The global leading EVs manufacturer, Tesla, is planning to expand its business in the food and agriculture sector, writes Christopher Bailey at Online Industry News. Since 2016, farming has been at the last place in terms of incorporating digital...

The 'Vegebot' is a vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to identify and harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural crop, according to an article at FreshPlaza. The bot was developed by a team at the University of Cambridge, was...

New Zealand’s Waikato University is working on robotic technology that may one day end the labor intensive task of harvesting asparagus, according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. The university has developed a conceptual robot, which is on display at...

Taranis, a high-resolution aerial surveillance imagery provider based in Israel, has announced a new global platform partnership agreement with The Climate Corp. (Climate), a subsidiary of Bayer. The agreement will provide mutual farmer customers in the U.S., Brazil and...

The world’s first agri-robotics Centre of Excellence will be built at the University of Lincoln in the UK, where researchers will develop ways to streamline and maximise agri-food processes ‘from farm-to-fork’. Continue reading at FoodNavigator.com....

New and ongoing tree-fruit research in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences received a boost with the recent awarding of funds totaling more than $261,000 by the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Apple Program. According to Bruce Hollabaugh and...

WEFARM, a farmer-to-farmer digital network, has expanded operations in Tanzania after helping more than 1.5 million small scale farmers in Kenya and Uganda to share information and knowledge about farming activities. The General Manager of the digital network platform, Nicholas...

FluroSat and MicaSense today announced their partnership to offer high-quality imagery and analytics products to growers and crop advisors. The collaboration is built upon a strong belief that the collective capability of this agronomic solution will provide timely insights...

According to a McKinsey & Company report, if our world continues to develop the way it does, our crop demand will at least double by 2050. As a result, there is a constantly growing pressure on food producers, and the...

Size is usually a major factor when purchasing a new sprayer. Larger sprayers tend to be more productive, and a balance must be found between the sprayer investment and the amount of work to be done. Recently some interesting...

Being the most suitable region for apple cultivation in southern China, Shaotong has a long history of growing apples, according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. Recently, Eavision have deepened their cooperation with the Yongfeng Haisheng Apple Production Center in...

An oft-cited McKinsey report that predicted 30% of all workers may be displaced by technology and another 14% could be forced to switch jobs to keep up has cast AI in a threatening light. In fact, a ZipRecruiter survey that...

Agricultural and lawncare equipment maker John Deere will sponsor a team in the upcoming Farming Simulator League , publisher Giants Software  announced this week. John Deere is the highest-profile farming industry company to date to sponsor a team. The John Deere Esports...

XAG, a Chinese manufacturer of agricultural drones, has demonstrated its drone-based smart agriculture solutions on how to sustainably grow crops and effectively manage farmlands with less chemical use, reports PATRICK CREMONA of Commercial Drone Professional.  The range of products were...

Malaysia's Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) is set to receive an economic boost with the implementation of hi-tech contract farming, reports Free Malaysia Today. This is in line with the government’s call for automation to modernise the nation’s agricultural sector...

Ag-tech entrepreneur Oli Madgett is on a mission to make farmers’ tractors smarter. His simple and low-cost app technology Platfarm is helping farmers work on their land with greater precision, improve crop uniformity and more easily identify areas that need...

In speculating about the future of agriculture, David Hollinrake, president of Syngenta Seeds and North America region director, is certain of one thing: “It’s not going to be my daddy’s farm moving forward.” Hollinrake, who grew up on a 600-acre...

Using farm data to improve operating margins is perhaps more important than ever, in a year where weak commodity prices, international trade uncertainty and abysmal planting conditions are putting farmers under serious pressure. But how can equipment manufacturers help growers...

Chinese drone industry leader DJI has confirmed plans to build drones at a new production facility in California, reports Malek Murison of DroneLife.com. With concerns raised over DJI’s data security practices and the threat of a ban on the use...

Global automation expert Autogrow has announced a collaboration with competitor Ridder Group and New York agriculture software firm NATIVE. The collaboration is made possible with the launch of Autogrow’s new farm management platform, FarmRoad, which was announced by CEO Darryn...