Plant world to get Israeli Internet of Things tech

Sally

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This should be of benefit to everyone.

This certainly is something all farmers should look into, especially the top agriculture firms in the world.

Plant world to get Israeli Internet of Things tech
Phytech is teaming up with ADAMA to bring its PlantBeat service to farms in the US and Brazil
BYDAVID SHAMAH June 26, 2015, 1:23 pm 1


Phytech sensors attached to tomato plants. (Courtesy)
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Phytech, an Israeli agritech firm that is bringing the Internet of Things to the plant world, has teamed up with ADAMA Agricultural Solutions to sell its plant-alert system to farmers in North and South America.!

The deal, said Phytech CEO Sarig Duek, is a key one for the company. “We believe that ADAMA’s grower-focused approach will ensure the successful implementation of the technology for the benefit of growers worldwide,” he commented.

ADAMA is the new name for veteran Israeli company Makhteshim-Agan — once one of the world’s largest supplier of insecticides and herbicides, and today a part of even-bigger ChemChina, which acquired the Israeli firm in 2014. ADAMA still operates as an independent unit, and is as dominant in the business as ever; the company’s 2014 revenues were about $3.2 billion, up $200 million from the previous year.

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Plant world to get Israeli Internet of Things tech The Times of Israel
 

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