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Chicago’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Chicago. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore Chicago’s food and agriculture leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Company discovery
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No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
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A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
57 of 592 tracked companies have open roles.
95 of 592 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 110 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 77.6% of disclosed capital, while 84.0% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow Chicago food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
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How Chicago food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Disclosed funding by year
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
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| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $8.76M | 25 | 7 |
| 2017 | $34.27M | 17 | 13 |
| 2018 | $1.68B | 29 | 12 |
| 2019 | $22.45M | 22 | 9 |
| 2020 | $51.13M | 20 | 9 |
| 2021 | $31.92M | 20 | 5 |
| 2022 | $127.05M | 16 | 16 |
| 2023 | $22.37M | 13 | 7 |
| 2024 | $16.36M | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | $28.58M | 1 | 7 |
Funding concentration
Share of all disclosed company funding.
- Mondelez International65.1%
- waterdrop8.1%
- Cresco Labs4.5%
- Other companies22.4%
Funding by stage
139 recorded rounds since 2016
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
- 01Economy And Finance 5 rounds
- 02West Side United 3 rounds
- 03JPMorgan Chase 3 rounds
- 04United States Department of Agriculture 3 rounds
- 05Food-X 2 rounds
- 06Haystack 2 rounds
- 07Homebrew 2 rounds
- 08Coatue 2 rounds
- 09Shrug Capital 2 rounds
- 010Worklife 2 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDLargest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundBacked by Atlantic Grupa and Aspeya and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Temasek and Founders Future and others.
Backed by L Catterton.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Innovation Endeavors and Cleveland Avenue and others.
Backed by Woody Harrelson and Ahimsa.
Backed by Casey Neistat and Jen Rubio and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITYRevenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
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Revenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 4 reporting entities from 7 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Chicago market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 4 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Annual account trend
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
Profitability has two perspectives
FY2025 · 4 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mondelez International ↗1103982 | $38,537.0m | $2,451.0m | +6.4% | — | — |
| Conagra Brands ↗23217 | $11,612.8m | $1,152.4m | +9.9% | — | — |
| John Bean Technologies ↗1433660 | $3,798.2m | $-50.5m | -1.3% | — | — |
| Tootsie Roll ↗98677 | $732.5m | $100.1m | +13.7% | — | — |
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Coverage, calculations & financial sources
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
Web traffic, app reach and release cadence
How the Chicago companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
Busiest websites
10 of the 592 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.7%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 192,172 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pampered Chefpamperedchef.com | 1,589,264 | 48 | 78.8% |
| Potbellypotbelly.com | 1,016,413 | 56 | 84% |
| waterdropwaterdrop.com | 725,059 | 47 | 90.8% |
| Lou Malnati\'s Pizzerialoumalnatis.com | 387,668 | 54 | 78.6% |
| Tootsie Rolltootsie.com | 209,381 | 48 | 77% |
| Four Lokofourloko.com | 174,964 | 42 | 56.5% |
| AMPMampm.com | 154,107 | 42 | 92.9% |
| Berlin Packagingberlinpackaging.com | 153,157 | 42 | 41.9% |
| Tropicanatropicana.com | 21,397 | 41 | 39.2% |
| John Bean Technologiesjbtc.com | 11,936 | 26 | 0% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
Most-installed apps
27 of these companies (4.6%) publish at least one Android app — 34 apps in all, carrying 4.3M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ampmAMPM | 1.4M | 4.5 | Food & Drink |
| Potbelly Sandwich WorksPotbelly | 937.8K | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| Double GoodDouble Good | 647.8K | 4.8 | Productivity |
| waterdrop® Hydration Appwaterdrop | 257.3K | 4.3 | Health & Fitness |
| Tony’s Fresh Market RewardsTony\'s Fresh Market | 255.4K | 3.9 | Shopping |
| Lou Malnati’s PizzeriaLou Malnati\'s Pizzeria | 198.4K | 4.8 | Food & Drink |
| LettuceEatsLettuce Entertain You Restaurants | 175.3K | 3 | Food & Drink |
| Farmer’s FridgeFarmer\'s Fridge | 157.3K | 3.1 | Lifestyle |
| waterdrop® Shopping Appwaterdrop | 123.8K | 4.8 | Shopping |
| Naf Naf GrillNaf Naf Grill | 63.2K | 4.8 | Lifestyle |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
App reach by segment
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q1).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Distributors | 4 | 1.4M | ampm 1.4M | |
| Food Service Chains | 13 | 1.4M | Potbelly Sandwich Works 937.8K | |
| Food & Beverage Products | 13 | 1.2M | Double Good 647.8K | |
| Animal Feed And Nutrition | 5 | 26.6K | ADM Truck Logistics 16.1K | |
| Food Processing | 2 | 6.8K | Kellanova Ethics Line 5K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
Release cadence by quarter
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 34 of 34 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
INSIDE THE INDUSTRYThe Chicago food and agriculture market map
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The Chicago food and agriculture market map
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Where companies are building
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
Internet first brands
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
1 companies hiring · $89.44M disclosed funding
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Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.
