Electrocuting Weeds with Crop.Zone
Dirk Vandenhirtz, CEO of Cropzone talks about electrocuting weeds. Growers in several countries are seeing the benefits of this new technology on their fields and in their pockets. Herbicide resistance is no longer an issue with this novel approach to weed management.AgTech 360 is brought to you by North Carolina State University, including:The Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture (CERSA)The N.C. Plant Sciences InitiativeThe Southern IPM Center
11 Tammi 202313min
Innovative Bee Hive Monitoring with Apis Protect
CEO , Fiona Edwards Murphy, speaks about Apis Protect, an Ireland headquartered company that uses a combination of IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies to remotely extract and interpret data from beehives while keeping that data safe.apisprotect.com/
30 Elo 202118min
Post-Harvest Grain & Transportation Monitoring with TeleSense
Naeem Zafar, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Offer of TeleSense talks about an integral part of food production - the step after harvest and before shelving.TeleSense provides remote solutions for grain storage and transportation monitoring. Their products use wireless sensors for temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide monitoring with algorithms to develop actionable insights for quality preservation, and sends information to an App.https://telesense.com/
17 Elo 202117min
Investing in Food & AgTech Startups with Radicle Growth
Ever wonder how the new technology that we talk about gets funded? In this episode we talk to Kirk Haney, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Radicle Growth. Radicle Growth carefully selects innovative ag and food tech start-ups for investment, ensuring that powerful, disruptive technologies reach their full potential. Under Kirk’s leadership, Radicle Growth has become a market leader in early-stage Ag and Food Tech investing and company building and has secured top-tier financial and co...
3 Elo 202122min
Toward Eradicating Malaria: Repurposing Agtech for Public Health with IVCC
Nick Hamon, CEO at Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) shares how his company repurposes chemistry that may have traditionally been used in agriculture and applies it to the public health sector while keeping in mind the constraints of return on investment, funding sources, resistance management, efficacy, and overall safety. His company is working toward total eradication of Malaria.
20 Heinä 202120min
Reimagining Livestock AgTech with Cainthus
Aidan Connolly, Chief Executive Officer at Cainthus and President of AgriTech Capital, gives his perspective on livestock agtech importance, and how seemingly simple tech can be revolutionary.www.ever.ag/dairy/software-solutions/cainthus/
21 Touko 202113min
Rethinking the Drivers of AgTech Innovation with Finistere
Ingrid Fung, Investment Director at Finistere Ventures, talks diversity in agriculture, consumer-driven Ag Tech, pharmaceutical inspiration in the Ag Tech space, and what she is most excited about moving forward with sustainable ag.
7 Touko 202119min
Keep Calm and CRISPR On with Rodolphe Barrangou
Rodolphe Barrangou, a Distinguished Professor at NC State, talks about the advancements and importance of CRISPR, and where the future of this technology may lead. This episode is filled with great examples of what CRISPR is and its capabilities.Find out more about Rodolphe's CRISPR lab here: crispr.cals.ncsu.edu/
2 Huhti 202122min
