Agriculture news and trends

World’s Newest Innovation Transforms Age-Old Industry of Agriculture
Artificial Intelligence // December 22, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the latest ground-breaking technologies in 2023.   Conversely, people have been breaking ground with agricultural techniques since civilizations began. As we head into 2024, might there be potentially game-changing synergies between humanity’s newest invention, AI, and one of its...

Use of Working Capital Solutions Set to Rise 26% Among North American Growth Corporates
VISA // December 13, 2023

North America ranks second, behind Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), among the five regions analyzed in the “Growth Corporates Working Capital Index.” In the past 12 months, 71% of North American Growth Corporates accessed working capital solutions — the third-highest rate of utilization across...

Middle Market CFOs in Latin America See Working Capital as Strategic Tool
VISA // November 09, 2023

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) ranks first among the five regions analyzed in the “Growth Corporates Working Capital Index.” In the past 12 months, 84% of Growth Corporates in the LAC region accessed working capital solutions — the highest use rate across all five...

Farmers Are Pretty Digital; Their Buyers Are Really Not
Connected Economy // August 28, 2023

In the agricultural space, businesses have to be around long enough to matter. And that leaves firms pretty comfortable with the way they do — and have always done — business. “People might assume that it’s the farmer who is not part of the digital...

Interviews & Exclusives
World’s Newest Innovation Transforms Age-Old Industry of Agriculture

December 22, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the latest ground-breaking technologies in 2023.   Conversely, people have been breaking ground with agricultural techniques since civilizations began. As we head into 2024, might there be potentially game-changing synergies between humanity’s newest invention, AI, and one of its oldest industries, farming?  “If you look at the current situation […]

Use of Working Capital Solutions Set to Rise 26% Among North American Growth Corporates

December 13, 2023
North America ranks second, behind Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), among the five regions analyzed in the “Growth Corporates Working Capital Index.” In the past 12 months, 71% of...

Middle Market CFOs in Latin America See Working Capital as Strategic Tool

November 09, 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) ranks first among the five regions analyzed in the “Growth Corporates Working Capital Index.” In the past 12 months, 84% of Growth Corporates in...

Farmers Are Pretty Digital; Their Buyers Are Really Not

August 28, 2023
In the agricultural space, businesses have to be around long enough to matter. And that leaves firms pretty comfortable with the way they do — and have always done —...

Quick Reads
Maalexi Raises $3 Million to Facilitate Cross-Border Trade for Agribusinesses

January 08, 2024
Maalexi has raised $3 million in a Pre-Series A funding round to continue building its cross-border trade platform for small agribusinesses. The platform connects buyers with sellers worldwide to reinforce the food supply chain and promote food security in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the greater Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, the company said […]

Bushel Nets $26 Million to Expand Services to Ag Businesses

August 22, 2023
Bushel has completed a $26 million funding round to continue developing its digital platform that connects farmers and agribusinesses. The investment will be used to accelerate the digitization of agriculture, streamline...

Silo Technologies Raises $132 Million in New Capital

July 12, 2023
Silo Technologies, a provider of financial technology for distributors and grower shipper businesses in the perishable food supply chain, has raised $132 million in new capital. This includes a $32...

Report: Agricultural Startups Face Fallow Funding Field

May 25, 2023
The world’s farming startups are reportedly facing problems both high-tech and low-tech. As The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (May 25), these companies — some of which had raised billions...