Just as it has for most of its history, the ample and multi-leveled agricultural and agri-food sector of Canada continues to play a fundamental role in the country’s economy, writes Remi Schmaltz on AgFunderNews. Experts predict that all agricultural and...

An Iowa State University researcher says that the next step in the commercial drone world is to expand capacity by deploying fleets of interconnected drones, according to a piece published at News.IAState.edu. But, according to Borzoo Bonakdarpour, an assistant professor...

BioCarbon Engineering, a UK-based company backed by drone manufacturer Parrot, has been using the flying robots to plant trees on a massive scale, according to a post by Dr. Sangeeta Soi on KrishiJagran.com. The drones, which were developed by an...

The use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, such as sensors and real-time data, will allow farmers to more accurately measure and manage crop inputs, as well as to more easily and efficiently identify which planting areas are more...

The United Arab Emirates imports at least 80% of its food. A startup in the capital Abu Dhabi wants to help change that, reports CNN. Launched in 2016, Pure Harvest Smart Farms is developing smart greenhouses, using technology to allow...

It's no longer science fiction. Aussie farmers are increasingly turning to tech for help in the global competition to increase production efficiency, according to Farm Weekly. A new generation of innovative thinkers is fast-tracking that progress through the national SproutX...

Very few studies have examined precision agriculture in Canada, but a new one from University of Lethbridge researchers has put some numbers on the benefits, reports Alberta Farm Express. And they’re big — both in terms of reducing inputs and...

Robot farming startup Iron Ox has announced that it’s selling robot-reared leafy greens in a single location in California, The Verge reports. Iron Ox is one of a number of companies trying to automate the human-intensive work of agriculture. It...

By 2025, 20% of the top 10 global grocers by revenue will be using blockchain for food safety and traceability to create visibility to production, quality and freshness, predicts Gartner Inc., a global research and advisory firm. Some grocers have...

'Swarm robots' – small, simple and inexpensive machinery – could reverse the trend in agriculture towards ever bigger machines, an agri-tech expert has said, according to an article at Farming UK. These little workers could have benefits such as...

With just a few clicks, Seth Swanson, an agriculture-technology scientist in Silicon Valley, demonstrated how he monitored and operated an indoor planting system remotely with his smartphone, writes Lia Zhu at China Daily. "We have the ability of consolidating our...

PrecisionHawk today announced PrecisionAnalytics Agriculture, an aerial mapping, modeling, and agronomy platform purpose-built for precision agriculture, according to a Business Wire post on APNews.com. Using PrecisionAnalytics, business leaders in agriculture can apply the latest generation of analytics tools and artificial intelligence...

Meister Media Worldwide and its Global Precision Initiative are pleased to announce the expansion of the long-standing website PrecisionAg.com – among the first media sites in the world devoted exclusively to agricultural technology – as a global digital source...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E45hQxGsbXY&w=560&h=315 Gedera, Israel area-based Tevel Aerobotics Technologies says it has come up with an automated drone that can do the labor-intensive fruit-picking quickly and efficiently, taking over from humans in the orchards and greenhouses, writes Federico Maccioni for TimesofIsrael.com. “There is...

South African agri-tech startup Aerobotics, which launched a batch of new products late last year, expanded its Series A funding round to US $4 million last month and has now launched Aeroview InField, a brand new problem detection app...

South Korea will strive to create a smart farming ecosystem that takes full advantage of the latest breakthroughs in technology to transform agriculture into a sustainable, future growth industry, the government said, according to a report from Yonhap News...

There are a number of current trends that are unfolding globally that are impacting the agricultural industry, and the industry must be cognizant of these, while realizing that these also have the potential to benefit the industry, reports Engineering...

Fertilizer maker Yara International and IBM plan to launch digital farming services later this year to help boost crop yields, eventually targeting 100 million hectares, or close to 7 percent of arable land worldwide, they said, according to a...