KC McGinnis

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Tech Startup, Trying to Be Amazon for Farms, Runs Into Ag Giants

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Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Nationality: USA

Biography: KC McGinnis is a photographer and photojournalist raised in Iowa and based in Des Moines. He's interested in visual depictions of religion, with an eye toward white evangelicalism and its future in the twilight of its hegemony in American... MORE

Tech Startup, Trying to Be Amazon for Farms, Runs Into Ag Giants

Workers load products using for...e Wall Street Journal. FARMTECH

Workers load products using forklifts at a Farmers Business Network facility in Newton, Iowa on Friday, August 28, 2020. The Bay Area-based startup has built an Amazon-like online marketplace for agricultural supplies like seeds and herbicide sprays. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Wall Street Journal. FARMTECH

Security cameras record as LED ...e Wall Street Journal. FARMTECH

Security cameras record as LED lights line the ceiling at a Farmers Business Network facility in Newton, Iowa on Friday, August 28, 2020. The Bay Area-based startup has built an Amazon-like online marketplace for agricultural supplies like seeds and herbicide sprays. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Wall Street Journal. FARMTECH

Color gradations in Mark Guyâ€™...e Wall Street Journal. FARMTECH

Color gradations in Mark Guyâ€™s field outside Iowa Falls, Iowa on Friday, August 28, 2020 illustrate how a hybrid corn seed grows in soil near a runoff stream. The farmer uses Farmers Business Networkâ€™s data analysis to identify parts of his field where hybrid seed will grow best. The Bay Area-based startup has built an Amazon-like online marketplace for agricultural supplies like seeds and herbicide sprays. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Wall Street Journal. FARMTECH