The Modern Acre Podcast: From investing in agtech to founding an agtech startup

Michael Ott is the founder and CEO of Rantizo, an agtech startup that addresses both the field needs of farmers and the business needs of custom applicators with the platform’s combination […]
The Van Trump Report: Rantizo brings “Spraying Drone Swarm” to fields near you

Farmers that have embraced drones in their agricultural operations tend to use them for crop monitoring purposes but Iowa-based ag startup Rantizo thinks drones can do much more to help […]
Farm Press: 3 agtech startups doing cool stuff

Never underestimate the power of a small company to make a big difference in agriculture. During a recent Future of Farming Dialogue sponsored by Bayer, three agriculture technology companies shared […]
Bayer Crop Science: Fueling growth opportunities for sustainable agriculture through collaborative innovation model

As part of Bayer’s Future of Farming Dialogue virtual event series, Bob Reiter, Head of Research and Development at the Crop Science division of Bayer, will highlight the interconnectivity between scientific experts inside and outside of the company’s own […]
Hoosier Perspectives: Custom drone application could be glimpse of future

In January 2020, Michael Ott participated in the American Farm Bureau Innovative Challenge contest at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) national convention. One year later, he was a presenter […]
The Business of Agriculture Podcast: The future is here

We’re doing a lot of things in Ag that are still “on the way” to the non-Ag sector. Driverless cars are a concept but self-driving tractors have been in America’s […]
Syngenta Thrive: Testing new farm technologies

Last year, Syngenta partnered with representatives from four technology companies to test their new devices on commercial farms in Illinois as part of Project Bin Buster. In 2020, the Bin Buster project […]