Israel has long been famous for making the desert bloom and inventing cherry tomatoes. Its current agricultural achievements are no less impressive, and dozens of innovative AgTech and FoodTech start-ups are vying to become the country’s next global success stories
New technology is transforming the center pivot beyond a tried and trusted irrigating tool to one that can measure its own efficiency, as well monitor fields for weed or pest problems.
Indiana’s growing agbioscience sector landed another precision agriculture company when ag technology firm Taranis announced plans last winter to locate its global headquarters in Westfield. The company was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Lindsay Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, recently announced the ‘smart pivot‘, a new category of mechanized irrigation that moves beyond traditional water application and management to a wide array of crop and machine health capabilities, while also delivering proven water and energy savings.
The board unanimously approved the addition of Mike DiPaola, North American general manager and vice president of sales at Taranis, to the board, bringing decades of leadership to the organization.
Tomorrow’s grain rows, vegetable fields, and specialty crop groves will be much busier places than the relatively passive acreage of yesterday.
