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...

Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for about 58 percent of India’s population, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). While millions of people in India depend on farming for their livelihoods, many of them still struggle...

Leading precision agriculture intelligence company Taranis has announced its partnership with Lanafil, a major Uruguayan distributor of fertilizers and plant protection products, bringing precision agriculture to the Uruguayan market. The partnership adds to Taranis’s existing Latin American operations in...

Bitcoin has always meant to be about traceability, not just of money, but of all things, writes Larry Baker at CoinGeek. Thanks to a collaboration between Poland’s National Agricultural Support Center  and nChain, the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain will be used to...

BASF has announced it will offer xarvio FIELD MANAGER free of charge to farmers in the U.S. and Canada for the 2020 season. xarvio FIELD MANAGER offers crop production solutions that allow farmers to monitor their fields through digital...

Accurately monitoring production across the United States is going to be more crucial this growing season than ever as we manage several new unknown factors. From uncertainties around crops tour restrictions to accuracy of prospective planting reports in your...

Agriculture technology has made significant strides over the last few years, writes Jitesh Shah at Inc42. In 2018 alone, the agritech industry has received funding of $16.9 Bn across 1,450 separate investments. In terms of the overall potential of the agritech...

After scanning a barcode at Indonesian coffee chain Blue Korintji Coffee, paying customers can identify the farmer who grew their coffee, the company that roasted the beans, and even the logistics involved, writes Akane Okutsu at Nikkei Asian Review. Powered...

The Andersons, Inc. announces a new, web-based customer portal for its Plant Nutrient Group to allow customers access to information on their accounts. Customers may access the portal through a web browser on their computer, phone or other electronic device. The...

DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, has raised $12 million as it looks to scale its network across India, reports Manish Singh at TechCrunch. The Series A financial round for the eight-year-old Patna and Gurgaon-based...

From 2016-2019, a team from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney undertook projects focusing on advancing the application of robotics, intelligent sensing systems, precision agriculture automation, and more in Australia’s vegetable industry, reports FreshPlaza. In...

Together with medical services and transportation, farming and food production have been correctly identified as ‘essential services’ by all countries under lockdown, writes Kakoli Ghosh at the Daily News. The Covid-19 pandemic has not yet made a dent in...

The organization representing Australia’s citrus fruit growers, Citrus Australia, has commissioned a pilot study to improve traceability using unique digital identifiers on a blockchain, reports Securing Industry. The pilot will be run with the help of digital ID label start-up...

An Australian startup company is helping farmers better manage their water usage through precision agriculture technology, to translate into better productivity and save costs, reports FreshPlaza. Farmbot is an agritech company that is focused around better water management for farmers...

Kubota recently unveiled a X-cross tractor to commemorate the 130th anniversary of its founding, reports Ken Wilson at Farm Weekly. Equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and electrification technology, this concept "dream tractor" is completely autonomous and is Kubota's solution...

TerrAvion has announced that Pollen Systems is integrating TerrAvion aerial imagery as part of its PrecisionView platform, delivering the added-value of continuous current image data for farms and vineyards during the growing season across multiple data layers. Pollen Systems,...