A critical labor shortage threatens the ability of leafy green and other cool-season vegetable growers to produce and harvest their crops, writes Richard Smith at Growing Produce. What can an operation do to gain some control over the crisis?...

Earlier this month, Naio Technologies SAS closed a €14 million ($15.53 million U.S.) Series A funding round, according to The Robot Report. The French agricultural robotics company has been developing field robots for weeding. They are intended to reduce...

The Global Unmanned Spray System (GUSS) is quite a sight in an orchard. Its angular exterior protects the trees and fruit from being damaged during spraying operations. Even at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, GUSS...

Small Robot Company (SRC) is a pioneering UK-based agri-tech startup whose Farming-as-a-Service offering is based around a trio of lightweight robots — Tom, Dick, and Harry — that respectively monitor, feed/weed, and seed arable crops, directed by an AI...

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...

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...

Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV), the venture arm of Yamaha Motor Co, led the $7.5 million Series A funding round for Advanced Farm Technologies (AFT), which develops robotic farming equipment like the T-6 robotic strawberry harvester, which uses multiple robotic...

The advancements in technology are compelling businesses to adapt new innovative technological tools and solution to support exponential growth, reports Analytics Insight. In particular, the era of intelligent automation is bringing about a variety of changes in a business....

This driver-less tractor from Kingman Ag Enterprises of California features a 55-gallon tank/barrel so it can go a long way before refueling. (Photo: Connor Kingman) Another driver-less tractor debuted a few weeks ago in California, bringing...

https://youtu.be/8xbyvIclbp8 In this episode of Precision Perspectives, Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer of Harper Adams University in the U.K. discusses current research initiatives at the school, and makes the case for the value of robotics in grain applications....

A new report by market analysts and consultants Tractica has said that global shipments of robots designed for agricultural use are set to rise to a value of $87.9 billion by 2025, reports TechHQ. Karen Lewis, a tree fruit specialist at...

Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming, reports The Star Online in Malaysia. The first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, which means machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks....

Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming, reports the Los Angeles Times. The first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, which means machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks. Tractors...

A newly developed dexterous robot, which is equipped with flexible robotic fingers, could prove invaluable to both warehouses and agriculture, Verdict in the U.K. reports. Developed by Cambridge Consultants, the robot, which is named Hank, has a novel sensory system...

New precision drilling and planting robots have been developed by Coventry, England-based robotics specialist the Manufacturing Technology Centre in partnership with the Small Robot Company, reports Fresh Produce Journal. MTC engineers and scientists worked with the Hampshire-based agri-tech start-up to...

Agricultural drones are flying above while driverless machines transplant rows of rice seedlings in a farm in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a major rice production base, according to a recent report on Shine.cn. The work is carried out on an...

Reading this month’s cover story on the move to mechanize the apple industry, I couldn’t help but think of the irony that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, writes...

Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 major economies Sunday adopted a statement that calls for promoting the use of artificial intelligence systems and robots in agriculture, according to an article on Nippon.com. "We've confirmed the importance of sharing...

I got to spend a fascinating couple of days in San Francisco at the March 19-20 World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, the U.S. edition of a semi-annual gathering of investors, inventors, and big thinkers in the agriculture technology space. The event...