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...

After completing site preparations and seed germination, CropLogic Limited (ASX:CLI) today announced that it has commenced planting at its 500 acre Trial Hemp Farm in Central Oregon. The Trial Hemp Farm, operated by CLI’s wholly owned subsidiary LogicalCropping, will crop approximately...

From fruit-picking drones to pollination intelligence, Israeli agricultural innovation has continued breaking down barriers ever since Netafim first pioneered drip irrigation over five decades ago at Kibbutz Hatzerim. Initially born out of necessity in the resource-scare state’s early days, cutting-edge...

Agriculture is dynamic, adjusting in response to changes in the economy, technology, the environment, and policy – and agricultural production affects a wide range of natural resources. Understanding the complex links among public policies, economic conditions, farming and conservation...

At 23 years old, Aboubacar Karim is CEO and founder of INVESTIV, an Ivorian startup established in 2017 specialised in precision agriculture. INVESTIV uses drones to provide farmers with information on soil quality, plant health conditions, spraying crops with pesticides...

Granular‘s AcreValue, a leading online land intelligence solution for U.S. farmers, landowners, and land professionals, has released two new digital tools for farmers, landowners, and their business collaborators to research land and to network -- Claim My Land and...

Modern agriculture and farming is leading to adopt technically advanced products and digitization of the farming which are helping to transform the existing farming procedures. This industry is effectively developing and conducting procedures based on the big data. The...

Tom Roeder of The Gazette reports: If airmen in Colorado Springs failed in their job of running the Global Positioning System for just one day, the American economy would lose $1 billion, a new think tank report estimates. The report...

Proagrica, the leading independent provider of connectivity and data-led insight across the agriculture and animal health markets, have published a new report examining key trends and changes that will influence agriculture supply chains in the near future. Central to...

Farmers will soon have access to more digital tools and technologies to help boost productivity and marketability under a new initiative of the Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Training Institute and Smart Communications called the Digital Farmers Program.Through DFP,...

More than 90% of the market for digital services that support African smallholders remains untapped and could be worth more than €2 billion (US$2.26bn), according to a new report. The study by CTA and Dalberg Advisors, found nearly 400 different digital agriculture...

The UK needs a “fundamental rethink” of how food and agri-tech is taught and understood in the country and high-volume staple crops, such as wheat and corn, need to benefit from smart technologies if it is to avoid being...

The Union Budget 2019 is just around the corner. The newly-appointed finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her first Union Budget on July 5, 2019. One of the biggest areas of focus this time will be the budget allocation...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has existed at the periphery of UN agencies and been a focus of critics almost since its founding in 1945, as the vehicle for ending hunger and achieving food security. Based in Rome,...

According to USDA’s “A Case for Rural Broadband,” if access to broadband and adoption of digital agricultural technologies matched producer demand, U.S. agriculture would realize benefits amounting to nearly 18% of total U.S. market production, or $64.5 billion annually,...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai  announced the formation of a new task force dedicated to advising the Commission on policies aimed at delivering connectivity so that American agriculture producers can use and benefit from precision agriculture. The task...