What happened to those GM spider goats with the silky milk?
September 2, 2019. Richard Martyn-Hemphill. This really was an extraordinarily wacky and perhaps controversially ‘Homo Deus’ news story — GM goats who had been transplanted with a spider’s silk-making genes to transform their milk into something much less drinkable and much more silky. Yet this was all years ago now.
What is Precision Agriculture and How is Technology Enabling it?
Apr 24, 2017 · Precision agriculture was born with the introduction of GPS guidance for tractors in the early 1990s, and the adoption of this technology is now so widespread globally that it’s probably the most commonly-used example of precision ag today. John Deere was the first to introduce this technology using GPS location data from satellites.
Farmers Business Network (FBN) looks back on 10 years
Dec 18, 2023 · 10 years of Farmers Business Network, from ‘tremendous fear and uncertainty’ to a ‘tremendously exciting future’. December 18, 2023. Jennifer Marston. In 2014, Charles Baron and Amol Deshpande were concocting an idea that was practically unheard of in agriculture. “The goal was to put the world of agriculture at the farmers ...
AFN (Asia) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital
AFN (Asia) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital. Guest article: Farmers aren’t buying today’s ag robotics model. You shouldn’t either. October 11, 2024. Tim Bucher. Farm automation faces a trust and manufacturing barrier that investment money alone cannot overcome.
Online ag marketplaces: An entry point for farmers into
May 4, 2021 · Image credit: Maksym Belchenko / iStock. Online ag marketplaces: An entry point for farmers into the tech ecosystem. May 4, 2021. Dmytro Lennyi. Editor’s note: Dmytro Lennyi is agritech practice leader at Intellias, a software engineering and consulting firm based in Lviv, Ukraine. This guest article reflects the views of the author and not ...
AgTech Archives - AgFunderNews
Oct 11, 2024 · Corteva Catalyst exec on investing in agrifoodtech startups: ‘We’re trying to be very intentional…’. October 9, 2024. “Now we’ve got a much more structured approach and good clarity on our verticals (gene editing, ag biologicals, tech platforms, decision science), we feel comfortable making investments early,” says Dr. Tom Greene.
Bill Gates tells Reddit why he’s bought so much farmland
Mar 22, 2021 · Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector is important. With more productive seeds we can avoid deforestation ...
Aspire ramps up world’s largest automated cricket production facility
Mar 21, 2023 · Aspire Food Group ramps up world’s largest cricket production facility, scouts for 2nd site. March 21, 2023. Elaine Watson. If crickets—which pack an attractive nutritional punch with a low environmental impact —are going to carve out a meaningful space in the alternative protein market, two things must happen, says Aspire Food Group ...
7 Top Agtech Startups Defining the Future of Agriculture
Apr 30, 2019 · AgriFood tech is a maturing market, as evidenced by the swell in investing activity last year. Startups in the space attracted nearly $17 billion in investment capital–a 43% increase from the previous year, according to data from AgFunder. But as companies grow, and the deal sizes grow with them, it pays to keep an eye on what …
eFishery nets $90m, aims to be 'world's largest digital
Jan 10, 2022 · Indonesian aquatech startup eFishery nets $90m in Sequoia, SoftBank-led Series C. January 10, 2022. Jack Ellis. Indonesian startup eFishery, which provides technology and services for aquaculture farmers, has raised $90 million in Series C funding. The round was co-led by Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek, the Indian unit of VC firm Sequoia ...