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New data platform to focus on avocado sustainability and profitability

Transformations in the sustainability, productivity and economics of avocado production are behind a newly launched data management package aimed at growers and cooperatives worldwide. Haskelberg Nurseries, a leading global provider of avocado and fruit tree seedlings, has developed the Canacado Hub in partnership with Yellow Brick AgTech. It says its new tool will bring better […]

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AgTech AI Precision Agriculture Sustainability

Launching RegenIQ: A Scalable, Data-Driven Framework Driving the Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture

Agmatix, a leading agricultural data and AI-powered technology company, announces the launch of RegenIQ at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit in Europe. RegenIQ is designed to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture by offering a structured approach to assessing the impact of field-level efforts, supporting both environmental health and productivity. Aligned with regenerative agriculture’s leading global […]

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Leaf Agriculture raises $11.3M in Series A funding to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture

Leaf, the unified farm data API and largest farm data processing platform, announced the close of a $11.3 million Series A round, led by Spero Ventures. The funding round included participation from all existing investors. Andrew Parker has joined Leaf’s Board of Directors. In 2023, United States farmers were collecting data on 72% of all […]

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AgTech Precision Agriculture

Deepak fertilisers optimizes data analysis time by 70% with Agmatix trial management platform

India’s fertilizer company, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation, has successfully reduced their time to collate, verify, and analyze agronomic data by 70%, from six months to under one month using the Agmatix platform. The Agmatix field trial software and data analysis system has helped Deepak detect and prevent errors in their product development trials, resulting […]

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Verdify secures €2.4 million investment for impactful food choices in healthcare and retail

Foodtech company Verdify has successfully raised €2.4 million in funding to scale its personalised nutrition innovation for fostering human and planetary health. The investment comes from existing shareholders and new investors Goeie Grutten Impact Fund, Oost NL, Koppert Cress and De Smaakmaker. The capital injection follows previous investments in the company in 2020 and 2021. […]

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Kagome, NEC and DXAS introduce agricultural ICT platform “CropScope” to tomato field in northern Italy, saving water and increasing yield

Kagome Co., Ltd., (Kagome) NEC Corporation (NEC) and DXAS Agricultural Technology LDA (DXAS), a joint venture between Kagome and NEC, have introduced an agricultural ICT platform, “CropScope,” which combines AI farming advice and automatic irrigation control functions compatible with pulse drip irrigation(1), to tomato fields in northern Italy and Portugal. In northern Italy, CropScope was introduced for […]

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FoodTech Nutrition

Foodtech startup Verdify launches Noory: a groundbreaking tool for tailoring food intake to personal needs

Verdify, a Dutch company developing AI applications for healthcare and the food sector, has announced the official launch of their digital nutrition guide ‘Noory’. This groundbreaking solution enables people to tailor their daily meals to their personal health needs. Noory is specifically designed for people with food allergies, digestive issues, and weight management goals. The platform offers […]

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Empire State Development announces finalists for round five of $3 million Grow-NY global food and agriculture business competition

Empire State Development (ESD) and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) recently announced the 20 finalists selected to take part in year five of Grow-NY, a food and agriculture business competition focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in upstate New York. The competition is funded through New York […]

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AgTech Precision Agriculture Sustainability

cultYvate launches Alternate Wet and Dry (AWD) technology to support sustainable agriculture

Farms2Fork Technologies Pvt. Ltd.’s platform cultYvate provides farm-based precision analytics in irrigation, fertigation, fertiliser utilisation for water-intensive crops like paddy, sugarcane etc. cultYvate has been implementing projects pan India over the last 3 years and has gained valuable insights into the unique challenges faced on the ground. The IoT sensors deployed on farm help to […]

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AI Assessment closes in on grain quality

South Australian AgTech company GoMicro has just released an AI powered assessment app that empowers Australian farmers to determine the quality of their grains – using their phones. South Australia’s bumper crop this harvest – created a problem. Fully loaded grain trucks formed long lines at receiving sites as they waited for thousands of grain […]