Walt DuflockCongrats to the Farm Robotics Challenge winners!The Farm Robotics Challenge Virtual Awards Ceremony was today after student teams worked for a semester on robot solutions to some of…Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
Walt DuflockAgTech Startups — Let’s keep biologicals from being a dessert topping and a floor wax!There is a lot of discussion about biological solutions in AgTech these days at trade shows and in ag media, and with good reason. The use…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Walt DuflockAgTech Info Consumption — pro tips on how to stay on top of everything!I consume a lot of AgTech content. No, I’m serious, a lot lot lot of AgTech content. Podcasts, newsletters, and social media are my three…Mar 30, 20231Mar 30, 20231
Walt Duflock10 Things I learned in February — Lessons from Toulouse, Paris, Tulare, SLO, and Santa MariaIt’s been quite a February. On January 30th, I flew from SFO to Lyon and on February 25th, I spent the second night of the month in my own…Feb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Walt DuflockWant a cautionary tale for SGMA’s acreage reduction? Look at asparagus.When I was a young lad spending much of the year in Monterey County on my mom’s ranch and some of the summers in Imperial County on my…Feb 26, 20231Feb 26, 20231
Walt DuflockMoneyball for Ag Labor — how growers think about the labor problem.AgTech startups should think about the labor problem they are solving with some specificity, and that specificity should be around the…Feb 23, 2023Feb 23, 2023
Walt DuflockAgTech Startups — work with channel partners is never done — never ever ever.I wanted to pass along a recent story on AgTech automation partnerships. It is a reminder that AgTech channel partners are a great…Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023
Walt DuflockAgTech Startups — include machine logistics in your economic analysisOne of the things that is becoming apparent as the number of automation solutions on farms continues to increase is that there is a hidden…Feb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
Walt DuflockImage Library — Phase 1 launch coming into view!I mentioned the Western Growers Image Library in a prior post announcing the first two components of the Tech Stack to help AgTech…Feb 18, 2023Feb 18, 2023
Walt DuflockWhy is nobody in AgTech building a grower data aggregation model with a rev share for growers??AgTech entrepreneurs — are grower-backed data aggregation startups or venture-backed startups the better play for data aggregation and…Feb 17, 20233Feb 17, 20233