THE COMPANIES IN MOTIONWho is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
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Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Through the RTO, the Company would have acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of FFS in exchange for Pond share consideration, resulting in the reverse takeover of the Company by FFS shareholders.
CHICAGO — Coco5 has raised $10 million in a recent funding round that was led by Loop Capital.
In 2024, Danone tabled $283m and $307m to acquire the outstanding shares in the company – including those of the CEO’s estranged relatives and shareholders, Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky – but was turned down.
Molson Coors Beverage Company has completed its acquisition of Atomic Brands Inc., the maker of Monaco Cocktails, formally adding the brand to its U.S. Beyond Beer portfolio and positioning itself among the top five suppliers in the ready-to-drink cocktail segment.
Two of Chicago’s largest craft breweries are merging to create a new, “yet-to-be-named” beverage company, the businesses announced Tuesday.
Vitaminis, the clean-label functional juice shot company focused on delivering nutrient-dense, food-first wellness for families, today announced the acquisition of the premium domain vitaminis.com.
Mérieux NutriSciences, a world leader in food safety, quality, and sustainability has acquired Zínia Ensaios Laboratoriais, a food testing laboratory based in southern Brazil.
Thompson, Siegel, and Walmsley (TSW) bought an additional 2,334,081 shares of Conagra Brands during the third quarter.
European investment group Eurazeo has completed the sale of its French confectionery and chocolate company, CPK Group, to Ferrara Candy Company – a transaction first announced in July 2025.
The Mennel Milling Co. has completed the acquisition of the Toledo, Ohio, flour mill of Mondelez International, Inc., Mennel announced on Nov. 3.
Full recorded event mix
Top 10 categories among 979 recorded events in the 24-month window.
IPO pipeline
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
Follow-on Offering · New York Stock Exchange1 reports
Leadership moves
26 tracked people moves
Retirement Previously Founding Leader of Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network
Appointment Executive Director of Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Operating Officer
Appointment President
Resignation Adviser
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Functional beverage
Dairy
Service
beef
beef
Juice drink line
Product
Contract wins
13 recorded customer wins
Customer: gerfranPackaging
Customer: carrefour
Customer: Danone North America PBCFood and Beverage
Customer: high liner foods
Customer: hometown
Customer: lotus bakeriescookies & chocolate
Workforce actions
5 companies with reported reductions
69 roles
215 rolesclosure
100 rolesoffice closure
143 roles
500 rolesbusiness downturn
Regulatory events
17 recorded events
fined for hindering cross-border tradeEuropean Commission
civil penalty settlementU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
pending regulatory approval
approved the purchase of Elstar OilsPolish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
Litigation
13 tracked suits
fraud allegations related to profit margin inflationRegulatory · Settled
Public nuisance and unfair competition law violation related to ultra-processed foodsCivil · Filed
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 235 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Mergers and acquisitions
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| pond technologies→Find Familiar Spirits ↗ | Terminated | 2026-04-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Mondelez International→Hershey | Rumored | 2026-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| danone→Lifeway Foods ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-11 | Not stated in snapshot |
| molson coors→Atomic Brands ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
| pepsico→Quaker Oats ↗ | 2026-04-02 | $13.4B | |
| pepsico→Tropicana ↗ | 2026-04-02 | $3.3B |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
2,739 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 4,037-posting snapshot covers 93 employers.
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The talent market
2,739 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 4,037-posting snapshot covers 93 employers.
Most advertised job titles
286 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
1,166 postings specify a level.
