‘The virtual fence is the starting point,’ Monil adds features to livestock platform, eyes more markets
Livestock data and tech company Monil continues its U.S. growth trajectory by adding capabilities and extending the warranty of its collars
Digitisation
From cancer diagnostics to soil sensors: How Stenon is chasing agriculture’s nitrogen ‘holy grail’
German agtech Stenon recently raised €18 million to take its rapid soil-testing technology global. Founder Niels Grabbert tells AgNavigator how work originally inspired by his father’s cancer diagnosis evolved into a system designed to give farmers...
Beneath our feet: Why Varda Foundation believes soil data could become agriculture’s most valuable asset
From crop nutrition plans and insurance products to supply chain resilience and new agtech services, Varda Foundation’s Simone Sala argues that unlocking the value of fragmented soil data could transform how agriculture manages productivity,...
Tellia raises $5m to make farm data capture as easy as a phone call
Voice AI start-up Tellia has secured $5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its agricultural data platform across the US and Europe. Founder Coline Labadie tells AgNavigator why voice could succeed where farm management software has often struggled,...
Farm Progress Show 2026
At Farm Progress Show: Brooke Rollins highlights USDA’s tech modernization, spending cuts
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spent her time at Farm Progress Show highlighting the work the administration is doing to digitally transform the USDA and cutting spending to prioritize farmer needs
ZELP launches device to measure livestock methane emissions
Measuring methane emissions is the first step in reducing the pollutant
Managing drought with data: Ranchbot raises $15m to help ranchers monitor water resources
As farmers grapple with drought conditions, Ranchbot is helping them better manage water resources with real-time insights
OneSoil takes aim at farm data overload with ‘AI Agronomist’
Swiss agtech firm says new assistant turns fragmented datasets into plain-language, field-specific advice for time-poor farmers
Start-up profile
Inside HiveTracks: Can bees become the ultimate biosensor for nature?
From monitoring hive health to tracking entire ecosystems, HiveTracks is using data from bees to help companies and farmers quantify biodiversity – and potentially unlock new environmental markets
Proveye links up with Grassland Agro to bring satellite-driven grass insights to Irish paddocks
Irish agri-tech firm Proveye is partnering with Grassland Agro to roll out its ProvGrass platform on trial farms, combining satellite-derived grass measurement with soil and fertiliser planning to support data-driven grazing and nutrient management
AI’s backbone: Data infrastructure company Leaf closes $13m Series B round with Bayer’s help
The agriculture industry has a lot of data – but analyzing that data requires the unification and integration of different data sources and formats
AgriWebb CEO: URUS deal signals growing investor focus on ag data infrastructure
‘Livestock data is becoming the new supply chain backbone’
eAgronom co-founder on why Scope 3 ‘fails at the farm gate’ and what food companies still don’t understand
Ambitious climate targets are colliding with agricultural reality, believes Kristjan Luha, as poorly designed Scope 3 programmes struggle to engage the very farmers who hold the key to emissions reductions
Building better digital farming services: Why the one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work
Farmers are seeking value from tech investments — not just an easy-to-use service
War demands faster decisions: KSG Agro turns to AI to navigate Ukraine’s high‑stakes agriculture
With infrastructure under attack, exports disrupted and costs volatile, Ukrainian agribusiness is being forced to make faster, higher‑stakes decisions. KSG Agro’s adoption of a decision intelligence platform highlights how war is accelerating the shift...
Why now is the moment to back Africa’s agri-food opportunity, says MiiWa Capital’s Samina Anwar
With platforms built, markets maturing and climate pressure intensifying, Samina Anwar believes Sub‑Saharan Africa has reached an inflection point for agri‑food innovation. The real gap is no longer solutions, but risk‑tolerant capital willing to move...
