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CropX grows larger

Israel’s CropX (see here previously) has acquired Dutch-based Dacom Farm Intelligence to add its crop protection capabilities to CropX’s active irrigation technology, hardware-based soil data and fertilizer management features. Dacom has 3,000 agricultural clients managing 20,000+ farms in 40 countries. … Continue reading

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Farm2050 invests in CropX

Google CEO Eric Schmidt‘s Innovation Endeavors fund launched the Farm2050 collective in 2014, to accelerate the development and commercialization of agricultural technology. Farm2050’s first investment is in CropX – Israel’s adaptive irrigation company (March newsletter) http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2015/06/22/cropx-raises-9m-to-drive-agriculture-efficiency-through-technology/ http://www.cropx.com/press-releases/cropx-closes-9-million-series-a/

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Israeli ag-tech on show in Michigan

Five Israeli agriculture technology companies exhibited to 5,000+ attendees at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market Expo, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were Agam Greenhouse Energy Systems, CropX, NESS Fertigation, Robotic Perception and TierraSpec. https://www.jns.org/israeli-agricultural-companies-present-tech-at-michigan-farm-expo/

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More integrated data for farmers

Israel’s CropX (see here previously) has integrated its agronomy platform with the digital farm and fleet management platform of German agricultural machinery manufacturer CLAAS. The data can be visualized and used to plan seeding, fertigation, and irrigation, to increase harvest … Continue reading

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Helping to irrigate Australasia

Israel’s CropX (see here previously) has launched its Actual ET sensor in Australia and New Zealand. This first-of-its-kind sensor monitors real-time plant water use in a field through evapo-transpiration (ET). It integrates with CropX’s farm management system for efficient irrigation. … Continue reading

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Exits, mergers & acquisitions – to 29/9/24

Israel’s CropX has acquired US-based nitrogen sensor tech EnGeniousAg.  

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More data to help farmers

Israel’s CropX has linked its systems to CNH (New Holland Agriculture equipment). It means that the data collected by farm machinery can be used by farmers and advisors to achieve optimum planting, fertilization and harvesting results. CropX also links to … Continue reading

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Increasing corn yields in the Mid-West

Agriculture giant Syngenta has an Israeli seeds R&D center (see here). Syngenta is deploying sensors from Israel’s CropX (see here previously) to improve its irrigated corn fields across Mid-West USA. In multi-vendor trials last season, Syngenta ranked CropX as the … Continue reading

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Be the President of your field

Very clever new marketing video from Israel’s CropX (see here previously). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JZtaANYVOk

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Exits, takeovers, and mergers – to 10/12/23

Israeli private equity fund Fortissimo is to acquire Israel’s Cellcom for some NIS 925 million; Israeli cybersecurity Unicorn Wiz has acquired Israeli IT startup Raftt. Israeli global payments startup Nayax has taken over US-based point of sale software developer Retail … Continue reading

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