Posts By: Walt Duflock

Consume Agtech News Like A Pro

Ever feel like you're struggling to keep with all the latest great ag and AgTech content available? Me too, and I've been trying to do something about it. After years of trial and error, I think I've learned a few things and what I've done might be useful to others who would like to be able to keep with more of what's going on in AgTech land, because things are changing at a rapid pace and…

Increase the Value of Data: A Call to AgTech Startups

AgTech Startups, we need an open data exchange format to increase the value of complementary data sets to the end customer─the grower. I had a great conversation today about the increased value that can be created in farming operations when data from multiple activities are combined to increase the value of each (in short - 1 + 1 = 3 ... sometimes). As an example, let's say that vendor A…

A Free Image Library, Now Expanded, for AgTech Startups

There are now three crops with image libraries available in that WG Image Library that AgTech startups can use for initial R&D work and prototyping for automation robots. If you're working with romaine, iceberg, or cabbage, there are high-resolution images tagged and annotated available on Github for you to download and begin using. Also of note, broccoli is in the final stages and will be…

Build a Network Around #agtechfielddemos

Are you looking for upcoming agriculture field demos (or wondering how to get more people to come to your field demos)? Check out how to find them or build awareness around yours... 1) For all AgTech startups doing field demos, please use the hashtag #agtechfielddemos in your social media posts and include the date, time and location (preferably with a map pin) of the demo (and a best…