AgMonitor (formerly PowWow)
AgMonitor closed a Series A of $4.5 million and will continue to grow its Software-as-a-Service products across the food-energy- water nexus. It is a recent member of the Western Growers Association. Backed by multi-generational growers and tech angels, the software company delivers serious value to farms and food processors. Their software reduces the cost of energy and water inputs and also increases the bottom-line revenue by improving uniformity. AgMonitor provides a decision-support tool that leverages machine learning to solve practical problems in agriculture. It is perfectly suited for growers who want to increase their profit margins and pass a sustainable farm onto the next generation. Agtools has posted its first public comments to the Biden Administration—America’s Supply Chains—A Digital Agriculture Program for America’s Small Farmers Comments: President Biden’s Executive Order 14017: “America’s Supply Chains.” Also, Martha Montoya, founder and worldwide experienced ag and food supply chain founder, is featured as one of the leaders in the industry “From Farms to Incubators: Women revolutionizing how our food is grown.” Equally important, Agtools has deployed the Enterprise program across the world with several software companies and VAR’s (Value Added Resellers) to implement faster and within compliance across global customers. All American Drilling and Pump Service is excited to be a Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology resident. It is a full service, one-stop-shop, for agricultural growers, municipalities, and commercial customers. The company specializes in water well drilling, retrofitting new or existing pump plants, well monitoring, well imaging, well treatment, well pumping, valve automation, and variable frequency drives. The company’s goal is to help growers and clients establish the most efficient water delivery systems for their operation. Contact Don Lewis at 831-596-9865, or visit www.allamericandrillinginc.com.
Agtools
All American Drilling and Pump Service
ApisProtect ApisProtect has monitored more than 100 million honey bees around the world to date and have a limited number of remote bee hive monitors available in the U.S in 2021. For the past three years, ApisProtect has worked side by side with commercial and hobbyist beekeepers in the U.S. and Ireland to develop a unique remote beehive monitoring system, collating over 15 million data sets. As they have seen with smart technology in all elements of our lives, the potential of collating data for improved decision making is transformative. By utilizing sensor technology within the beehive, ApisProtect can provide the beekeeper with data to improve decision
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