Skills employers mention
Top skills across 4,037 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 368 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Salary by seniority
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| John Bean Technologies ↗ | 7,200 |
| millercoors ↗ | 6,405 |
| Ferrara ↗ | 3,283 |
| Tootsie Roll ↗ | 2,300 |
| alpha baking company ↗ | 1,800 |
| Boka Restaurant Group ↗ | 1,512 |
| Tropicana Brands Group ↗ | 1,101 |
| Mérieux NutriSciences ↗ | 1,098 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
194 founders and chief executives across 157 companies.
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Founders and leaders
194 founders and chief executives across 157 companies.
Martin Murray
waterdrop ↗Ex-The Boston Consulting Group. Bocconi University MIM 2010
Luke Saunders
Farmer\'s Fridge ↗Ex-General Magnaplate, Magnalube, BEARS' BIKES, CISHA-China. Washington University in St. Louis BA 2009
Pete Speranza
Wicked Kitchen ↗Unovis Asset Management, ex-301 INC, General Mills. Canisius College BS 1991, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management MBA 2013
Helena Price Hambrecht
Haus ↗Helena Price, ex-Techies Project, Skillshare Company, 1000Memories. North Carolina State University 2009
Jordan Dorfman
Chicago Meat Authority ↗Chicago Meat Authority, ex-M And M Packing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983
Katlin Smith
Simple Mills ↗Terviva, ex-Deloitte Consulting, Midwest Permaculture, 2019
Lina Sandler
Coco5 ↗Ex-Midwest-CBK · Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business MS
Peter Najarian
The Safe + Fair Food Company ↗Xapo, Grist Mill Capital Partners, Ex-Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS. Lafayette College BA 1988, Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business MBA 1993
A Heindel
Unicorn Auctions ↗Lakefront Hospitality Group, Founder & Owner Judson Enterprises. Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business 2009
Matt Matros
LIMITLESS ↗McKinsey, ex-Founder Qurate Retail Group, Limitless, Protein Bar and Kitchen, Shopflix. University of Southern California BA 2001…
David Friedman
Epic Burger ↗Culinary Institute of America 1983.
Patrick Tannous
Tiesta Tea ↗Public Speaker, ex-Chilis, The Junto Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2014
Education networks
20 profiles with education records.
Prior employers
5 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
NEWS INTELLIGENCEHow this industry appears in the news
14,804 articles in the measured 12-month window.
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How this industry appears in the news
14,804 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Chicago · articles per complete quarter
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| Quarter | Articles |
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| 2021Q2 | 3,282 |
| 2021Q3 | 3,367 |
| 2021Q4 | 2,702 |
| 2022Q1 | 3,416 |
| 2022Q2 | 3,550 |
| 2022Q3 | 2,896 |
| 2022Q4 | 2,700 |
| 2023Q1 | 2,806 |
| 2023Q2 | 3,575 |
| 2023Q3 | 3,102 |
| 2023Q4 | 3,204 |
| 2024Q1 | 4,687 |
| 2024Q2 | 3,927 |
| 2024Q3 | 4,447 |
| 2024Q4 | 3,459 |
| 2025Q1 | 10,756 |
| 2025Q2 | 3,180 |
| 2025Q3 | 5,303 |
| 2025Q4 | 3,275 |
| 2026Q1 | 3,020 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
1,479 recorded company events across 51 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Chicago · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Topics gaining and losing attention
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| shrimp aquaculture | 1,469 | 980 | 50% |
| land-frozen seafood | 1,378 | 790 | 74% |
| shrimp harvest | 1,132 | 643 | 76% |
| shrimp | 1,126 | 686 | 64% |
| college playoffs | 1,029 | 666 | 55% |
| ceo change | 1,029 | 690 | 49% |
| crab availability | 963 | 648 | 49% |
| fresh shellfish | 908 | 583 | 56% |
| tuna steak | 902 | 539 | 67% |
| flash-frozen seafood | 894 | 483 | 85% |
| f1 world championship | 1,972 | 3,224 | -39% |
| f1 championship | 1,863 | 2,930 | -36% |
| poultry health | 804 | 2,053 | -61% |
| wildlife disease monitoring | 377 | 1,952 | -81% |
| h5n1 avian influenza | 356 | 1,818 | -80% |
Event and signal lenses
United States comparison coverage
Regulatory Risk
418,778 classified articlesfood rescue donations, meal distribution funding, emergency food aid
34.1% critical · 38.3% positiveFunding Momentum
135,040 classified articlesfood rescue donations, meal distribution funding, hunger assistance programs
31.3% critical · 47.8% positiveGrowth
163,836 classified articleswhole-farm revenue policies, earnings report, stock performance
22.1% critical · 48.5% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage tagged Chicago. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
RESEARCH SIGNALSWhat Food and Agriculture research is working on
652 papers in the recorded india scope.
