Mitch Grosky

Together we can farm smarter. Smart Yields is building relationships through a groundbreaking analytics system powered by the people who know it best – our farmers. We connect farmers, agricultural researchers and their communities through crowd-sourced data gathered from a network of integrated sensors that measure everything from soil health to inputs such as water, energy and nutrients. In turn, these users tap into a vast wealth of local, regional and national knowledge to increase productivity, yield, and revenue. Our inspiration is the ahupua‘a, a traditional land division in Hawaii that stretches from the mountains to the ocean, containing the many important resources needed for the communities within. Hawaii, home to our global headquarters, is committed to doubling its food production by 2030. We see significant unmet needs here and around the world, as well as great potential in empowering ‘agripreneurs’ – the aspiring, growing farmer. Today, thanks to visionaries in the field, we are seeing more interest than ever before. Investment in U.S. agriculture technology reached over $700 million in 2017, more than the previous two years combined. At Smart Yields, we’re using this momentum to think big by thinking small (to medium), using farm-to-screen technologies to enhance your farm-to-table experience. Our globally recognized team was part of the sixth cohort of the Blue Startups accelerator program; selected for the 2017 cohort of the Elemental Excelerator; and was one of nine companies from around the world to present in the inaugural Laudato Si’ Challenge tech accelerator in Rome. This year, Smart Yields was also named Hawaii’s Most Innovative Company in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Awards, Editor’s Choice Category. Contact us at support@smartyields.com or follow us @SmartYields as we build stronger agriculture communities around the world. Visit us at smartyields.com/media for our media kit and case studies.

AxisTech is an Australian based agrifood tech solution provider with a focus on whole-of-business data and device solutions. We have a strong track record of innovative, user-orientated technology developments. We have a strong multi-skilled team across electronics, software development, data engineering, data science, research, marketing, business development, finance and management. We have a growing list of clients, projects and collaborators that extend across state government, universities, Research and Development Corporations, grower groups, individual family farms and corporate farming operations. AxisTech has developed AxisStream, a data platform designed for the entire Agrifood supply chain. It facilitates value from data without comprising owner control. Through its data engineering capabilities, AxisStream facilitates the transformation, ingestion and standardisation or any and all data. AxisStream enables data to be consumed in multiple ways: for the business itself, including visualisation, insights and analysis; used by consultants; selected data for compliance purposes; or processing through third party algorithms and machine learning tools. The AxisStream data platform has applicability across any commodity type and production system and can scale from the smallest farm to the largest multi-business enterprise. It can handle with ease any type of operational data at any point within the agrifood supply chain. AxisTech also has a growing range of on-farm IoT devices, manufactured in our Osborne Park facility. Our philosophy is to provide an end-to-end solution that is as robust at each point as possible. Where there isn’t existing solutions available we develop our own, where there are solutions available we look for best of breed or best fit for purpose. We love collaborations and partnerships and think this is the best way to solve real problems with real solutions. AxisTech is playing its part in digitising the agrifood industry.

Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. The company publishes Forbes, Forbes Asia, and Forbes Europe magazines as well as Forbes.com. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 94 million people worldwide with its business message each month through its magazines and 37 licensed local editions around the globe, Forbes.com, TV, conferences, research, social and mobile platforms. Forbes Media’s brand extensions include conferences, real estate, education, financial services, and technology license agreements. Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

Together we can farm smarter. Smart Yields is building relationships through a groundbreaking analytics system powered by the people who know it best – our farmers. We connect farmers, agricultural researchers and their communities through crowd-sourced data gathered from a network of integrated sensors that measure everything from soil health to inputs such as water, energy and nutrients. In turn, these users tap into a vast wealth of local, regional and national knowledge to increase productivity, yield, and revenue. Our inspiration is the ahupua‘a, a traditional land division in Hawaii that stretches from the mountains to the ocean, containing the many important resources needed for the communities within. Hawaii, home to our global headquarters, is committed to doubling its food production by 2030. We see significant unmet needs here and around the world, as well as great potential in empowering ‘agripreneurs’ – the aspiring, growing farmer. Today, thanks to visionaries in the field, we are seeing more interest than ever before. Investment in U.S. agriculture technology reached over $700 million in 2017, more than the previous two years combined. At Smart Yields, we’re using this momentum to think big by thinking small (to medium), using farm-to-screen technologies to enhance your farm-to-table experience. Our globally recognized team was part of the sixth cohort of the Blue Startups accelerator program; selected for the 2017 cohort of the Elemental Excelerator; and was one of nine companies from around the world to present in the inaugural Laudato Si’ Challenge tech accelerator in Rome. This year, Smart Yields was also named Hawaii’s Most Innovative Company in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Awards, Editor’s Choice Category. Contact us at support@smartyields.com or follow us @SmartYields as we build stronger agriculture communities around the world. Visit us at smartyields.com/media for our media kit and case studies.