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▶ 16:48 · Agriculture Technology · Data-driven truffle farming cuts payback from 12 to 5 years via precision irrigation and sensors
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We invest in black truffles: the agricultural gold that can yield €70,000 per hectare | Marc Ferran

2026-01-07 · 4 company · 3 thematic
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marc ferran

Marc Ferran runs a large-scale almond and walnut operation that owns orchards, a 6,000 m² processing factory with optical sorting robots, and a direct-to-supermarket sales channel. He describes integrating precision agriculture (drones, autonomous tractors, sensor networks, predictive irrigation) and selling 80% of each harvest forward to retailers like Consum.

carlos aspas

Industrial design engineer who left a stable job at Ronald (automotive wheels) to build La Finestra (founded 2018), a truffle value-add business selling ultra-frozen, dehydrated, and concentrated truffle products direct to restaurants and food industry; accelerated through Lanzadera.

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