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What Food and Agriculture research is working on
652 papers in the recorded india scope.
Research orientation
Contribution mix
Tone counts: 584 positive · 34 neutral · 34 negative.
- Agriculture119 papers
- Food security32 papers
- Climate change21 papers
- Robotics11 papers
- Productivity10 papers
- Sustainability8 papers
- Internet of Things8 papers
- Livelihood8 papers
Landmark: Climate-smart agriculture: what is it good for?
- Agriculture26 papers
- Climate change8 papers
- Natural resource economics5 papers
- Weed5 papers
- Food security5 papers
- Tillage4 papers
- Productivity4 papers
- Psychological intervention3 papers
Landmark: An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
- Agriculture198 papers
- Robot44 papers
- Internet of Things31 papers
- Precision agriculture27 papers
- Climate change21 papers
- Productivity16 papers
- Cloud computing14 papers
- Agroforestry14 papers
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Leading institutions
Leading researchers
Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers
- The Robotanist: A ground-based agricultural robot for high-throughput crop phenotyping151 citations
- Self-Powered Sensing for Smart Agriculture by Electromagnetic–Triboelectric Hybrid Generator141 citations
- sCrop: A Novel Device for Sustainable Automatic Disease Prediction, Crop Selection, and Irrigation in Internet-of-Agro-Things for Smart Agriculture130 citations
- Blockchain-Based Cloud-Enabled Security Monitoring Using Internet of Things in Smart Agriculture111 citations
- Renewable Energy Integration Into Cloud & IoT-Based Smart Agriculture110 citations
Common problems researchers identify
125 papers · 4 recurring themes
Common problems researchers identify · 01Climate Change / Agriculture
43 papers34.4% of this theme group
Climate change (20) · Agriculture (43) · Food security (17) · Government (6)
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action
Economics of Climate Smart Agriculture: An Overview
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2087.7 |
| 2023 | 2154.4 |
| 2024 | 2121.1 |
| 2025 | 2354.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Robotics / Agriculture
37 papers29.6% of this theme group
Robotics (10) · Agriculture (32) · Robot (6) · Internet of Things (6)
Computer vision in smart agriculture and precision farming: Techniques and applications
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for smart agriculture: A review of architectures, technologies and solutions
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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 1344.5 |
| 2023 | 1371.8 |
| 2024 | 1420.2 |
| 2025 | 1404.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Agriculture / Economic Growth
29 papers23.2% of this theme group
Agriculture (27) · Economic growth (3) · Agricultural economics (4) · Public economics (2)
Agricultural Technology in Africa
Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 819.3 |
| 2023 | 801.0 |
| 2024 | 650.4 |
| 2025 | 375.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Agricultural Science / Nutrient Management
16 papers12.8% of this theme group
Agricultural science (4) · Nutrient management (2) · Nutrient (2) · Agronomy (2)
Meta-analysis of the effects of on-farm management strategies on milk yields of dairy cattle on smallholder farms in the Tropics
An overview of organic, grassfed dairy farm management and factors related to higher milk production
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 389.6 |
| 2023 | 372.3 |
| 2024 | 270.2 |
| 2025 | 197.4 |
Cautions
44 papers · 4 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Climate Change / Agriculture
16 papers36.4% of this theme group
Climate change (8) · Agriculture (13) · Sustainability (3) · Greenhouse gas (3)
A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debat
Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2330.1 |
| 2023 | 2430.6 |
| 2024 | 2427.5 |
| 2025 | 2687.8 |
Cautions · 02Agriculture / Agricultural Economics
14 papers31.8% of this theme group
Agriculture (11) · Agricultural economics (4) · Diversification (2) · Developing country (2)
An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
The Role of Information in Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Rice Farmers in Uganda
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.7 |
| 2023 | 376.2 |
| 2024 | 353.1 |
| 2025 | 221.7 |
Cautions · 03Mixed theme
8 papers18.2% of this theme group
Relationship between farm management strategies, reticuloruminal pH variations, and risks of subacute ruminal acidosis
Farm management practices associated with influenza A virus contamination of people working in Midwestern United States swine farms
