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Apr 30, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Shane Thomas |Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
In the fourth episode of the Ground Breaking Podcast, Heather Tunstall interviews Vonnie Estes, VP of Innovation at the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), about where we are now in regard to technological innovations – specifically those addressing climate change and labor issues.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Shane Thomas |Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
Editor’s note: In a recent issue of Upstream Ag Professional, agribusiness analyst Shane Thomas discusses how Lumo Ag’s two co-founders are thinking differently about building their irrigation technology company. Here’s a summary of that article:Lumo Ag, led by CEO Devon Wright, recently celebrated the patent approval of Lumo One, the world’s first smart irrigation valve.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
xFarm Technologies, a leading tech company in the digitalization of agriculture that supports 340,000 farms every day, together with an ecosystem of more than 100 large companies on a total area of four million hectares tracked, has announced the integration of Greenfield Technologies (Spain) and SpaceSense (France). The integration will help to establish xFarm as a leader in the key areas of regenerative agriculture and geospatial AI.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Rachel Hor |Ksenia Korolkova |Shane Thomas |Matt Hopkins
The Food and Agriculture – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) has released the findings of its first annual report of ransomware incidents in the Food and Agriculture sector. The ISAC’s report, “Farm-To-Table Ransomware Realities: Exploring the 2023 Ransomware Landscape and Insights for 2024,” shows that while there are fewer ransomware incidents in the industry than other sectors, ransomware actors have shown a level of sophistication and understanding of sector victims.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
Startup companies around the world are interested in joining international bioeconomy accelerator program BioBoosters. It is launched by Jamk University of Applied Sciences, together with Valtra, AGCO Power, Neste and Innovestor, and is targeted for growth-oriented startups in the fields of bioeconomy and agritechnology. The program is part of the activities of BioBoosters by Jamk Business Accelerator.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Shane Thomas |Jane Marsh |Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
In a significant move to bolster agricultural technology and sustainability, FieldAlytics by Ever.Ag, a leader in innovative agribusiness solutions, has announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This collaboration deepens the AWS capabilities in use across Ever.Ag’s suite of solutions. FieldAlytics will be leveraging AWS’s Generative AI on the SageMaker platform to introduce cutting-edge crop growth modeling and imagery change detection.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Jane Marsh |Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
Since 2016, Stratus Ag Research has done an in-depth survey of farmers across North America identifying important trends, delivering keen insights, and empowering agribusinesses to inform their strategy and tactical efforts surrounding digital initiatives. Given the length of time they have done the survey work, they deliver an unparalleled level of insights into what is driving and has driven farmer utilization and adoption of digital and precision tools.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Jane Marsh |Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
Bayer has announced the pilot of an expert GenAI system to benefit farmers and up-level agronomists in their daily work. The company has been using proprietary agronomic data to train a large language model (LLM) with years of internal data, insights from thousands of trials within its vast testing network, and centuries of aggregated experience from Bayer agronomists around the world.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Rachel Hor |Matt Hopkins
Many small- and medium-scale family farms aren’t adopting artificial intelligence because it’s out of their price range and area of expertise. Can drones make it more accessible? Why Is AI Out of Reach to Smallholder Farmers? Many smallholder farmers can’t afford — or don’t know how — to integrate algorithms into their processes. In the U.S., small family farms making less than $350,000 before expenses accounted for 88.1% of all farms in 2022. Needless to say, they don’t have enough for AI.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
globalagtechinitiative.com | Rachel Hor
Satellite imagery and remote sensing stand out as one of the most promising technologies poised to transform crop insurance.
