Moline, Ill. — Deere & Co. announced the companies that will be part of the 2020 cohort of the Startup Collaborator program in its Intelligent Solutions Group. This program launched last year to enhance and deepen collaborative relationships with startup companies whose technology could add value for John Deere customers.
 
“The first year of the John Deere Startup Collaborator program showed us and the startups involved the tremendous mutual value of working closely together,” said Julian Sanchez, director of strategy and business development at Deere’s Intelligent Solutions Group.
 
Deere is introducing into the Startup Collaborator four startups:  

  • DataFarm — A Brazilian company building digital tools to recommend climate-smart agricultural practices to optimize farmers’ return on investment
  • FaunaPhotonics — A company from Denmark building technology for real-time pest detection to ensure sustainable crop management and improve tools for pest control
  • Fieldin — An Israeli company working on data management tools for specialty crops 
  • EarthSense — A company from Champaign, Ill. building novel sensing methods to improve in-field data collection 

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