FAST FACTS
- For the 2022 awards, the AgTech Breakthrough Awards received more than 1 600 nominations from 15 countries.
- Pairtree Intelligence and AgWebb were among the winners in the Farm Management Solutions category.
- Data analysis and integration is driving the trend in farm management solutions technology.
The AgTech Breakthrough Awards, which are held annually by AgTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organisation, recognises the top companies, technologies and products in the global agricultural and food technology markets.
According to the company, the purpose of the awards programme is to conduct the industry's most comprehensive analysis and evaluation of agricultural and food technology categories.
"This [includes] Internet-of-Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)-based agricultural technologies, farm management, indoor farming, food quality, data analytics and many more.
"This year's [programme] attracted more than 1 600 nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world." There are 19 categories, including farm management solutions, automation and robotics, in-door farming solutions and livestock innovation, among others.
This week's article takes a look at the winners in the farm-management solutions category.
PAIRTREE INTELLIGENCE
Farmers across the world have become accustomed to using various smart devices, such as probes and sensors, to monitor on-farm productivity. However, these devices are often not compatible with each other, and farmers are forced to look at each dataset separately, rather than as an integrated dataset.
This is where Pairtree Intelligence comes in, according to AgTech Breakthrough.
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