Next Instruments Pty Ltd and Trimble have announced that Next Instruments has been chosen as a Trimble Select Business Partner for agriculture. As a Trimble Select Business Partner, Next Instruments’ CropScan 3300H On Combine Analyser and CropScanAg Solutions Mapping...

Trimble has announced that iFoodDecisionSciences, Inc. has acquired Trimble's HarvestMark business, a provider of food traceability and quality inspection solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. iFoodDS, a leading provider of food safety and process control software solutions, has worked closely...

Growers have traditionally relied on scouts to get the information they need to make decisions, writes David Eddy at Growing Produce. But there are a couple of problems with that. First, the data gathered isn’t always 100% reliable. Second,...

Septentrio has announced a new GNSS*/INS receiver, AsteRx-i D UAS. This multi-frequency receiver combines reliable centimeter-level positioning with 3D orientation, enabling automated navigation of aerial drones and robots. With a high-performance IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) from Analog Devices integrated...

Malaysia is looking to use blockchain technology and traceability to raise the level of trust in its local palm oil industry, by proving its commitment to transparent, sustainable, and responsible supply chains, reports FoodNavigator-Asia. The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)...

Taiwan could be a prime target for Queensland ag-tech exporters – that’s the message in a new report released by TIQ. Opportunities for Queensland businesses in Taiwan’s agtech market examines the pressures driving agricultural change in the Asian nation and how...

The Andersons, Inc. has announced that its Plant Nutrient facility in Maumee, Ohio, has achieved ResponsibleAg certification. The ResponsibleAg Certification Program is the only program in the nation that provides a voluntary comprehensive assessment of agricultural facilities that store...

DTN, an independent source of insights, analysis, and decision-support solutions, has acquired the Agriculture and Weather Analytics segment from Iteris. The acquisition enables DTN to build upon its expertise in agriculture and deliver new value-driven solutions to producers and...

Developing an “innovation ecosystem” across Canada and increasing the nation’s competitiveness in the global agriculture and agri-food industry are the goals of a new partnership between Bioenterprise Corporation and Farm Credit Canada (FCC), writes Lois Harris at Country Guide. “FCC...

Undoubtedly, the agriculture industry will become even more important these next few decades. Yet, the global farming sector is facing ever-increasing risks as natural disasters become more frequent and disruptive as a result of climate change. What's more, the...

Rise of the machines in modern agriculture is elevating to new levels of importance, especially given the new point of view provided by COVID-19 fallout, reports Growing Produce. The University of North Florida (UNF) College of Computing, Engineering and Construction,...

The Dole Food Company, one of the world’s leading fruits and vegetable distributor has decided to join the blockchain bandwagon as it announced its 5-year plan to introduce blockchain-based tagging and food tracing in all its departments by 2025,...

Ag-Analytics has launched its fully remote, on-demand UAV Service – a custom flight service to assist farmers by providing fast, cost-effective UAV flights and machine learning analysis. The cost starts as low as $210 for a 60-acre field or...

Proagrica has launched an Omnichannel Platform for agricultural retailers looking to unify their customer experience. The new offer strengthens customer relationships by integrating retailers’ existing systems and sales channels into a single online portal for customers to easily place...

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...

There’s perhaps no better time than now to talk about automation in agriculture, writes Matthew Grassi at Greenhouse Grower. Social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 have severely limited the available workforce in nearly every corner of farming....

The CropScan 3300H On Combine Analyser is transforming the way that farmers measure nitrogen availability and uptake across their fields. The protein layer provided across the field can be used to generate a wide range of field maps based...

Razor Tracking, a logistics and operations management software provider, has partnered with CropZilla, a cost-analysis software provider for farmers, to use the logistics data provided by Razor Tracking’s fleet and asset tracking capabilities alongside CropZilla. CropZilla will have the entire...

Trade show season is upon us. At least, it would have been if it was any other year. Thanks to COVID-19, ag trade shows are all being cancelled or moved to virtual, robbing many agribusinesses of valuable face-to-face time with...

Food and agribusiness industry formed a US$5 trillion global industry based on a 2015 McKinsey report. With the growing population of 7.8 billion as it stands today to the 10 billion projected by the United Nations in 2057, the market size...