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AgLaunch and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture announce the first seven farmer-led projects connecting farmers with pre-commercial technology
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit takes place in San Francisco on March 20-21. The event brings together more 900 major global agribusinesses, investors and ag-tech start-ups.
13 startups recognized with AgFunder Innovation Awards
AgLaunch, based in Memphis, Tenn., will be expanding its Farm-Centric Innovation Model to create agriculture businesses, attract investment capital, and enable farmers to participate in the innovation process.
“Precision agriculture owes its existence to the technology that now orbits the Earth and pretty much runs everything down below.”
“Farmers have to have a laser focus on what will make them money in the coming year because we have really tight margins, and technologies should be looked at as what can help immediately.”
At the very heart of agriculture is the drive to feed the world. AgTech is enabling farmers to do this more efficiently and effectively than ever, and major investors are watching closely.
A ‘new agricultural revolution’ is brewing, and farmers are in the center of it.
You can sell quite a lot of things on eBay – but you can’t sell corn and soybean bushels. You can sell them on a website called FarmLead, however. The online grain marketplace, which was started in Canada in 2013, hopes to expand significantly in the U.S. this year.
There may be too many investors with little or no knowledge about the Ag space who are latching onto the latest investment craze. Will it backfire?
Bowery, an indoor farming company that deploys a lot of high-tech solutions – including propriety software systems, robotics and monitoring plants via machine learning – announces it has secured a Series A funding round of $20 million from several investors, including General Catalyst, GGV and GV.
The disconnect between those that are creating new innovations and the farm is dramatically lowering the probability of success for new agricultural ventures, which is in turn giving investors pause and is certainly not accelerating adoption quickly.
Investment at record in 2015 and could expand this year, according to a USDA report.
Memphis-based AgLaunch Accelerator says it’s critical for agriculture to advance and adapt to keep up. With a fresh $50,000 investment, the group intends to put new technologies into farmers hands, faster.
Agtech startups have raised more than $320 million in 2017. That’s three times the amount raised over the same period in 2016.
These teams represent innovations in the food and agriculture sector demonstrating next-generation approaches to creating sustainable farming systems of the future.
AgLaunch, based in Memphis, Tenn., will be expanding its Farm-Centric Innovation Model to create agriculture businesses, attract investment capital, and enable farmers to participate in the innovation process.
Covering all facets of agriculture at a shark tank forum, 15 vanguard companies offered a glimpse of the best and brightest new tech headed to farmland.
Ten agtech startups will have a superb platform to springboard their innovations via the AgLaunch and Farm Journal Row Crop Challenge.
AgLaunch and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture announce the first seven farmer-led projects connecting farmers with pre-commercial technology
Teams accepted into the program will experience best-in-class agricultural entrepreneurship programming with engagement from members of the AgLaunch Farmer Network, and a national network of investors and mentors.
Entrepreneurs with an idea or an agtech startup who are interested in the intensive bootcamp can apply here. Applications are being accepted through midnight on June 21, 2020.
Farmers Who Gain From Tax Bill Wary of Losing Subsidies Later
Adjusted gross income (AGI) is an income tax calculation based on how income is reported on your income tax return. A farmer who files a Form 1040 can easily find AGI since it is a line item on the income tax return.
Both agricultural lenders and economists are watching the possible impact higher interest rates will have on not only the number of U.S. farmland sales, but the price.
The guidelines you need to follow to file and participate in the new ERP are not simple, says Paul Neiffer, a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen. He addresses what roadblocks farmers might encounter in the process.
March 1 is often labeled the “Farmer Due Date.” It’s not a due date for tax returns, but it feels like one.
While prices might be strong, what those bushels will buy isn’t what it was pre-pandemic.
Farm lender Farm Credit Mid-America giving $210 million back to customers per cooperative patronage.