When Amy Wu started covering agriculture in Salinas, CA, as a journalist, she noticed a lack of women, particularly women of color, represented in ag tech, writes Jackie Cooperman at Worth. With From Farms to Incubators, she’s attempting to...

Raven Industries, Inc. has announced a new suite of fleet management tools to be added to its world-class Slingshot portfolio. The added functions will enhance Raven’s Connected Workflow, a streamlined solution for ag retailers to sync their office to...

Israeli agritech startup Edete Precision Technologies for Agriculture has successfully completed field trials in almond orchards in Israel using its unique mechanical pollen harvesting and pollination system. The field trials are crucial for advancing the company's planned entry into...

CropMetrics, a leader in precision irrigation software and analytics, has announced a partnership with The Climate Corporation, the digital agriculture arm of Bayer, to enable enhanced data connectivity for farm water management. Starting in 2020, farmer customers of both CropMetrics...

Robotization of food production has major advantages, reports Future Farming. Robots are light and make staff superfluous. People without any knowledge can use artificial intelligence (AI) to produce more profitable cucumbers than the most experienced growers. This was shown...

For Agworld, the world’s leading farm management platform, the availability of Agworld for growers on Microsoft AppSource is another step in providing its users superior options to analyze their farm data and help them improve their decision-making process, according...

The digital arm of Nutrien Ag Solutions continues to expand its platform offerings to serve farmers, reports AgriNews. The Farm Planning Solution tool is designed to help farmers manage all inputs on the farm on a field-by-field basis and product-by-product...

It may sound like a dream, but Kenyan farmers may soon find it easy to deal with age-old enemies: the weather and pests, write Allan Kista and Caren Nyota at The Star. The Kenya Space Agency, though just slightly...

DTN, an independent source of insights, analysis and decision-support solutions, recently announced that the European weather company MeteoGroup is being integrated into the company. The joint company will soon be rebranded as DTN and establish a DTN European headquarters...

There has been a lot of buzz about potential uses of drones in agriculture, reports Growing Produce. And, the buzz is growing that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could be deployed in a task that every farmer must contend with...

Microsoft recently launched agriculture research platform FarmBeats, aiming at making the benefits of artificial intelligence available to farmers, according to FreshPlaza. FarmBeats tracks soil temperature and moisture levels with the use of solar-based cloud computing models, taking the guess-work...

Sony Electronics Inc. has announced a Version 2.0 software update for its Smart Agriculture Solution aimed at providing agricultural customers with new AI-based imaging capabilities. These new features, based on industry feedback, provide expanded functionality and are planned for...

Wilbur-Ellis, a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural products, animal nutrients, and specialty chemicals and ingredients, has announced the acquisition of Nachurs Alpine Solutions (NAS), a specialty liquid chemical manufacturer serving the precision agriculture, transportation, energy, and diversified...

Here are two trends: More retailers want to know where their food comes from, mostly because more consumers are asking for that information, writes Anne Field at Forbes. And a slew of startups are turning to blockchain technology, not...

The Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA) was initiated one year ago with a $2 million investment from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), writes Elizabeth Leake at Datanami. Its official kick-off was held back-to-back with the National Center...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced the membership and first meeting date of the new task force assigned to explore ways to enhance the productivity and efficiency of the nation’s farms and ranches through broadband-based technologies — a...

senseFly, the global leader in fixed-wing drones, has announced new strategic partnerships. The organisations include Trimble and Microsoft and demonstrate the capability and suitability of senseFly’s fixed-wing drones and drone sensors for precision agriculture. “Trimble and Microsoft are major players...

What’s real in precision agriculture? What’s not? Which technologies are likely to leave a sustaining impact, which are just a flash in the pan – and most importantly, how do we react? These were key questions we set out to...

In the midst of Ethiopia's exponential population climb and the strikes of the climate emergency with erratic rains, dry spells, sharp floods and failed crops, the country has launched a digital agro-climate advisory platform, called EDACaP, to put resilience...

Precision agriculture has found its way into the mainstream, writes Dan Jacobs at AgriBusiness Global. The extent of its ability to influence crop inputs remains to be seen. It’s clear, however, the explosion of drones and other smart technology...