Trimble has announced that it has acquired MidStates VRS, a network previously owned by Butler Machinery and Frontier Precision. The addition of the network, located in North and South Dakota, increases the footprint of Trimble's VRS Now GNSS corrections...

Proagrica has launched Commercial Analytics, a platform developed specifically for ag retailers. It combines data integration and data science capabilities to help businesses make data-informed decisions that will maximize revenue. Graeme McCracken, MD at Proagrica, says: “On average, businesses analyze...

Farmer’s Business Network, Inc., a leading direct-to-farm ag tech platform and farmer network, has launched GRO Network, which provides new technology and services that facilitate the scoring, sourcing, and pricing of Low-Carbon Grain from farm to fork, making environmental...

Israeli soil sensing and data analytics startup CropX has acquired New Zealand-based Regen, a cloud-based, precision effluent and irrigation decision support tool company, reports AgFunder News. The acquisition marks CropX’s foray into the New Zealand market. It has longstanding ties...

Food industry officials in the United Arab Emirates may soon have a blockchain-based supply chain to obtain agricultural products directly from India, writes Turner Wright at Cointelegraph. According to an Aug. 31 report, officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

Even with how lightning quick many events have occurred during the strange year that has been 2020, the rapid-fire demise of ag technology company TerrAvion was still surprising, writes Eric Sfiligoj at CropLife. And could this signal potential trouble...

Indigo Ag, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, has announced that its Board of Directors has selected Ron Hovsepian as its next CEO, effective immediately. Hovsepian will succeed David Perry, who has stepped down...

Farmobile LLC has announced the release of the Farmobile Index for Harvest — a crop progress and benchmarking tool that gives data subscribers daily, state-level crop insights as corn and soybeans are harvested. Users can view total aggregated harvested acres/yield...

Providing imagery for interpretation by retail agronomists and advisers can provide strong value by making field changes more apparent. But it still requires a vigilant, trained eye to determine when something is changing in a field early enough to...

Artificial intelligence, or AI as it is more commonly called, has become more prominent in conversations about technology these days, writes Frank Giles at Growing Produce. But what does it mean? And how might it shape the future of...

Raven Industries, Inc. has announced the release of its Hawkeye 2 Nozzle Control System. Available to order today, the system offers users unparalleled spray performance in agriculture — improving efficiency and reducing input costs. During rigorous testing, Hawkeye 2 proved...

American Vanguard Corporation has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary AMVAC Chemical Corporation completed the first phase of a testing relationship with Corteva Agriscience regarding Corteva’s use of AMVAC’s proprietary SIMPAS prescriptive application equipment. SIMPAS allows farmers to prescriptively...

Omnivore, India’s leading agritech venture capital firm, has launched its report on The Future of Indian Agriculture and Food Systems: Vision 2030. The report, a bold vision for agritech, explores how new technologies, demographic trends, and climate change will...

While the current cropping season is still in full swing in Australia (winter crop), the U.S. (summer crop), and many other countries around the world, a lot of growers are already starting to plan for their next season, writes...

As a Senior Account Executive for Agworld, talking with growers as well as ag retailers about data collection, data sharing, digital collaboration, and information visualization is something I do every day, writes Ryan Humpert at CropLife. In the last...

A leading young South Australian farmer says innovation is being slowed because most software and data platforms developed for agriculture are held behind copyright walls, writes Vernon Graham at North Queensland Register. Andrew Sargent wants the walls ripped down and...

Agrarian culture is a critical component of livelihoods in Asia, writes Joe Devanesan at Tech Wire Asia. Perhaps it should come as little surprise then that industrious startups around the region are constantly looking at ways to complement age-old...

Agri-tech startup RMSI Cropalytics executes satellite-based crop health tracking and yield estimation for several districts in India, writes Sudipta Dev at Express Computer. Roli Jindal, Co-founder, RMSI Cropalytics, shares how they are deploying deep technologies such as machine learning,...

FarmSense has announced the debut of its award-winning smart pest monitoring system, helping farmers adopt the latest in artificial intelligence and analytics to improve insect monitoring and crop management. FarmSense's FlightSensor uses novel optical sensor technology to automate the process...

Israel-headquartered irrigation equipment maker Netafim has clinched an $85 million deal that will involve three new community irrigation projects in Karnataka, India, reports Bismah Malik at The New Indian Express. These three projects will cover 66 villages and 35,000 farmers...