Whether it’s having too much or too little, water is a constant struggle in agriculture. The adage that you can’t manage what you can’t measure is just as true for water as it is for finance and business. Given how...

According to globalagriculture.org, agriculture is consuming the Earth’s available fresh water at a surprising rate: 70% of “blue water” from watercourses and groundwater is used for agriculture, the organization reports – three times the level used 50 years ago,...

https://youtu.be/xXDcZCDaIek A Purdue University professor has built an innovative handheld sensor that gives plant scientists and farmers a more precise way of measuring the health of crops while gathering up-to-the-minute data that state and federal officials and others will find...

According to the United Nations, 9.6 billion people will live on planet Earth by 2050. Feeding these mouths will require simultaneously meeting three great needs: quantity, environmental, and cultural. The World Resources Institute (WRI) forecasts that we will have...

Sentera's Quad sensor is now available in an integrated gimbal-stabilized package for DJI Inspire and Matrice drones. Featuring four fully-customizable and individually-filtered focal plane arrays, the Quad sets the standard for data accuracy and ease-of-use. Lock and Go technology...

Aeris, a technology provider in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, said today it is collaborating with Ranch Systems of Novato, CA, to help farmers and businesses improve their sustainable water management, food production and environmental monitoring. Aeris is...

We live in an exciting time in agriculture. Not only is technology advancing rapidly, but the understanding and comprehension of technology and data is becoming easier to decode and decipher. By 2050, the population of Earth will amass 9.7...

In addition to manufacturing weather stations, Pessl has developed several other exciting sensor technologies for use in agriculture. John Deere is best known for its line of tractors, combines, sprayers, and implements. However, in an effort...

The measurement of soil EC is widely used in agriculture. However, there is still confusion around the meaning of the readings and their application in precision agriculture. To what extent can EC sensors be used for ‘precision fertilization management’? In fact,...

In recent years, technology in agriculture, also known as AgTech has rapidly changed the industry, writes Daniel Newman on Forbes.com. In 2015, the industry’s investment in technology reached a whopping $4.6 billion — and that was three years ago!...

The agricultural industry is in the midst of a smart farming evolution, and the Internet of Things (IoT) era has the potential to dramatically improve farming practices. Today, CropX, an ag analytics innovator, unveiled its latest soil intelligence platform, a powerful...

Juan Sebastián Restrepo grows hydrangeas on Blue Mountain, a 5-acre farm on a hillside in Colombia. While its production process is fully manual, the farm would benefit greatly by adding IOT-based soil and plant sensors. As...

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), we are now seeing farmers use more wireless technologies to increase the quality and efficiency of production to achieve higher yields. IoT has opened the door for engineers to develop...

Indian startup AgNext has raised an undisclosed seed round led by India-focused Agtech VC Omnivore Partners along with Singaporean angel investor Samir Kumar, writes Emma Cosgrove on AgFunderNews.com. Before harvest, AgNext provides a varied suite of precision agriculture tools including...

To say that the Golden State can lay claim to the title of king of almonds might be an understatement. In 2017, California accounted for nearly 80% of the world’s almond production, a crown jewel in the already impressively...

The new Parrot Sequoia+ multispectral sensor. Tools dedicated to precision agriculture help farmers and agronomists optimize their crop's ROI and improve their daily productivity. The extreme precision and analysis enables farming experts to make well thought...

As wireless sensors become smaller, less expensive, and easier to use, farmers are beginning to deploy themin greater numbers to better detect the wide-ranging soil conditions across their fields. As any farmer can attest, agricultural fields...

Sentera today announced the immediate availability of the Sentera AGX710 gimbaled precision agriculture sensor with plug-and-play integration for DJI's industry leading Matrice 200 Series industrial drones. The AGX710 sensor delivers exceptional crop health insights and enables ag professionals to...

There is a favorite expression of mine that I love to apply to meteorology: “Measure with a micrometer, mark it with chalk and cut it with an axe.” We can quickly get wrapped up in the allure of precision, spending...

With increased value provided by edge computing to security improvements with Blockchain integration, IoT platforms across the board are just starting to get sexy. The intelligent digital mesh is evolving and enterprises today are paying attention to the disruption and...