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Bayer and Microsoft Announce New Plan to Collaborate on Ag Data

On November 17th, Bayer Crop Science announced a new strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions for use in agriculture and adjacent industries with the goal of bringing new infrastructure and capabilities to support sustainability across value chains. According to Bayer, the new tools will aim to address critical industry scenarios such as farming operations, sustainable sourcing, manufacturing and supply chain improvement, and ESG monitoring and measurement. In announcing the new partnership Bayer noted that agriculture already benefits from a wide range of digital tools and data-powered insights through various platforms, but they stated that more will be done in this area through this partnership to optimize the entire food, feed, fuel and fiber value chain.

More below:

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2021/11/17/bayer-microsoft-enter-partnership

https://agfundernews.com/bayer-inks-new-digital-ag-data-deal-with-microsoft-how-significant-is-it.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-bayer-collaborate-develop-digital-170240737.html