by Travis Martin | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Aigen’s carbon-keeping, weed-whacking robots just got an extra dose of fuel—and we’re not talking extra fun in the sun. After a $4M seed round, the company’s solar-powered, autonomous robots are on the fast track to help farmers manage weeds and plant propagation down...
by Travis Martin | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yep, vaccine mandates have plenty of unvaccinated truckers yelling ‘pivot’ at the border. Sour grapes: Approximately 50-60% of truckers in the U.S. are vaccinated, and with Canada’s vaccine mandate that prohibits unvaccinated truck drivers from crossing...
by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Some fowl news about the most recent bird flu strain making its way around the world… On January 14, the first U.S. case of Eurasion H5 avian influenza was documented in South Carolina by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). It’s...
by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
TerraMagna of Brazil just made it rain in its most recent funding round. The startup secured $40M in debt and equity financing, in a round led by SoftBank and Shift Capital. Background: Farmers don’t have much liquidity and often rely on commercial loans from their...
by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The American squash and cucumber markets might be in a little bit of a pickle, according to a new U.S. International Trade Commission report. Report findings show the domestic market share was sliced, after years of above-average imports of the products from Mexico....
by Travis Martin | Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
At meatpacking plants across the U.S., it’s starting to feel a little too much like deja moo… Who could forget the early COVID outbreaks at meatpacking plants in 2020? Over the first two months of the pandemic, 22 plants closed. One report estimated 59,000 meatpacking...
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