AgriSound and Importaco put pollination under the microscope to de‑risk almond sourcing
A new European field trial aims to turn pollination from an assumption into a measurable performance indicator – helping almond growers and buyers make better capital decisions, improve orchard reliability and strengthen long‑term sourcing confidence
Fertiliser shock fuels interest in hyperspectral satellites for precision nitrogen use
As fertiliser prices surge following geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, UK growers are under pressure to cut input costs without sacrificing yields. A new on‑farm collaboration between crop intelligence company Messium and a Northamptonshire grower...
Animal Agtech Innovation Summit 2026
From biosecurity to supply chain challenges: How the animal protein sector is evolving to deliver safe, nutritious food
Increasing demand for protein meets a complex and stressed supply chain, as disease pressures and geopolitics push the animal protein market to innovate
Soil health intelligence start-up Miraterra closes oversubscribed seed round with $16m CAD
Miraterra is piecing together a complete soil analytic software service, with the help of capital funding and its acquisition of Trace Genomics
Farm-level intelligence: Innov8.ag helps growers make sense of data with HarvestReplay
The agtech company is helping specialty crop growers and operators make sense of their farming operations and where improvements can be made
Bordeaux estate becomes first vineyard to be operationally monitored by hyperspectral satellites
Château Puybarbe teams up with Finland’s Kuva Space to bring next‑generation space imaging into everyday vineyard management
Investor profile
Xinomavro Ventures wants to drag the wine industry into the digital age
The world’s only wine‑focused tech investment fund says vineyards are facing agricultural challenges sooner – and more severely – than other sectors. Xinomavro Ventures believes that makes them the ideal proving ground for new ag innovations
The next five years will eclipse the last 25: Steve McLean on agriculture’s defining decade
New UK Agri-Tech Centre CEO Steve McLean says the industry is entering a defining period that demands bigger thinking, harder commercial focus, and technologies proven on real farms, not just in labs
From tomatoes to tech: How Kraft Heinz uses regen ag, AI to secure its supply chain
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Kraft Heinz works with farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices and deploy digital farming technologies
Can new incentives accelerate precision agriculture adoption in the UK?
The UK’s flagship farm‑payment scheme has been overhauled into a more streamlined, delivery‑focused model. But will SFI26’s push toward measurable, on‑farm action transform precision agriculture into a practical necessity for British farmers?
Ag movers & shakers for Feb. 2026: Valmont adds to board, Vivent Biosignals appoints CEO
In February 2026, Valmont Industries added a member to its board of directors, while tech companies Vivent Biosignals and ProducePay welcomed ag veterans to their organisations
Investor profile
Better Food Ventures: Silicon Valley’s playbook can work for ag
As agtech investment cools and AI dominates attention, Better Food Ventures is betting on digital tools, physical AI, and smarter data governance to unlock real value for the farm sector
Intelligent irrigation: How agtech start-up Agro-AI helps farmers manage water resources
Agtech start-up Agro-AI is positioning itself as the missing link between growers’ current irrigation systems and precision agriculture
MyEasyFarm launches €1.6m ‘MyEasyAI’ project to fast‑track low‑carbon sugar beet farming
With sugar beet under pressure in France’s climate‑stressed Grand Est region, the French MMRV specialist teams up with beet producer Cristal Union and the University of Reims to harness AI, primary data and a farm ‘digital twin’ to accelerate the...
CNH Capital leads OEM shift toward weather‑triggered leasing protection
CNH Capital launches Europe’s first parametric leasing protection service as it moves to safeguard farmers facing climate-related risks
Livestock health monitoring start-up Barnwell Bio closes $6m seed round
Can technology used to fight Covid be the next best defense against a livestock disease outbreak?
Data management down on the farm: Numanac launches app to preserve farmers’ digital heritage
Digital farming app Numanac is now available via a public release, after securing a waitlist of 3.1 million acres of farmland across the globe
Trinity AgTech’s Agrimetrics acquisition: Lifeline for UK agri-tech or the death of a national data dream?
