by Travis Martin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
A Brazillion dollars: Startup company Solinftec, which has headquarters in Brazil and the U.S., has raised $60M in an investment round to expand precision agriculture. So precise: The company serves farmers and agribusinesses who grow crops ranging from sugarcane,...
by Travis Martin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Things are getting Nutrien-teresting. As the world’s largest fertilizer company, Canada-based Nutrien is considering additional increases in potash production due to limited shipments from Russia and Belarus. Those limitations have been no small hit, since the two...
by Travis Martin | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
This year is shaping up to be the driest California has ever seen, with records dating back to 1895. Entering the third year of *severe* drought, today’s megadrought conditions (aka: low to no precipitation and higher temperatures) show no signs of subsiding. And...
by Travis Martin | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
“These tractors drive themselves these days.” – Almost. With $7.5M in a Series A funding round led by Yamaha Motor Ventures, a Canadian startup is on the verge of making truly fully autonomous farm equipment a reality. Farm simulator—but in real life: Verge is a...
by Travis Martin | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Biden is tryin’ to keep wheat on the table and pull dollars out of the grocery bill in one fell swoop. His request to Congress calls for a cool $500M to offset rising costs and food shortages related to the war in Ukraine. The skinny: Under the proposal,...
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