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<\/em><\/p>\nSpecifically, the innovation challenge for start-ups was to develop a solution that improves understanding of the soil environment and its carbon sequestration potential or that creates a solution that better allows farmers to act on that insight.<\/p>\n
AGCO\u2019s overall vision is to deliver sustainable high-tech solutions for farmers feeding the world. And, understanding soil health is key to that mission.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we want to be able to do is measure the yield activities\u00a0and what that means for our carbon footprint,\u201d Seth Crawford, vice president, Fuse Connected Services and Digital Customer Experience,\u00a0AGCO Corporation, said.<\/p>\n
The winners were chosen from three finalists, after more than 100 international entries were received from agtech start-ups around the world.<\/p>\n
Announcing the winner, Seth, a judge for the final pitches for the AGCO Challenge, said, \u201cWe believe that EarthOptics is delivering actionable insights today and the accuracy of less sampling will resonate with customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
EarthOptics understands how farming works and is fully committed to helping farmers increase the value of their farmland and its natural resources.<\/p>\n
Lars Dyrud, CEO, EarthOptics shared, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled\u00a0for the recognition, and to continue developing\u00a0technology that helps growers\u2019 sustainably improve yields and lower costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
About EarthOptics<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded in 2019, EarthOptics\u00a0specializes in AI, machine learning, edge computing, and using highly-mobile, standoff sensors to detect, visualize, and mitigate soil compaction that reduces crop yield by 10 to\u00a020 percent.\u00a0Using its electromagnetic sensor know-how, deep machine learning expertise, and unique subterranean visualization tools, EarthOptics is also focused on scalable measurement and monitoring of soil carbon.<\/p>\n For more information: https:\/\/earthoptics.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n About the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit <\/strong><\/p>\n The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit gathers together corporates, innovators and investors from across the agriculture and food production supply chain to uncover disruption within the industry and identify the right business models to commercialize and scale the next generation of solutions. It\u2019s focused on net zero agriculture and supply chain resilience.<\/p>\n For more information: https:\/\/worldagritechusa.com\/aboutus\/<\/a><\/p>\n *LOGO link for media: https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-0322s2p-earthoptics-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-0322s2p-earthoptics-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nMEDIA CONTACT:\nNathan Dyrud\nof EarthOptics\nnathan.dyrud@earthoptics.com<\/a>\n+1-917-628-7798<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RALEIGH, N.C., March 22, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The AGCO Challenge at the eighth World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit was this: New sensing, measurement and edge computing technologies to monetize soil insight and carbon sequestration. And, EarthOptics rose to the occasion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8898,"featured_media":69874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,12804,622,67,1,365,52,9243,5],"tags":[15689,15691,15687,15688,15690],"class_list":["post-69909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-news","category-ap","category-artificial-intelligence","category-awards-and-honors-news","category-business-news","category-environmental-news","category-north-carolina-news","category-raleigh-news","category-technology-news","tag-agco-corporation","tag-agri-tech","tag-carbon-sequestration","tag-soil-insight","tag-world-agri-tech-innovation-summit","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":7374,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-0322s2p-earthoptics-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}