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Farmers Business Network (FBN) looks back on 10 years
2023年12月18日 · 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’ fingertips and empower them through information, technology and a network,” Baron tells AgFunderNews.. Farmers Business Network, commonly known as FBN, was born of that goal.
Bovaer gets US approval, but what will drive widespread adoption?
2024年7月8日 · The best-known feed additive for reducing methane emissions from burping cows, Bovaer (3-NOP) has just secured the regulatory green light for use in lactating dairy cattle in the US.
John Deere looks back on 10 years of leading ag innovation
2023年11月17日 · One could hardly discuss the last decade in agtech advancements without mentioning John Deere — a company that’s been innovating since its namesake founder created a self-scouring steel plow back in 1837.. Deere’s original idea solved the issue of prairie soil sticking to plow blades and hindering farmer productivity.
Regenerative Agriculture Investing: 70 Investment Groups Worth …
2019年7月11日 · Regenerative agriculture is having a moment. For long-time regen ag practitioners and proponents, this is probably jarring. But having written about regenerative agriculture for five years now, I’ve never seen such engagement or our stories about this ultra-sustainable method of farming perform so well.. Readers aren’t only engaging with the subject matter — the comments boards on these ...
One Acre Fund aims to safeguard farmers facing climate change
2024年1月10日 · Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi last year was a stark reminder that Africa’s smallholder farmers are a vulnerable lot.. The tropical cyclone’s impacts were devastating for farmers in a country that ranks among the poorest in the world. More than 2 million farmers lost their crops after Freddy destroyed 440,000 acres of land; over 1.4 million livestock were drowned, starved or lost ...
TurtleTree’s CEO on cellular ag, pivots, and ‘rude' investors
2023年9月8日 · Like many startups, TurtleTree has shifted its strategy over the years, narrowing its focus from cell-cultured milk (growing lactating mammary cells in bioreactors) to building a precision fermentation platform focusing on high-value dairy bioactives. While the unit economics of manufacturing commodity dairy ingredients such as whey and casein with microbes are challenging, bovine lactoferrin ...
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No more rotten tomatoes: Improving agricultural logistics through ...
2020年10月14日 · Editor’s note: Dmytro Lennyi is agritech practice leader at Intellias, a software engineering and consulting firm based in Lviv, Ukraine, that assists enterprises with software development.This article reflects the guest author’s views, and not necessarily those of AFN.