wtorek, 7 października 2014

The Big Data bounty: U.S. startups challenge agribusiness giants

File photo of a Kubota M96S tractor at the 47th Annual World Ag Expo in Tulare California. By Karl Plume MAPLE PARK Ill. (Reuters) - Chris Gould's combine cab is loaded like the cockpit of a fighter jet he used to fly as he harvests soybeans in northern Illinois, steered by satellites, four video screens glowing with up to minute updates about his crop and the work's progress. The setup, light years from what it was when the former Navy pilot started farming nine years ago, includes technology from Monsanto and Deere & Co.. But alongside them is an iPad running an app by tiny startup 640 Labs, boasting every bit as much savvy as the Goliaths' latest offerings. ...








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