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SUMMARY:AgTech: Sand Hill Bets on Precision Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:AgTech\nSand Hill Bets on Precision Agriculture\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Tuesday\, September 15\, 2015\n6:00 pm to 8:30 pm\n6:00 pm: Reception and networking\n7:00 pm: Panel discussion (with Q&A) \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Agriculture is now one of the hottest high-tech sectors. \nWith Precision Agriculture\, farmers can collect timely data about their crops at the plant level to optimize how they cultivate each plant and possibly affect each fruit. Data-driven precision is replacing massive mechanization. Startups with advanced automation and control components\, farm management software\, remote sensing and monitoring\, robots and drones\, offer solutions that improve efficiency and increase yields\, while making better use of land resources. \nA $3 trillion industry\, Agriculture was until recently largely ignored by venture capitalists. Now Khosla\, Kleiner Perkins and others are aggressively targeting the agricultural value chain. According to AgFunder\, agriculture technology raised a total of $2.36 billion in 2014. The industry took on $1.04 billion in Q1 2015 alone. \n\nWill technology make agriculture more sustainable?\nWill the small organic farmers be able to compete?\nWill Precision Agriculture allow California to maintain its leading position in high-value crops such as almonds and grapes in spite of water shortages?\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Moderator\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Rob Leclerc\, CEO\, AgFunder\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Panelists\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Lance Donny\, Founder and CEO\, OnFarm Systems \nJorge Heraud\, CEO\, Blue River Technology \nBrook Porter\, Partner\, Kleiner Perkins \nRon Zink\, Director\, On-Board Applications\, John Deere \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Cemex Auditorium\nat the Knight Management Center\nStanford Graduate School of Business\n655 Knight Way\nStanford\, CA 94025
URL:https://vlab.org/event/agtech/
LOCATION:Stanford GSB: Cemex Auditorium at the Knight Management Center\, 655 Knight Way\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
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