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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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