The transfer of Agrimetrics’ satellite analytics technology to Trinity AgTech has been hailed as a victory for innovation continuity – but critics argue it signals the collapse of the UK’s ambition to build an open, national farm data platform akin to...
Start-up profile
Regeno’s AI-powered platform aims to simplify farm assurance and compliance
Spun out of Founders Factory and Nesta’s venture builder programme, UK-based Regeno has pivoted from helping small farms access subsidies to tackling the broader challenge of compliance and record-keeping. CEO Sven Poppelman explains how the company’s...
Crop disease monitoring company Innerplant readies to 10x soybean acres in 2026
Innerplant is scaling its technology expanding across U.S. soybean acres in 2026, as the company explores further domestic and foreign expansion and additional crops
EU delays deforestation rule, but industry pushes ahead on soy initiatives
AIC sets date for new sustainability scheme, ForFarmers in alliance with Bunge
From lab to livestock: Why ProtonDx took its rapid diagnostic tech beyond human health
UK start-up ProtonDx, creator of the Dragonfly platform, hopes to redefine animal health diagnostics. After developing rapid molecular testing in human medicine, the Imperial College London spin-out saw a critical gap in agriculture – where waiting days...
Is agtech adoption on the rise? How CropX is growing its digital farm tool with integrations
Are integrations a key part of boosting agtech adoption?
Trapview and Doktar unite to cut pesticide use and boost biodiversity
The partnership combines Trapview’s AI-powered pest monitoring and forecasting technology with Doktar’s holistic digital agronomy platform, aiming to inspire climate-smart, sustainable food systems across Europe, MENA, and beyond
European Digital Innovation Hubs: Why agri-food is missing out on the digital revolution
A new review reveals that Europe’s agri-food sector is barely tapping into the potential of Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs), despite their promise to accelerate digital transformation
Irish firm gets ESA backing to bring satellite-powered fertiliser tool to grassland farmers
Proveye wins European Space Agency funding to deploy ProvVari – a precision fertiliser platform designed to cut costs, boost yields, and curb emissions across Europe’s pasture-based dairy and beef systems
Drone Ag’s Skippy upgrade promises farmers sharper crop insights with on-demand drone imagery
The UK firm has revamped its Skippy Scout platform with a redesigned interface and new indexing tools – aiming to give farmers and agronomists higher-resolution crop data than satellites can deliver
Willis Towers Watson harnesses satellite tech to boost farm risk protection
As climate volatility intensifies, insurer Willis Towers Watson is deploying cutting-edge data and crop simulation models to deliver parametric insurance solutions that promise faster payouts and broader coverage for farmers and agribusinesses worldwide
Tesco urges national farm data framework to safeguard UK food security
The UK’s largest supermarket is expanding its environmental baselining programme and calls for consistent standards to help farmers capture soil, water, and nature data at scale – critical for resilience and sustainability
COP30
Gates Foundation invests $1.4bn in farmers impacted by extreme weather
The Gates Foundation was one of many organizations making large commitments to support farmers and the agrifood system at COP30
Start-ups
‘Satellite data is a climate action gold mine:’ GreenAnt’s AI mines radar data to predict floods and boost yields
As climate volatility threatens global food security, GreenAnt’s AI-powered platform Desidera aims to turn radar satellite data into real-time insights that help farmers boost productivity and anticipate disasters – even when the skies are clouded
From soil to satellite: How IoT is reshaping agriculture – and what comes next
As Digital Matter marks 25 years of innovation, CEO Loic Barancourt reflects on the milestones that transformed connected farming – and the technologies set to redefine it again
Source.ag secures $17.5M to scale applied AI for growers in CEA
Backed by strategic investors including Enza Zaden and Harvest House, Netherlands-based Source.ag’s latest funding round highlights demand for AI tools that deliver measurable, daily value to greenhouse operators
Unlocking Europe’s livestock potential: Overcoming barriers to innovation
Europe’s livestock sector is ready to transform - but progress is being held back, claim industry players