Stampede, the global leader in value added distribution, has announced that it has been appointed to serve as a U.S. distribution partner by Delair, a leading provider of end-to-end visual intelligence solutions that enable enterprises to capture, manage and...

2020 will see John Deere launch the new 8RX tractor in South Africa. The 8RX integrates artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, and advanced automation to help farmers work more efficiently while also gathering data to make more informed...

Contributing writer Mauricio Netto from Brazil experienced everything Agritechnica 2019 in Germany had to offer, including this large-scale concept for drone aerial application from John Deere. John Deere's autonomous concept tractor attracted...

Bringing together some of the smartest minds of the agriculture world in Southeast Asia, Meister Media Worldwide’s first-ever Precision Application Asia event in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 5-6, 2019, served as a powerful platform for value chain creation and exchange...

There has been a lot of buzz about potential uses of drones in agriculture, reports Growing Produce. And, the buzz is growing that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could be deployed in a task that every farmer must contend with...

Bringing together some of the smartest minds of the agriculture world in Southeast Asia, Meister Media Worldwide’s first-ever Precision Application Asia event in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 5-6, 2019, served as a powerful platform for value chain creation and exchange...

XAG Annual Conference 2019 (XAAC), themed 'Empowering the Next-Gen Farmers', was hosted on 28 October in Guangzhou, China, according to a company release. It brought together 1,300 people, including XAG's strategic partners, solution providers, agricultural experts, and renowned media...

NASA administrator James Bridenstein addresses the crowd as part of the opening keynote at Commercial UAV Expo 2019 in Las Vegas, NV, on October 29, 2019. As a longtime drone industry advocate, let me start by...

The Global Ag Tech Initiative is looking for select correspondents in key parts of the world to help augment the work of our editorial team this year.

Adoption curves of various technologies vary by region because of infrastructure and available service providers. In many parts of Asia, service providers are leapfrogging to cutting-edge application methods. Here’s why Asian agriculture is primed for adoption of precision ag...

MicaSense has released the RedEdge-MX Dual Camera Imaging System, a 10-band multispectral solution for advanced multispectral imaging applications that features RedEdge-MX and the new RedEdge-MX Blue, according to a company news release at PR Web. Consisting of two cameras...

Valley Irrigation is gaining traction with the initial launch of Valley Insights service. Through the partnership between Valley Irrigation and Prospera Technologies announced in February 2019, the Valley Insights limited release has demonstrated successful results this growing season, turning...

USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy has announced that USDA is investing $152 million in 19 projects to provide or improve rural broadband service in 14 states. “Deploying high-speed broadband internet connectivity, or ‘e-Connectivity,’ in rural...

The National Grape Research Alliance and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service have partnered to create the NGRA-ARS Sensor Technology Workshop, November 13, 2019, in Sacramento, CA. There, nearly 30 scientists from ARS and other academic institutions will present their...

Bayer and XAG has recently collaborated in Hangzhou, China to host a crop dusting drone demonstration on citrus trees, according to a company press release. Justin Gong, Co-founder and Vice President of XAG, together with Bayer's crop scientists and...

U.S. specialty crop growers are getting help in making their field conditions more visible with venture capitalists sinking billions in recent years into a growing number of agtech start-ups, writes Lauren Smiley at The New York Times. A share...

Agriculture has historically depended on disruptive discoveries and innovations to make big strides. In the 20th century, four innovations brought about change in agriculture: genetics (seeds), mechanisation, fertilizers and pesticides. These four innovations allowed more food, feed and fiber to be produced from less and...

Connectivity, interoperability, data portability, and data rights are the technology challenges that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) believes has hindered the widespread adoption of digital technologies for agricultural businesses, writes Aimee Chanthadavong at ZDNet. During an address to...

Growing up and working in California’s Salinas Valley, Jaclyn Bennett has long heard the complaints from growers who want to use beneficial insects but bemoan the man-hours needed to disperse them in the field, reports David Eddy at Growing...

A possible architecture of sensors is to have a network of affordable sensors to address field-scale variability that communicate to a more expensive and advanced sensor that serves as a central hub. Sensor technology in agriculture...