Australian Wheat Farmers Trial Blockchain to Sell Grain
Wheat growing in Australia is a problem that costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year for growers. To reduce the number of insolvencies or problems with payments that growers often face, one company is attempting to solve this issue with the blockchain. Australian-based AgriDigital, the integrated, cloud-based platform that seamlessly manages contracts, deliveries, invoices, payments, and inventory – which is led by Australian startup Full Profile – concluded its pilot where it was connected to a private Ethereum blockchain computer network earlier this month. According to the....
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