Blockchains’ tracing capacities can help certify that crops weren’t grown by razing woodlands or harvested with child labor.
Smart contract-enabled insurance holds promise, but can it be scaled?
Blockchains can help to insure the world’s uninsured, but daunting challenges remain: How does one explain crop insurance to indigent farmers?
Agricultural fund provider Teucrium files with SEC for Bitcoin ETF
Agriculture-focused fund provider Teucrium Trading filed an application with the U.S. SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF tracking BTC futures.
Hard-Hit Argentinian Farmers May Get Boost From Trading Platform for Tokenized Produce
Farm assets like soybeans will be tokenized on a platform from CoreLedger for trading against other assets like cattle or fiat currency.
Blockchain Grain Trading Platform Sees Commercial Launch to Tap Russia Market
Agri-trading platform Cerealia will focus on international trading for the world’s largest wheat market, Russia.
Climate Startup Nori Raises $4M to Solve Carbon Market Double-Spending
Nori has been funded to build a blockchain-based market for carbon credits that will start by paying farmers to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
Blockchain to Play ‘Essential Role’ in Farming Supply Chains, Says US Government
An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector’s supply chains.
Blockchain Firm Partners Indian Government to Boost Earnings for Farmers
Agtech startup Agri10x is working with India’s government to better connect small-scale farmers to global buyers, using blockchain to cut out the middleman.
Overstock’s VC Wing Leads $8.2M Funding Round in GrainChain
GrainChain, a commodities tracing blockchain platform, has raised $8.2 million as it expands its operat
Vermont Turns to Home-Grown Blockchain Company to Track Hemp With Ethereum
Vermont state regulators will begin recording the production of hemp – a low-THC cannabis strain popular in textiles – on the ethereum mainnet this year.
Colorado Lawmakers Seek Exploration of Blockchain Use in Agriculture
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Colorado are eyeing a role for blockchain technology in the agricultural industry.
Four Agricultural Giants Eye Blockchain in Push to Digitize Global Trade
The four biggest agricultural corporations plan to utilize tech such as blockchain and AI to bring the global grain trade into the digital age.