Market Watch
April 6, 2020
IntelinAir has announced its partnership with the Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN), whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of IoT technologies in the Wabash Heartland region, support world-class research and education in agriculture and manufacturing technologies, and ultimately...
Market Watch
April 5, 2020
The USDA Caribbean Climate Hub at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture, has developed an online tool to visualize annual agricultural production data across Puerto Rico, reports News Is My...
Market Watch
April 4, 2020
All farmers feel a connection to their land and a desire to be good stewards of the resources available, writes Jeanae DuBois at AGDAILY. A part of being responsible with what you have is making sure you’re getting the...
Market Watch
April 3, 2020
Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. has announced it has closed a strategic license and investment agreement with U.S.-based AMVAC Chemical Corporation (AMVAC), a subsidiary of American Vanguard Corporation. Founded in 1969, American Vanguard has five decades of sustainable, responsible...
Market Watch
April 1, 2020
EOS Crop Monitoring joins the businesses that help their customers overcome the consequences of the coronavirus economic impact. The company offers its services for free to ease the current burden on farmers and give them more opportunities to stay...
Connectivity
March 31, 2020
It is hard to watch television and not see a commercial promoting 5G connectivity these days, writes Lacey Newlin at High Plains Journal, but will it live up to all the hype in rural areas or are we in...
Market Watch
March 30, 2020
As part of its ongoing commitment to autonomous agriculture solutions, Raven Industries, Inc. has announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire the remaining equity of DOT Technology Corp. (DOT), a leader in autonomous platforms. This additional investment is further indication of Raven’s...
Market Watch
March 30, 2020
India’s agriculture sector contributes only 14-15% towards the country’s GDP however it consumes 40-45% of total employment, writes Anil Kumar Sharma at Analytics India Magazine. Almost half of the agricultural land depends on rainfall. There is a great opportunity...
Market Watch
March 29, 2020
Inidan authorities will harness high-tech systems on an “unprecedented scale” to manage the vast farm sector, which heads into its crucial kharif or summer-sown agricultural season, even as experts wonder if the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will disrupt farming itself,...
Market Watch
March 29, 2020
Researchers at the University of Illinois are looking at a type of artificial intelligence to see if it can help predict farm yields, reports The Center Square.
Farmers may love the land, but they are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence...
Market Watch
March 29, 2020
GrainChain, the blockchain platform for the agricultural business ecosystem, plans to globally expand and scale its operations by moving to the Symbiont enterprise blockchain platform, Assembly. Assembly provides the robust privacy features, and seamless scalability GrainChain needs to meet...
Market Watch
March 26, 2020
There’s more to embracing technology than a deep bank account, writes Carol Miller at Growing Produce. The most innovative operations share some common themes. Here are a couple:
Open-Minded Managers
I visit a lot of farms. Most growers are excited to...
Market Watch
March 25, 2020
Almost all sections of society are vulnerable to climate change, but I would put smallholder farmers in the “severe” risk category, writes Hemendra Mathur at AgFunder News. Small and marginal farmers in India, with landholdings of less than two...
Market Watch
March 24, 2020
Are drones replacing agriculture aviators? I’m going to make this really simple, writes HSE UAV President at Future Farming. The answer is no. Absolutely not. HSE-UAV has been selling spraying drones in America longer than anyone else we know. But...
Market Watch
March 23, 2020
Sony Electronics today announced an expanded ecosystem for its newly enhanced Smart Agriculture Solution with leading AgTech providers. The system is being integrated with farming solutions from Drones Made Easy, BirdsEyeView Aerobotics, Rantizo, and Progeny Drone Inc. Sony’s Smart...
Market Watch
March 22, 2020
Kubota Corporation and Microsoft have announced a multi-year strategic alliance aimed at accelerating Kubota’s digital transformation. Through the alliance, Kubota will migrate its IT infrastructure and SAP mission-critical systems onto Microsoft Azure’s trusted cloud platform.
By standardizing on Microsoft Azure,...
Market Watch
March 21, 2020
With some reports predicting the precision agriculture market will reach $12.9 billion by 2027, there is an increasing need to develop sophisticated data-analysis solutions that can guide management decisions in real time, reports the Kenosha News.
A new study from...
Market Watch
March 20, 2020
Taranis has announced today the executive appointments of two agriculture industry veterans as vice presidents: Michael DiPaola will join as North American General Manager and Vice President of Sales, and Avi Altaras as Vice President of Operations. The move...
Market Watch
March 19, 2020
The Smart-Apply Intelligent Spray Control System by Smart Guided Systems has been selected for the Davidson Prize, a high honor for agricultural innovations that are projected to have a significant impact on agricultural production, efficiency, or safety. Smart-Apply was...
Market Watch
March 18, 2020
Aerobotics technology has processed more than 5 million trees, 50,000 acres of groves and 15% of all citrus in Florida. These numbers are climbing ahead of the approaching mid-April deadline for growers to have their tree census data submitted...