Automation technology is reducing the cost of growing food while increasing global food production.

Our guest, Daniel Carmichael, is the farming operations manager of Bear Flag Robotics and a 5th generation farmer with a remarkable and nuanced perspective on agtech.

Bear Flag Robotics is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2018 batch.

Learn more and connect with Daniel:
Website: https://www.bearflagrobotics.com/
Email: contact@bearflagrobotics.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcarm/

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:04 Introduction of the guest
0:45 Daniel’s story
2:14 Autonomous farming vehicles
3:09 Future of farming
6:01 Autonomy and tillage
11:59 Cost savings
16:44 Coronavirus and farming
17:57 Technology improving farming
20:30 Water – the most basic resource but also the most essential
21:39 Farmers being hidden heroes
25:39 Installing Daniel’s product
27:24 Is the machine able to push alerts and give feedback?
28:23 How good is the system at assessing the environment?
32:51 How far away can the command center be from the actual equipment?
36:51 Human brain bandwidth
38:33 Average customer
40:42 Can the equipment drive from one farm to another?
41:12 What surprised Daniel the most on his journey?
44:13 Customers' appetite & starting a startup
46:04 Why Bear Flag?
49:09 Reaching out to Bear Flag Robotics