Another week, another part of the agrifood supply chain that’s struggling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.Last month, the challenge facing the meat industry was top of the headlines, as large processing plants were forced to shut after numerous workers contracted the virus. This month, we’re seeing whole workforces...
New gadgets and gizmos for the farm are great, but often times new technology can be costly and takes time to generate a return on investment.One relatively inexpensive piece of equipment that may have a shorter rate on return period are on-farm milk culturing machines, which are typically used to...
The use of agbots is increasing to help with the shortage of human farm labor. Robots are being used to pick fruit, milk cows, and other jobs that formerly required human labor. These agbots have specialized arms that can perform a variety of farm duties.@F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source: Agbots...
Feeding a rapidly expanding population without depleting the Earth’s finite resources, is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.These four entrepreneurs - who have all been selected as the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers for 2019 - have a vision to transform the way we farm in order...
Although there is still some debate around what regenerative agriculture does or does not include, one of its frequently discussed tenants is the need to boost biodiversity. Today, much of our agricultural production depends on monocultures of a few species produced at mass scale in highly-efficient systems. This is great...
Before COVID-19, massive human pandemics seemed relegated to the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. No more.So, could an equivalent happen in crops?It already did in 1970 and 1971. That’s when southern corn leaf blight (SCLB) ravaged North American cornfields, destroying 15% of the corn crop and inflicting $1 billion in...
With the number of bee colonies drastically declining around the world, SAS is using technology such as the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and visual analytics to help maintain and support healthy bee populations.As part of its commitment to using data and analytics to solve the world's most pressing...
Although the number of crops that rely on bee pollination is increasing, according to Palo Alto-based Beehero, changes across a number of variables mean that the same number of hives in an orchard may not be providing all the pollinator punch required.“The equation of beehives-per-acre doesn’t hold much,” Omer Davidi,...
Vertical farming is an emerging technique within agriculture that involves growing crops indoors under controlled environmental conditions. By carefully tailoring the environment to the exact requirements of the crop, such as through using LED lighting to produce the exact light spectrum needed for optimal photosynthesis, it is possible to obtain...
We're excited to announce that our Executive Director Mike Thielke has been selected by Technical.ly as a "RealLIST Connector: 110 top community builders in Baltimore tech and entrepreneurship".@F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source: RealLIST Connectors: Meet 110 top community builders in Baltimore tech and entrepreneurship...
