Love reading your stuff! I was at the "World A" meetup in San Fran. And yes, there were no farmers in the room. Yet, I think that was on purpose. There were some really bright spots though... and I for one actually think we have just began a move to real Ag technology. The stuff that bubbled up previously illustrated what didn't need to be done! It will change considerably, again, in the future.
Great summary of the situation. I'm a farmer and we collect our own data in inputs and traceability using ODK Collect which our guys can program and create reports themselves. I get emails and calls from people selling ag tech or data collection and the first thing they as for is $5000. The answer is for farms to do their own tech (sorry), that way there's skin in the game. I can't believe all the money going into ag tech and climate tech that would be better spent on actual ag! But VCs don't like that.
Love reading your stuff! I was at the "World A" meetup in San Fran. And yes, there were no farmers in the room. Yet, I think that was on purpose. There were some really bright spots though... and I for one actually think we have just began a move to real Ag technology. The stuff that bubbled up previously illustrated what didn't need to be done! It will change considerably, again, in the future.
Great summary of the situation. I'm a farmer and we collect our own data in inputs and traceability using ODK Collect which our guys can program and create reports themselves. I get emails and calls from people selling ag tech or data collection and the first thing they as for is $5000. The answer is for farms to do their own tech (sorry), that way there's skin in the game. I can't believe all the money going into ag tech and climate tech that would be better spent on actual ag! But VCs don't like that.