Bayer says its digital farming platform, Climate FieldView, has commercially launched in Argentina for the upcoming growing season, writes Jackie Pucci on AgriBusinessGlobal.com. Developed and delivered by The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer and a leader in digital innovation...

Perhaps no recent tech development has had a greater impact on the industry than smart technology, and this IoT data is being used to improve operations across nearly all modern farming operations around the globe, according to an article...

The potential opportunities ahead for farming are obvious to those of us working in agriculture, and the increasing interest from the research and ag-tech industries to upgrade our sector reinforces that optimism, according to an article at Queensland Country...

SoilEssentials, the precision farming solutions pioneers, based in Angus, Scotland has announced an exciting new artificial intelligence platform aimed at safeguarding food production and the environment, writes Bethan Sexton at Deadline News. SKAi, the SoilEssentials KORE Artificial Intelligence project, is...

Imagine one of those computer games about farms where one can have a virtual land plot to grow crops, harvest and sell them, writes Denys Krasnikov at the Kyiv Post. So Ukrainian high-tech company Studio of Agricultural Systems, or...

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...