Precision Farming Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week:

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Bushel Launches Digital Payment Platform in ‘Major Step’ toward Digitizing Ag

Grain trading platform Bushel launched a new software platform that facilitates digital payments between farmers and agribusiness partners. Bushel CEO Jake Joraanstad calls “the last frontier for digitizing the industry,” according to this article from AFN. He says the new platform will enable a faster, more reliable payment system and predicts Bushel will “easily have the largest payment network in agriculture” by next year.

Bushel Wallet facilitates digital payments between farmers and agribusiness partners

 

FBN Fulfillment Centers Look Like Amazon of Agriculture

Farmers Business Network (FBN) operates 5 fulfillment centers across the U.S., which serve as hubs for storing inputs and products. Jack Cox, vice president of global fulfillment and logistics for FBN, says the fulfillment centers model Amazon and Walmart, giving FBN “the ability to get you anything you want quickly and reliably.” Farm Journal talked with Cox at the Brighton, Colo., FBN fulfillment center for this article.

Agtech Critical to Solving Global Food Crisis

As the world faces a food crisis made worse by the war in Ukraine, investment in agtech is paramount to safeguarding food security worldwide, argues Tristan Fischer, chief executive of vertical farming business Fischer Farms. While he focuses on the role of vertical farming in this article from fruitnet.com, Fischer makes this important point that applies to the potential impact of agtech investments: “By investing in the future of farming, we are giving countries the power to build their own sustainable and reliable food networks, which in turn will solve the export crisis and safeguard both food security and local economies.”

Tristan Fischer wants to eventually begin vertical production of staple crops such as rice, wheat, peas and soya beans

Do Your Customers Match These 5 Farmer Personality Types?

On this episode of the Business of Agriculture podcast, Brett Sciotto, CEO of Aimpoint Research, explains farmer psychographics and the research and outlook his firm does on behalf of agricultural organizations. From Leveraged Lifestylers to Enterprising Business Builders to Self-Reliant Traditionalists, Brett outlines 5 farmer personality types while predicting who’ll be operating farms in another decade. How many of your customers fall into each personality?

Robot of the Week: Korechi ROAMIO HCW Autonomous Row Mower

Ontario-based Haggerty Ag Robotics demoed the Korechi RoamIO HCW Autonomous Row Mower at a field day last week. The autonomous electric mower drew a crowd as it clipped a perennial cover crop plot.

 

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