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How This Firm Is Investing Heavily In Ag-Tech
As investors flock to the ag-tech space, Spencer Stensrude, VP of Investment, is leading the way for Ag Ventures Alliance. More
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How North Dakota Brings Crops To The World
Watne, one of the speakers for the upcoming Cultivate Conference, believes that technology is used as a tool for agriculture, More
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Billion-Dollar Startups
We caught up with Elaine Shuang Qiu with Plug and Play to talk about why they’re setting their sights on the midwest and doubling down on agriculture. More
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Artificial Intelligence For Your Farm
rva Intelligence is hoping to make it easier for everyone by using artificial intelligence to analyze data and predict things like product efficacy, soil health and conservation and much more. To learn more about this, we caught up with Jay McEntire, Co-Founder and CEO of Arva Intelligence, to discuss how this will have a profound impact on the industry. More
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Thoughts From The Farm
Jared Hagert is a fourth-generation farmer, with his great grandfather having started their farming operation in 1905 in Emerado, North Dakota. Since childhood, Hagert has been interested in what lays beyond his family’s own farm. More
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Trade 101: 10 Things To Know About US-Canada Ag Trade
Every day, more than $2 billion worth of goods and services cross the US-Canada border. While trade is an extremely complex operation, we brought in Christina Connelly, Agri-Food Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada, to help simplify the matter. More
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Skaurud Grain Farms: Legacy Shines in the Land, Business and Technology
With the hustle and bustle of the growing Fargo-Moorhead area, it’s easy to forget how close we are to one of the busiest, most abundant agricultural production areas of the world, one which may seem slow-paced and simple but which is actually bursting with technology, innovation and hard work around the clock. More
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Shining A Light On Precision Ag
The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABEN) at NDSU is on a mission to impact the environment, food systems and production agriculture by generating new knowledge in technologies and engineering. More
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How TV White Space Is Enabling The Farm Of The Future
You’re sitting down to watch the evening news and you start flipping through the channels but you have to flip through a bunch of channels of that annoying white noise. Now thanks to FarmBeats, a program from Microsoft, they are looking to use Microsoft cloud and AI technologies to enable farmers to easily and cheaply […] More
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The Democratization Of Farmland
As the global population and the need for food increase so too does the need for farmland. Thanks to the power of Supply and Demand, the price of farmland is only going up. AcreTrader in Fayetteville, AR, is now making it possible for people to own a piece of the farmland. More
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How The Midwest Can Lead Ag-Tech
CGC Ventures is part of Continental Grain Company, a 200-year old family-owned company that was birthed from a love of agriculture. CGC is the investment branch of Continental and focuses on investing in early-stage businesses. We caught up with investor Chris Abbott to discuss the industry, the next hot companies and how the midwest can lead the pack in terms of ag-tech. More
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5 Reasons We Need To Encourage Ag-tech Startups
Don’t despair that your “Aha” moment for alternative protein is 10 years after Beyond Meat or that you’re probably number 10,001 ag-tech drone company to come across a Venture Capitalists’ desk. There are still reasons to be encouraged to be an ag-tech startup, just probably not for the usual reasons you find yourself retweeting about. More
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A Lifetime Of Innovating Ag-Tech
When you walk into Amity Technology, the first thing you may notice is the walls. They are full of old photos and paintings, representations of years past and decades of experience, knowledge and passion passed down through generations to the company’s president — Howard Dahl. More
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Improving Farm Profitability
Brian Dawson is passionate about making sure farming remains a profitable business. As the founder and CEO of HarvestPort, his team and him have developed technology that connects, educates and supports farmers in an effort to cut costs and increase farmer’s profitability. More
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Inventing The Future Of Agriculture
Noel Anderson has a unique position at John Deere Electronic Solutions (JDES). “At the intersection of advanced technology and intellectual property,” Anderson seeks to find cutting-edge solutions that enhance the company’s patent portfolio and eventually finds its way into new and impactful products. More
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7 Exciting Updates With The Grand Farm
The Grand Farm, located east of Horace, ND, is establishing an advanced agriculture technology ecosystem in North Dakota with a goal of building a fully autonomous farm by the year 2025. More