after scoring touchdowns (think Deion “Primetime” Sanders or Billy “White Shoes” Johnson). And forget about today’s...
Data Management
June 25, 2018
There is no doubt that advancements in genetics, precision agriculture, and innovative farming practices have all played an instrumental role in increasing field production. When examining field production in the U.S., it is clear the agriculture revolution that has...
Farm to Fork
May 10, 2018
Bushel today announced a $7 million private investment round to accelerate its patent-pending digital platform for the grain industry.
The funding was led by private investors in the agriculture and software industries. The investment will be used to expand Bushel’s...
Connectivity
May 1, 2018
Agriculture today has been exploding with new advancements in technology, posing the future for a farm filled with data and information. Decoding and understanding this data through analysis and agronomics is key for success and finding the opportunities in...
Analytics
March 9, 2018
With increased value provided by edge computing to security improvements with Blockchain integration, IoT platforms across the board are just starting to get sexy.
The intelligent digital mesh is evolving and enterprises today are paying attention to the disruption and...
Farm to Fork
February 27, 2018
Do you remember your first time? You know, that first variable rate application (VRA) map of one of your farmers’ fields? I certainly remember mine and I was recently reminded that it is a tale deserving to be re-told...
Farm to Fork
January 23, 2018
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit returns to San Francisco on March 20-21, gathering over 600 major global agribusinesses, investors and ag tech start-ups to share the latest thinking and ground-breaking technologies that are transforming the agri-food sector, one of...
Data Management
January 23, 2018
Blockchain technology has several uses in the agriculture industry:
Documentation for certifications. One of the most aligned applications is providing documentation and authentication of records for crop or livestock certifications. For crop certifications, the use of a blockchain allows for...
Data Management
January 17, 2018
My friends, as many of you told me repeatedly throughout the last 12 months, 2017 was an interesting year in Ag Tech.
We witnessed needle-moving mergers and acquisitions (Deere-Blue River; AGCO-Precision Planting; FieldReveal, etc.), intriguing product launches (SmartFirmer, Sentera's Phoenix...
Data Management
January 16, 2018
Probably most professionals who deal with business data have at least heard the term “blockchain” bantered about as potentially the “next big thing” for a wide range of industries, agriculture included.
But what is it? One could imagine a Jerry...
Data Management
January 15, 2018
AgGateway's Precision Agriculture and Grain & Feed councils have issued a call for participation for a proof-of-concept initiative in AgGateway's ongoing grain traceability project; the deadline is January 23 to express interest in participating. The Commodity Automation by Rail...
Data Management
December 28, 2017
It was an exciting year in farm technology involving a few high profile venture capital exits and some of the largest deals on record, writes AgFunder.com's Emma Cosgrove.
In fact, funding records for this category and the subcategories within were...
Data Management
December 18, 2017
Blockchain can be the “key mediator” to make supply chains more transparent by enabling food firms to share data based on trust, and to transform their operations to be much more efficient, but it will require a fundamental shift...
Data Management
December 5, 2017
If you checked the Internet lately, you’ve probably seen the words, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. I won’t describe them in great detail here, but Google is your friend.
Currently, Bitcoin is the talk of the town gaining 1,000% in value...
Data Management
November 28, 2017
Aaron Ault: “From the farmer’s perspective, data has been the future for 25 years. Without an open-source platform, the ag-data market is negligible."
To Aaron Ault’s eyes, ag technology right now is something like a walled...
Data Management
November 22, 2017
Cargill’s traceable turkey pilot program is bringing consumers closer to the source of their Thanksgiving turkey using blockchain technology. The company estimates traceable turkeys will be available to more than 500,000 consumers, reports Erica Shaffer with MeatPoultry.com.
Blockchain is most...
Data Management
November 10, 2017
AgGateway's Grain Traceability Proof of Concept demo at Wilson Farms, Olney, IL, Oct. 26, 2017.
We talk about closed-loop systems quite a bit in modern production agriculture. Having a closed-loop, or completely self-contained, system is ideal...
