Tech startups are increasingly targeting agriculture. This is leading to a range of new companies and technologies focused on improving farm efficiencies and creating smarter farms.
CB Insights The Ag Tech Market Map: 100+ Startups Powering The Future Of Farming And Agribusiness covers the companies creating the future of farming.
They break up agtech companies into 9 catagories:
- Farm Management Software: Software that allows farmers to more efficiently manage their resources, crop production, farm animals, etc.
- Precision Agriculture and Predictive Data Analytics: Tools and technologies that focus on using big data and predictive analytics to make better farm-related decisions.
- Sensors: Smart sensors that collect data and help farmers monitor crop health, weather, and soil quality.
- Animal Data: Software and hardware specifically aimed at improving livestock management.
- Robotics and Drones: That cater to agricultural needs.
- Smart Irrigation: Systems that help monitor and automate water usage.
- Next Gen Farms: Technology that enables farming in locations and settings that cannot support traditional farming.
- Marketplaces: That are relevant to agriculture.
- Plant Data/Analysis: systems that help farmers understand plant composition (microbial makeup, genetic expression, etc.) and/or analyzing that data to improve seed research and development
The CB Insights chart below (click to enlarge) highlights many of the companies active in agtech by sector.
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