The influential VISION Conference threw a spotlight on the innovations fruit and vegetable growers should watch for this coming decade, writes Matthew Grassi at Growing Produce. Normally this international forum focuses on forward-looking issues surrounding row crops. This year, it...

Deere & Company has announced the companies that will be part of the 2020 cohort of the Startup Collaborator program in its Intelligent Solutions Group. This program launched last year to enhance and deepen collaborative relationships with startup companies...

A critical labor shortage threatens the ability of leafy green and other cool-season vegetable growers to produce and harvest their crops, writes Richard Smith at Growing Produce. What can an operation do to gain some control over the crisis?...

PrecisionHawk, Inc., a leading provider of drone technology for the enterprise, has announced that James Norrod has been named as the company’s new CEO. Michael Chasen will lead PrecisionHawk’s advisory board and continue to champion efforts to integrate commercial...

New policy settings and infrastructure upgrades are required for Australia’s agriculture technology sector to mature, according to the National Farmers Federation, which has asked the federal government to adopt a “leadership role” in digital agriculture, writes Joseph Brookes at...

Earlier this month, Naio Technologies SAS closed a €14 million ($15.53 million U.S.) Series A funding round, according to The Robot Report. The French agricultural robotics company has been developing field robots for weeding. They are intended to reduce...

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 101st Annual Convention and Trade Show is underway in Austin, TX. In keeping with the theme of this year’s convention, “Sustaining America’s Agriculture,” workshops focused on steps farmers and ranchers can take to enhance...

Automated farming equipment has perhaps never been a hotter topic than right now. Adding fuel to the fire, farm equipment giant John Deere had a big splash at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV, writes Matthew...

University of Florida scientists are high on new drone technology that can identify two different tomato diseases — with 99% accuracy, reports Growing Produce. To help tomato growers (and maybe other farmers down the road) find diseases early and accurately,...

The U.S. and China signed a trade deal to undo some tariffs Wednesday, but thorny details remain unresolved, including how China treats intellectual property, writes Scott Tong at Marketplace. The U.S. accuses Chinese actors of stealing American ideas, including agricultural...

As India still grapples with the ongoing agrarian crisis, a ray of hope emerges with agriculture technology taking the reins, writes Radhika Udas at Express Computer. For a nation that has maximum livelihood in agriculture, government policies and acceptance...

Farmers Edge, a global leader in digital agriculture, and Fairfax Brasil, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, have joined forces to bring customized, data-driven crop insurance to growers in Brazil. This agreement connects a world-class risk management...

Recent issues with a client’s Bluetooth connectivity brought to light the importance of this connectivity standard that exists in everyday life, and is becoming essential in connecting handheld computers to machine systems in crop production as we rely more...

In days to come, the agriculture sector will become more important for the Indian economy as it would not only provide food but also the raw material for industries, fuel (ethanol) through biomass, and also be able to use...

Bringing together some of the smartest minds of the agriculture world in Southeast Asia, Meister Media Worldwide’s first-ever Precision Application Asia event in Bangkok, Thailand, in November served as a powerful platform for value chain creation and exchange of...

CropX, a leading global soil sensing and agricultural analytics company, has announced the acquisition of Nebraska-based CropMetrics, a prominent provider of cloud-based, precision-irrigation tools. Current CropMetrics and CropX partners and customers will now have access to an unmatched combination...

A digital ag tool that many row crop growers have found quite useful in the past, Farmers Edge’s exclusive-to-North-America daily satellite imagery acquisition portal, is making its way into the specialty crop markets in 2020, writes Matthew Grassi at...

Thanks to a series of reports issued over the last several years, the alarm is sounding about the threats posed by climate change. Over the summer, for instance, the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change honed in on how the world’s...

Jason Rambo, Jodi Haines, and Cody Alter all have ownership in Alter Farms, a cannabis farm located in Grants Pass, Ore. Lugging blue totes filled with harvested cannabis crops against a blue Oregon sky, all-terrain vehicles buzz about carrying the...

John Deere is again exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that’s billed as the world’s largest technology event. As part of its display, Deere will feature its R4038 self-propelled sprayer equipped with advanced technology and...