Celexus, Inc. has announced that it is developing proprietary software using blockchain algorithms specific to the complexities of hemp biomass transactions. Additional technology in development includes drone mapping, soil nutrition, and data analytics, among others. To support its mission...

Recently, the Minister of Agriculture in Italy, Teresa Bellanova, commented on innovative technologies such as cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and distributed technology and their relevance to agrifood products, reports Coin Idol. During the special hearing in the Agriculture Committees, Bellanova clarified the...

The disruptive and dynamic potential of blockchain is already well heralded. However, its reach is only now starting to permeate through significant enterprises that are helping boost the capabilities of the blockchain, writes Darryn Pollock at Forbes. A recent partnership...

Bayer Crop Science has agreed to work with Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of Alibaba, to develop a blockchain-based system for agricultural product monitoring, reports Richard Meyer at CoinDesk. The companies signed a letter of intent to utilize blockchain...

Fledgling Australian ag-tech business AgriDigital has made a big step with the company announcing its North America launch, writes Gregor Heard at Queensland Country Life. North America is widely regarded as the most competitive ag-tech market in the world,...

Blueberry harvest may be winding down across Oregon's Willamette Valley, but there is still plenty of activity happening at the Curry & Co. processing plant north of Salem, writes George Plaven at Capital Press. Forklift drivers stacked crates of berries...

Kenyan agri-tech startup Shamba Records has built a blockchain-based platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to collect farmers’ harvest records, process payments and issue credit, writes Tom Jackson at Disrupt Africa. Founded in 2017 and already used...

If you believe the latest hype about technology, you’d think that blockchain technology (BCT) is going to transform every business by next Wednesday. Of course, that’s not the case, but the agrifood system seems custom-designed for the technology. More...

Starting next year, writes Vijay C Roy at The Tribune, potato growers in domestic and international market will be able to differentiate Punjab’s potatoes from those in other states, as Punjab Agri Export Corporation (PAGREXCO) will deploy blockchain technology...

Heightened interest in farm data has arisen since commercialization of precision agriculture technology. Venture capitalists, agricultural service providers, farmers, and policy makers are all concerned with farm data. Farm data are prone to inherent problems and analysis shortcomings that...

In Brazil, the state of Bahia has launched a blockchain application to track the process of public bidding on government contracts, according to Cointelegraph Brazil on July 12 and reported by FXStreet. The blockchain-based solution, called Online Bid Solution...

Australian commodity management platform AgriDigital has handled over AUD$1.2 billion (US$861 million) of grain transactions to date, representing over six million tonnes, reports Eco-Business. The company is expanding into cotton and other commodities, and has begun exploring the U.S....

By 2025, 20% of the top 10 global grocers by revenue will be using blockchain for food safety and traceability to create visibility to production, quality and freshness, predicts Gartner Inc., a global research and advisory firm. Some grocers have...

Water on the blockchain? Your eye-roll is forgiven, says Wired. But local water trading, in one form or another, is likely to soon become a force in California agriculture, says Ellen Hanak, director of water policy at the Public...

If you have been following any precision ag media or technology news in general, there has been a lot of excitement and interest around blockchain. But what is blockchain? Where did it come from? More importantly, what does it...

Ahmedabad, India-based agritech startup MyCrop is currently testing blockchain in the seed supply chain to track its entire supply movement — from seed aggregators, distributors, retailers to farmers, reports Dipen Pradhan for Inc42. The move to implement blockchain is...

An IBM presentation on the application of blockchain technology for food safety will be one of many opportunities for learning and innovation at the 2019 Salinas Valley Ag Technology Summit on March 26-27. IBM, which is developing blockchain data-tracking solutions...

When the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) was standardized in 1982, permitting the worldwide proliferation of interconnected networks and eventually the internet, very few would have ever dreamed of the digital information age it would unleash, writes Frank Giles on...

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...

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...