Cautions · 04Ecology / Food Security
6 papers13.6% of this theme group
Ecology (2) · Food security (2) · Agriculture (3)
Who is resilient in Africa’s Green Revolution? Sustainable intensification and Climate Smart Agriculture in Rwanda
Farm management, not soil microbial diversity, controls nutrient loss from smallholder tropical agriculture
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1722.6 |
| 2023 | 1724.9 |
| 2024 | 1524.1 |
| 2025 | 1119.1 |
Opportunities
312 papers · 6 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Agriculture / Precision Agriculture
95 papers30.4% of this theme group
Agriculture (53) · Precision agriculture (16) · Intrusion detection system (5) · Archaeology (5)
Smart Agriculture Revolution: Edge AI for Precision Farming on Low-Power Embedded Systems
Smart Agriculture System for Soil Analysis and Crop Suggestion using AI Techniques
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 369.9 |
| 2023 | 372.1 |
| 2024 | 472.5 |
| 2025 | 393.8 |
Opportunities · 02Climate Change / Agriculture
55 papers17.6% of this theme group
Climate change (18) · Agriculture (46) · Agroforestry (13) · Tillage (7)
Adapting agriculture to climate change: institutional determinants of adoption of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers in Ken
Climate-smart agriculture: Greenhouse gas mitigation in climate-smart villages of Ghana
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2223.0 |
| 2023 | 2259.9 |
| 2024 | 2327.9 |
| 2025 | 2386.7 |
Opportunities · 03Robot / Mobile Robot
55 papers17.6% of this theme group
Robot (36) · Mobile robot (7) · Robotics (8) · Agriculture (25)
Vision‐based Obstacle Detection and Navigation for an Agricultural Robot
Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 827.0 |
| 2023 | 847.9 |
| 2024 | 840.1 |
| 2025 | 849.0 |
Opportunities · 04Internet Of Things / Agriculture
51 papers16.3% of this theme group
Internet of Things (27) · Agriculture (35) · Cloud computing (10) · Wireless (6)
Smart Agriculture Based on IoT and Cloud Computing
Internet of Things (IoT)-Enabled Machine Learning Models for Efficient Monitoring of Smart Agriculture
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1136.6 |
| 2023 | 1111.1 |
| 2024 | 1090.0 |
| 2025 | 1158.5 |
Opportunities · 05Agricultural Economics / Agriculture
29 papers9.3% of this theme group
Agricultural economics (8) · Agriculture (23) · Welfare (3) · Agricultural machinery (3)
Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania
Subsidies for Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with Improved Grain Storage Bags in Uganda
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 399.5 |
| 2023 | 382.4 |
| 2024 | 359.2 |
| 2025 | 243.2 |
Opportunities · 06Herd / Flock
27 papers8.7% of this theme group
Herd (3) · Flock (3) · Biosecurity (3) · Pollinator (3)
Farm Management, Environment, and Weather Factors Jointly Affect the Probability of Spinach Contamination by Generic Escherichia coli at the
Using farm management practices to predict Campylobacter prevalence in pastured poultry farms
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 |
| 2023 | 18.0 |
| 2024 | 12.9 |
| 2025 | 14.8 |
How this field compares with the research baseline
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 35.9% | 37.0% |
| Problem-identifying | 19.8% | 10.0% |
| Descriptive | 16.9% | 17.0% |
| Breakthrough | 15.8% | 26.8% |
| Cautionary | 7.2% | 4.3% |
| Comparative | 2.9% | 4.0% |
| Critical | 1.5% | 1.0% |
Concerns receiving less research attention
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceThe State and Future of Smart Agriculture: Insights from mining social media | 6 | 1.01% | 2 (33.3%) | 1.19% |
| Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology | 5 | 0.84% | 2 (40.0%) | 0.21% |
| Energy & datacenter footprint | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.12% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chain | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.04% |
| Safety & misuse | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Bias & fairness | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.04% |
| Concentration of compute power | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.01% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.
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What does this landscape measure?
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
Can segment counts be added together?
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
What does a missing figure mean?
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 1 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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