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AgFunder News: Bayer backs drone spraying platform Rantizo
December 2, 2020
The ag drone hype may have dwindled a few years ago. But that didn’t stop Iowa City-based startup Rantizo , which uses the vehicles to spray crops, from going full steam ahead.
“There was a lot of enthusiasm about what drones could do and that tapered off when people saw what they actually could accomplish,” CEO Michael Ott tells AFN . “In the last few years, we’ve really ramped up the productivity, autonomy, and the use cases where application from drones actually makes sense.” (…)
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