China Faces A Big AgTech Test

China Faces A Big AgTech Test

Rural revitalization is the new name of the game for China. In the first policy announcement following the Lunar New Year Holiday, China’s agriculture minister announced agtech self-sufficiency as a top state issue. The goal? Get 200 million mostly small-scale farms...
Herd Notebooks Be Gone

Herd Notebooks Be Gone

U.S. ranchers can wave ‘bye-bye’ to those handwritten herd notebooks.AgriWebb, a ranch management software, is placing roots in North America with a new HQ in Denver.The AgTech ranch hand’s profile: → Born in Australia in 2014 and valued at $76 million. → Branches in...
It’s Official…

It’s Official…

It’s public knowledge. AppHarvest is officially a member of the NASDAQ family. The ‘APPH’ ticker soared 44% on opening day, bringing lots of attention to acronyms such as CEA and SPAC. Let’s go there. CEA: Controlled-environment agriculture. Newsflash folks, this...
Operation: Flying Fruit Robot

Operation: Flying Fruit Robot

You may have caught our video shout out around flying fruit bots on Friday, so let’s talk about the not too FAR future. Flying Autonomous Robots, that is. The company who makes them, Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, just received a major liftoff. Can you take me...
If Cargill had a to-do list…

If Cargill had a to-do list…

Cargill might need an extra shot of espresso in its morning brew to tackle its to-do list these days. But that comes with the territory when you’re one of the largest privately-held companies in the U.S.Lots of industry news has Cargill’s name floating into headlines....