Préval AG, an international agri-food company headquartered in Quebec, has acquired the assets of J&G Foods, located in Sutton, Massachusetts. J&G is a custom and specialty case-ready fresh meat provider specializing in portioned organic and grass-fed beef, organic and natural chicken, natural pork and beef, and a variety of marinated and value-added meats.
DOT manufactures U-shaped, diesel-powered platform to autonomously handle a large variety of agriculture implements.
November 4, 2019
Raven Industries, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D., announced plans to acquire majority ownership of DOT Technology Corp., a Canada-based provider of autonomous agriculture solutions.
Over the next several years, the company will advance two strategic platforms for growth—Raven Autonomy and Raven Composites.
November 4, 2019
Raven Industries, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D., announced details of a strategic plan, which includes an increased level of investment in targeted areas to drive greater earnings growth and long-term value.
Hortau and its partners have been working since late 2017 on developing what is said to be the first predictive and global monitoring tool for crop production.
October 22, 2019
Gestion AgrIA, Canada, received a $4.7 million financial contribution from the Government of Quebec through the Green Fund to complete a key research project designed to help growers boost their productivity while significantly reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
TrueCause and the Aker Pest Network provide growers, suppliers and ag retailers with under-the-canopy disease and pest crop diagnostics.
August 29, 2019
Aker Technologies, St. Louis, Mo., secured a $2.6 million investment in new equity financing to advance its TrueCause technology, an autonomous crop-scouting platform.
The robotic farm hands can increase the yield of the crops by working day and night to remove unwanted plants and weeds.
August 16, 2019
FarmWise, San Francisco, partnered with Roush Performance, Plymouth, Mich., to build prototypes of autonomous weeders, which will ultimately replace herbicides and save growers on labor.
Hazel's core technologies revolve around the release of active, shelf-life enhancing vapor from packaging inserts called sachets.
August 12, 2019
Hazel Technologies, Inc., a Chicago-based, USDA-supported agricultural technology company, announced $13 million in Series B funding, bringing the company's cumulative total raised to $17.8 million.