Since raising $20 million in Series B funding, the Israeli smart farming start-up has tripled its customer base and acres serviced to 20 million-plus, and now, has inked a partnership in Australia with fellow Israeli, ChemChina-owned crop input player ADAMA Australia and distributor Landmark.
The constant evolution of precision farming around the world — led by companies like SupPlant and Taranis — only brings benefits to the farmer who will have better options to produce more and optimize natural resources.
Biotech and predictive analytics startups dominate the Salinas, CA-based THRIVE AgTech’s Top 50 list of agtech companies shaping the future of agriculture for 2018.
Plagued by tight profit margins amid climate change, a volatile global trade environment, falling commodity prices, and increases in costs for seed, fertilizer, and chemicals, U.S. farmers face a challenging landscape, with virtually no margin for error.
Israeli entrepreneurs and executives convened to discuss how big data and artificial intelligence can be used to tackle the challenges faced by industry and society at Calcalist’s annual Mind the Data conference.
He pitches Taranis’ artificial intelligence (AI) platform as the solution: a combination of high-resolution imagery and sensors with an intelligent layer that derives real-time and historical insights with greater-than-90-percent accuracy.
