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Agtech startup Bushel has announced it has raised $7 million in a private investment round

Launched three years ago as a peer-to-peer equipment sharing platform, in April 2018, HarvestPort launched online crop input sales.

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In April 2018, FieldWatch launched two free mobile apps (both Android and iOS), one to complement each of its sites, with the goal of making access and input easier.

“We have seen that with record keeping—if it’s easy, the data will be good, and goals will be accomplished. If it’s difficult, we’ll question how the data was captured and how accurate it is,”

The site has 1,500 searches weekly for crop protection and crop nutrition products nationwide, with a majority of the traffic coming from the Midwest.

"Putting all of this on the blockchain illustrates to the penny how everything was paid and where it went.”

“We have seen that with record keeping—if it’s easy, the data will be good, and goals will be accomplished. If it’s difficult, we’ll question how the data was captured and how accurate it is.”

Granular, a software business owned by Corteva Agriscience, has partnered with Planet, an aerospace and data analytics company, for a three-year, multi-million dollar deal.

SST Software has released upgrades for its Sirrus and Summit applications. The updates were driven by user feedback.

Sentera’s FieldAgent Mobile app has added new features to increase flier control and is now free of charge to all users.

After almost 40 years in business, Dave and Mary Junge have sold their business, Junge Control, and its facilities to Ag Growth International (AGI).

"Farmers should have a choice on equipment and technologies, but being able to connect all of those different technologies and have them talk to each other is key."

"Today, we are 100% perpetual inventory and extremely efficient.”

“Joining the AgGateway Seed Connectivity Project gave us the ability to connect electronically with our seed and chemical manufacturers"

With more than a handful of entities now offering e-commerce in the ag retail space, many in the industry see 2018 as a springboard year for e-commerce and ag retail.

Bushel is a mobile app that allows farmers to access information such as contracts, scale tickets and cash bids whether they are on the tractor or in the grocery store.

SST’s Chief Executive Officer, Matt Waits will continue to lead the organization from its headquarters in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

AgPro readers voted the R7 Field Forecasting Tool (FFT) as the 2017 New Product of the Year.

Members of the associations have made a commitment to provide a comprehensive set of service information tools for tractors and combines put into service by model year 2021.

Landmark Services Cooperative has joined CommoditAg, to include its three Wisconsin warehouses in Cottage Grove, Evansville, and East Troy.

John Deere Generation 4 CommandCenter Displays and Ag Leader Technology SMS software are now compatible via John Deere’s Ag Data Application Programming Toolkit (ADAPT) plug-in.

The company says its plan is to be nationwide before harvest 2018.

Agrible launches its retailer services, which will directly connect growers, retailers, sales personnel, and agronomy and analytics.

The Brandt Product Finder app is available for iOS and Android and will give users the ability to search and mine Brandt’s entire portfolio of 300 US agriculture products.

Today Monsanto introduced its updated technology pipeline for seed, data and crop protection products. Products are in various stages of launch but aim to help farmers produce more in uncertain growing conditions.

To serve farmers through local ag retail but with an online ecommerce platform, CommoditAg was started in 2017.

FBN members have access to this tool as part of FBN Direct, which says it negotiates directly with manufacturers and suppliers.

Now that the platform is automatically synced with agX platform and the process is more streamlined.

EFC Systems, Inc. has purchased the assets of AgSolver Inc., which has a suite of tools used to turn data into decisions for agriculture.

There are always new ways to solve old problems. And these solutions come in forms of handheld devices, apps and voice-activated tools.

Farmer’s Business Network (FBN) says a new tool announced Tuesday, FBN Crop Marketing, promises to connect farmers with more than 4,000 possible buyers, computing the best price even after any additional freight cost