Iowa AgriTech Accelerator announces five startups for 2019 cohort
Summary
“We’re excited to welcome a diverse group of startups from all over the world to Central Iowa this summer,” said Kerty Levy, interim executive director of the accelerator, in the announcement. Here is a quick look at the five groups participating in this year’s Iowa AgriTech Accelerator: droneSAR (Des Moines, Iowa) — droneSAR develops radar imaging technology for commercial drones and small aircrafts that can sense below the crop canopy. FarmatroniX (College Park, Maryland) — FarmatroniX aims to tackle the skilled labor shortage by providing growers an artificial intelligence system that can control the growing process without any human input. Raks Agricultural Technology (São Leopoldo, Brazil) — Raks Agricultural Technology provides a system to improve irrigation control based on new TDR sensors to measure the soil moisture, presenting all information on a web platform or mobile app. This year’s class will also present and explain their innovations at the accelerator’s Demonstration Day during World Food Prize week in Des Moines.