Market Watch
May 21, 2019
A startup is putting its robot-grown produce at one grocery store in California starting with three varieties of leafy greens, and robotic farming could help the agriculture industry deal with one of the worst labor shortages facing the...
Drones | UAVs
May 21, 2019
Delair today introduced a new model of its popular long-range UAV, the Delair DT26, which offers an easy-to-integrate architecture for adding user-specified sensors and other payloads to the platform. The Delair DT26 Open Payload model features a removable container...
Connectivity
May 20, 2019
Even in the worst case scenario – if just 10% of farmers use the technology – it would still be worth the massive sums the Government is investing, Communications Minister Richard Bruton has claimed, according to a report from...
Market Watch
May 20, 2019
Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming, reports The Star Online in Malaysia.
The first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, which means machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks....
Market Watch
May 20, 2019
Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, which means machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks. Tractors...
Market Watch
May 20, 2019
A newly developed dexterous robot, which is equipped with flexible robotic fingers, could prove invaluable to both warehouses and agriculture, Verdict in the U.K. reports.
Developed by Cambridge Consultants, the robot, which is named Hank, has a novel sensory system...
Market Watch
May 16, 2019
To design a clinic that will grab the attention of customers – and, equally important, potential customers – stay away from the seven deadly sins preventing you from having a dynamic clinic.
Customer clinics are a...
Market Watch
May 16, 2019
Building on the crop emergence and stand count capabilities released earlier this year, Tel Aviv-based precision agriculture company Taranis recently announced a new feature on its platform -- advanced weed identification and herbicide prescriptions at scale
Market Watch
May 16, 2019
A crop-spraying drone has taken its first legal flight in South Africa - a big breakthrough which could radically transform farming in South Africa, according to Jay Caboz with Business Insider South Africa (SA).
According to Caboz, after a lengthy...
Market Watch
May 16, 2019
A Toyota Motor Corporation drone will next month be available to Rwandan farmers and is expected to shift perceptions on farming while also making it more fun and high-tech, according to a post on Taarifa.rw.
According to a Taarifa staff...
Market Watch
May 16, 2019
With almost all available arable land in the Americas, Europe and Asia already productively farmed using the most developed agricultural techniques, Africa, with 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, presents a major opportunity to meet the 70...
Digital Farming
May 16, 2019
FFA members across the country will have access to some of the latest on-farm technology as part of a new effort backed by computer software giant Microsoft, reports Matthew Weaver at Capital Press.
The Microsoft FarmBeats Student Kit includes preconfigured...
Market Watch
May 15, 2019
Dr. Allan Gray, executive director of the Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business, is experiencing first-hand how Brazil is revolutionizing the use of drones in agriculture and taking push-button technology to the next level, writes Purdue University...
Digital Farming
May 15, 2019
Already established on North America, Europe and Asia, Google’s artificial intelligence research program is now being rolled out in Africa: Ghana and Google have cooperated to open the first African AI laboratory, according to an article at Leaders League.
The...
Market Watch
May 15, 2019
What do you need to do or know about the latest technology for agriculture? What will it take to position yourself for success? These and other topics were part of the Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) sixth Tech Knowledge conference...
Market Watch
May 15, 2019
A new mechanical weeding machine may help change the face of fallow weed control across Australia’s broadacre grains industry, according to an article by the Integrated Weed Management Resource Center.
The Weed Chipper, developed by agricultural engineers and researchers from...
Market Watch
May 14, 2019
New precision drilling and planting robots have been developed by Coventry, England-based robotics specialist the Manufacturing Technology Centre in partnership with the Small Robot Company, reports Fresh Produce Journal.
MTC engineers and scientists worked with the Hampshire-based agri-tech start-up to...
Connectivity
May 14, 2019
Hello Tractor, a firm in sub-Saharan Africa that connects tractor owners with farmers, is benefiting from several powerful new technologies maturing such as the IoT, cloud, and AI, reports Ryan Daws for IoT Tech News.
“We start by informing the...
Digital Farming
May 14, 2019
Australian commodity management platform AgriDigital has handled over AUD$1.2 billion (US$861 million) of grain transactions to date, representing over six million tonnes, reports Eco-Business. The company is expanding into cotton and other commodities, and has begun exploring the U.S....
Market Watch
May 14, 2019
Crop loss is devastating for farmers. With increasing ecological volatility, it's also a fact of life, writes Greg Nichols at ZDNet.com. But a host of new techniques known collectively as "precision agriculture" or "agricultural intelligence" can help. One company,...