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Agtech: Munich-based startups from the agricultural sector

Agtech stands for 'Agricultural Technology' and encompasses all technical innovations that make agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture more digital, data-driven, and sustainable. And some Munich-based startups are also getting involved. We introduce you to five of them.

March 16, 2022 3 min reading time

Orbem
Since January 2022 In Germany, day-old chicks may no longer be killed because of their sex. Or, to put it another way: Male chicks that have no use in the egg industry may no longer be shredded. To prevent them from being hatched in the first place, the Munich startup Orbem Imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are combined with artificial intelligence. With its 'Orbem Genus', chicken eggs can be classified before chicks even hatch. Orbem was initially faced with problems not only due to its expensive hardware, but also due to the poultry industry, which is not always open to technological innovations, as the founders explained to us in Interview revealed. (Photo: Orbem)
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