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The Autonomous Weeder leverages robotics, AI, and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target, and eliminate weeds.

With large-scale availability of sensors and other technologies, growers have more data at their disposal than ever before.

The fruit industry has become very complex with the amount of data available from packing and cooling facilities plus increasingly strict export regulations, according to FreshPlaza. “You have to be able to give simple answers to complex questions,” says...

The Grape Hub Europe was founded in 2014. Its main aim was to better represent South African grape growers on the European market, reports FreshPlaza. This Dutch company doesn't only represent South African grape farmers. It also does business...

A New Zealand ag-tech company says the horticulture and fresh produce industry is heading for a major shift in the coming years, in terms of the take-up of new technology, reports FreshPlaza. Autogrow specializes in the research and development of...

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought a lot of challenges to vegetable and fruit growers, reports FreshPlaza. So what issues have they encountered in terms of cultivation and marketing? Recently, Horti China launched a series of "Hort China Talk" interviews and...

From 2016-2019, a team from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney undertook projects focusing on advancing the application of robotics, intelligent sensing systems, precision agriculture automation, and more in Australia’s vegetable industry, reports FreshPlaza. In...

An Australian startup company is helping farmers better manage their water usage through precision agriculture technology, to translate into better productivity and save costs, reports FreshPlaza. Farmbot is an agritech company that is focused around better water management for farmers...

With the aim of establishing the necessary strategies to adapt to a constantly changing world, one in which digitalization plays an increasingly important role, the second-degree cooperative Anecoop has evolved at a technological level, to the point of adopting...

Microsoft recently launched agriculture research platform FarmBeats, aiming at making the benefits of artificial intelligence available to farmers, according to FreshPlaza. FarmBeats tracks soil temperature and moisture levels with the use of solar-based cloud computing models, taking the guess-work...

SVG Ventures and Produce Marketing Association (PMA) have entered a three-year strategic partnership to connect PMA growers with cutting-edge technology, according to an article at FreshPlaza. SVG Ventures will lead panel conversations on AgriFood and AgTech at PMA’s annual...

An estimated 168 million tonnes of food is lost or wasted in North America each year, with 49 million tonnes lost or wasted at the pre-harvest stage alone, according to an article at FreshPlaza. Additionally, 20% to 40% of...

The 'Vegebot' is a vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to identify and harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural crop, according to an article at FreshPlaza. The bot was developed by a team at the University of Cambridge, was...

New Zealand’s Waikato University is working on robotic technology that may one day end the labor intensive task of harvesting asparagus, according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. The university has developed a conceptual robot, which is on display at...

Being the most suitable region for apple cultivation in southern China, Shaotong has a long history of growing apples, according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. Recently, Eavision have deepened their cooperation with the Yongfeng Haisheng Apple Production Center in...

U.K. online supermarket Ocado wants to pick and pack every one of its 55,000 items that customers can order and has worked with the Horizon 2020-funded SOMA project to develop robotic 'soft hands', according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. This...

Soft fruit growers in the U.K. look set to benefit from new commercial-scale water saving research which is being developed to improve precision irrigation and fertigation techniques, reports FreshPlaza. Farm levy board AHDB is to co-fund the Water Efficient...