Agriculture

Supply Chain

Blockchain to Play ‘Essential Role’ in Farming Supply Chains, Says US Government

Paddy BakerAug 11, 2020

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 Technology

Blockchain Firm Partners With Indian Government to Boost Earnings for Farmers

Sebastian SinclairMay 13, 2020

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.

Carbon Credits

Climate Startup Nori Raises $4M to Solve Carbon Market Double-Spending

Ian AllisonSep 24, 2020

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.

Smart Contracts

Overstock’s VC Wing Leads $8.2M Funding Round in GrainChain

Danny NelsonMar 6, 2020

GrainChain, a blockchain platform for tracing commodities, raised $8.2 million from Medici and Eden Block.

Cannabis

Vermont Turns to Home-Grown Blockchain Company to Track Hemp With Ethereum

Danny NelsonFeb 11, 2020

Vermont state regulators will begin recording the production of hemp – a low-THC cannabis strain popular in textiles – on the ethereum mainnet this year.

Agriculture

Colorado

Colorado Lawmakers Seek Exploration of Blockchain Use in Agriculture

Yogita Khatri

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Colorado are eyeing a role for blockchain technology in the agricultural industry.

News

Four Agricultural Giants Eye Blockchain in Push to Digitize Global Trade

Yogita Khatri

The four biggest agricultural corporations plan to utilize tech such as blockchain and AI to bring the global grain trade into the digital age.

ING

Commodity Merchant Louis Dreyfus Trials Blockchain for Soybean Trade

Stan Higgins

Louis Dreyfus, a major commodities trading company, has announced that it has piloted a blockchain-based transaction system developed by a group of financial institutions including ING.