#TechTuesday with FarmAfield - Podcast
Ag News Daily with Delaney Howell and Mike Pearson | March 31, 2020
Mitch Minarick, the CEO of FarmAfield, joins us to discuss the opportunities they offer to connect investors with producers.
Start-up Spotlight: FarmAfield
Gene Johnston | Nov. 21, 2019
Mitch Minarick is bringing a different model to farm capitalization. His start-up, FarmAfield, is pairing investors with farmers looking to grow their business or to spread risk. Investors own real farm assets, such as livestock, through production contracts with the farmers or ranchers.
Nebraska rancher’s solar system could offer power for grid, shade for cattle
Karen Uhlenhuth | June 3, 2019
A federal grant is helping the farming entrepreneur devise a shading system for cattle that incorporates solar panels.
Six Ag Tech Start-Ups to Pitch at Nebraska Power Farming Show
Laurie Bedord | Nov. 15, 2018
FarmAfield was one of six ag tech companies chosen to present at the Nebraska Power Farming Show on December 5th. The pitch competition is sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America and is designed to showcase the different ways technology is being leveraged to help producers manage their operations more efficiently.
Wired In: Mitch Minarick
Paul Wood | Sept. 9, 2018
Each week, staff writer Paul Wood talks with a different high-tech difference maker. This week, meet MITCH MINARICK, founder and CEO of FarmAfield, which lets users buy crops and livestock with the click of a button.
Farming Via the Internet: Furthering Investment in Agriculture
Jeana Cadby | Aug. 10, 2018
Running a farm is risky business, especially when it comes to investments. Changing markets, small margins, and weather-dependent revenues are all ingredients for a make-or-break situation. However, stability in the form of tech has come to light as a great partner for farmers who can utilize the growing trade in investment platforms.
FarmAfield connects consumers to their food, simplifies investing in livestock
Alli Davis | March 1, 2018
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is home to students from all over. They hail from small, farm villages, towns and big cities, bringing a variety of experiences and values to the table. It can be hard to find commonalities among so many differences, but one factor is hard to deny: everyone has to eat. The problem is, hardly anyone knows where their food is coming from.
Ag-tech startup FarmAfield launches first public product, creating new opportunities to invest in agriculture
FarmAfield | Feb. 14, 2018
FarmAfield is on a mission to change the way consumers and farmers connect to each other. Their marketplace provides consumers with innovative opportunities to easily invest in agriculture, resulting in a uniquely diversified portfolio for them and lower income volatility and new sources of capital for farmers.
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FarmAfield wants to streamline capital investment for farmers
Rod Armstrong | April 7, 2017
Farmers and ranchers will sometimes enter into handshake agreements with neighbors or family members for a financial stake in each other’s crops or livestock. Lincoln ag tech startup FarmAfield is developing a platform to scale that concept and increase the amount of investment capital available to producers.
World-Herald editorial: Innovation wins plaudits
World-Herald editorial | March 16, 2017
College students from around the globe attended an international conference in Switzerland last year exploring innovative ways to boost global food production. Among the 10 finalists was a student team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that developed FarmAfield, an online marketplace enabling farmers and ranchers to buy and sell production contracts in any size.
Millennial Food Innovators: FarmAfield Crowdfunds Cattle Inputs, Lowers Price Volatility
Though for Food | Oct. 4, 2016
[FarmAfield's] platform lowers a farmer’s yearly price volatility by diversifying their ownership and risk associated with farming. FarmAfield is currently focusing on cattle investment across the United States, but plans to branch out to other markets.
Group of UNL students, professor win international farming challenge
Sarah Wontorcik | Feb. 29, 2016
The Thought For Food Challenge is an annual competition where university students from all around the world submit various solutions for feeding the growing population of the world. Thought For Food defines itself as “a movement dedicated to tackling the global challenge of feeding 9-plus billion people through bold, breakthrough solutions.”
Online marketplace created by UNL students named finalist in competition
Haley Steinkuhler | Feb. 17, 2016
FarmAfield, an online marketplace being developed by three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, has been named a finalist in the international Thought for Food Challenge. More than 500 entries from more than 100 countries were submitted in the competition aimed at finding creative ways to face the challenge of feeding the world.
FarmAfield Connecting Small Investors with At-Risk Farmers
Mike Koon | May 22, 2014
Farmers across the globe assume a fair amount of risk, since multiple exterior factors such as weather, disease, markets, and infrastructure can seriously affect not only profits, but their entire livelihood. While insurance and similar products can certainly ease the burden, some agricultural engineering PhD students from the University of Illinois are working with several other Midwest researchers to give farmers another option to minimize that volatility at home and in the developing world.