I love the smell of data in the morning! Sampling avocados, 20 trees per hour, data entered in one step, diagnostic data to be added in the same record, full traceability and workflow. System by AgKonect . #biosecurity#surveillance#plantprotection#planthealth#onehealth
It’s AgKonect ‘s third anniversary today. What a ride it’s been for us (Pete Whittle and Barry Sullivan, working closely with Global GBM)! We started with the biosecurity system we were providing for the Australian banana industry on an existing project. Our first contract… Read More »AgKonect’s third anniversary
A reflection on marginal gains – prompted by the perfect cycling drink bottle #marginal_gains #Team_Ineos #Team_Sky Marginal gains in business systems With AgKonect By Dr Pete Whittle, CEO 31 January 2020 As a keen cyclist, I spent the past week at the… Read More »Marginal gains in business systems
Thanks to John G. Keogh of Shantalla for valuable review Traceability of food is a leading global news topic. Periodically there is a new crisis such as needles in strawberries, E. coli in leafy greens and Listeria in melons. Almost daily we read about… Read More »Food traceability and risk management before the farm gate
Barry and Pete were excited when AgKonect was announced as a finalist in the FoodTrack venture program by Maersk Growth and Rockstart. They spent a month in Summer 2018 in Copenhagen, learning Lean startup methodology from mentors and experts, with nine other… Read More »AgKonect goes to Maersk FoodTrack accelerator
If you visit a farm, the first thing the farmer will show you is a map. They can point to fields, trees, waterpoints, machinery, silos and sheds. They can tell you data about these mapped elements, such as last year’s… Read More »Farming is spatial
