Farming data analytics specialist Hummingbird Technologies raises £3m

Hummingbird Technologies provides actionable data from disease detection to weed classification across multiple crops including Wheat, Barley, OSR, Sugar Beet, Potato and Soy. Its platform, developed by its expert team of agronomists, software engineers and big data experts, is backed by large agri-businesses and leading academic universities. Once a flight has taken place, its algorithms work behind the scenes to deliver exceptional insights into crop health and decipher hidden patterns in a field. Once data is collected, Hummingbird's analysis is delivered to the farmer within 24hrs.

Delivering useable data & insights to your smartphone or tablet allowing you to make informed decisions quickly. Continual updates of the weather and yield allows for real time analysis and fast reactions to changing conditions, so an appropriate course of action can be taken. Data collection via multiple flights throughout the year in 2cm per pixel resolution, as well as the ability to superimpose historic data into the system, enables trends to be mapped over time so more accurate analysis is produced - allowing actions and their subsequent results to be monitored.