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BioLumic harnesses light signals to enhance plant growth and unlock crops' natural genetic potential. Its photogenics platform improves yield, vigor, disease resistance, and crop composition across various seeds and seedlings, without the use of chemicals or amendments.

Halter Limited, founded in 2016 and based in Morrinsville, New Zealand, specializes in developing GPS-enabled, solar-powered tracking devices for livestock. The company manufactures innovative collars designed for cows, allowing farmers to monitor and guide their animals across pastures. Halter's technology enables virtual fencing, helping farmers optimize productivity while promoting sustainable farming practices. By enhancing the management of livestock, Halter aims to improve agricultural efficiency and animal welfare, contributing to the overall sustainability of pasture-based farming.

BioLumic harnesses light signals to enhance plant growth and unlock crops' natural genetic potential. Its photogenics platform improves yield, vigor, disease resistance, and crop composition across various seeds and seedlings, without the use of chemicals or amendments.

Cropsy Technologies develops AI-enabled agricultural technology that acts as a tractor add-on to monitor every plant, track crop changes over time, and deliver farmers actionable insights, forecasts, and recommendations to optimise decisions across the growing season. Its image-analysis platform identifies pests and diseases, including on grapevines, enabling growers to detect issues early and target treatments while meeting regulatory and consumer expectations. By combining in-field monitoring with daily operations, Cropsy Technologies helps farmers improve yields, reduce losses, and promote sustainable farming.

Croptide is a company that specializes in agricultural technology focused on delivering real-time plant intelligence to farmers. By utilizing internet-enabled sensors that attach directly to the plant stem, Croptide provides critical data on the water and health status of plants. This innovative approach allows farmers, particularly those in fruit and wine production, to obtain accurate and timely measurements of water and nutrient levels. As a result, Croptide equips growers with the tools they need to effectively manage water resources and mitigate the challenges posed by climate change, particularly water scarcity.

Halter Limited, founded in 2016 and based in Morrinsville, New Zealand, specializes in developing GPS-enabled, solar-powered tracking devices for livestock. The company manufactures innovative collars designed for cows, allowing farmers to monitor and guide their animals across pastures. Halter's technology enables virtual fencing, helping farmers optimize productivity while promoting sustainable farming practices. By enhancing the management of livestock, Halter aims to improve agricultural efficiency and animal welfare, contributing to the overall sustainability of pasture-based farming.

BioLumic harnesses light signals to enhance plant growth and unlock crops' natural genetic potential. Its photogenics platform improves yield, vigor, disease resistance, and crop composition across various seeds and seedlings, without the use of chemicals or amendments.

Engender Technologies specializes in the development of innovative reproductive technologies for the dairy industry, focusing on the separation of X (female) and Y (male) bearing bull sperm cells. Utilizing a proprietary microfluidic chip and laser technology, Engender's process minimizes damage to the sperm cells, enhancing the efficiency of artificial insemination. This advanced sex sorting technique aims to accelerate genetic gain and improve productivity for dairy farmers, ultimately leading to cost efficiencies in large animal reproduction. The company has also partnered with a major AI firm, securing scientific and laboratory resources in exchange for a non-exclusive licensing agreement for its technology.

Dotterel Technologies develops noise reduction solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), serving sectors such as agriculture and cinematography. Founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2015, the company offers passive noise reduction technology and active noise filtering.

Hot Lime Labs develops carbon dioxide capture technology for commercial greenhouses. It produces sustainable CO2 from waste wood and other waste organic material, recovering clean CO2 from the combustion process for use in greenhouses to improve crop yields and support higher food production while reducing environmental impact by using renewable waste streams.

Cropsy Technologies develops AI-enabled agricultural technology that acts as a tractor add-on to monitor every plant, track crop changes over time, and deliver farmers actionable insights, forecasts, and recommendations to optimise decisions across the growing season. Its image-analysis platform identifies pests and diseases, including on grapevines, enabling growers to detect issues early and target treatments while meeting regulatory and consumer expectations. By combining in-field monitoring with daily operations, Cropsy Technologies helps farmers improve yields, reduce losses, and promote sustainable farming.