FluroSat, Australia’s leading crop health analytics startup, recently led a successful bid with commercial partners Agworld, PCT Agcloud, AgLink Australia, and CSIRO for a A$3M Cooperative Research Centres Project (CRC-P) grant. The aim of the grant funding is to...

About 40 years ago, when Brad Parkinson and his team of civil engineers were putting together the first specifications for a radar signal called GPS, he sketched out some predictions of how their new technology might be used in...

Agriculture, one of the world’s oldest vocations, is also one that continues to reinvent itself with new technology, according to an article on AgDaily.com. From the introduction of the steel plow to automated tractors to modern fertilizer applications, technology...

A flood of precision agriculture technology to America’s farm fields over the past two decades has created an abundance of information, a mixed blessing for such agencies as the USDA as it tracks the country’s crop production, according to...

Machine Sync greatly simplifies harvest by automating the combine unloading process, allowing the operator to focus on harvesting the crop or other machine functions. To further enhance the automation, documentation, functionality and security of its Generation...

AeroVironment today introduced the next generation of its Quantix VTOL hybrid drone and the AeroVironment Decision Support System (AV DSS) for precision agriculture. Enhancements across the Quantix & AV DSS ecosystem deliver a combination of new features, performance improvements...

Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and moneyed folks who want to be a player in the effort to feed the world have discovered the $8 trillion agriculture industry, writes Lee Allen on GrowingProduce.com. Forbes magazine noticed the trend in a 2016 article,...

Editor's Note: This column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas or ignite imaginations, how awesome is that? Volume...

Agtech is booming. In 2017 investment in the sector topped $10 billion and that number has continued to grow as a new generation of start-ups leads the way in solving agriculture’s most pressing problems, writes Jonathan Jackson on FinFeed.com. It is...

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced USDA has launched a new toolkit to help support the deployment of high-speed broadband e-Connectivity in rural communities. “High-speed broadband e-Connectivity is becoming more and more essential to doing...

Jeremy Leifker welcomes attendees to the 2019 Develop With Deere Conference Jan. 23, 2019, at the Chicago Sheraton Grand in downtown Chicago, IL. (Photo Courtesy - AgNewsWire/ZimmComm) The wide, wacky world of machine and data interconnectivity...

Airbus has launched an innovative service called Verde that delivers detailed crop analytics from satellite imagery, perfectly clipped to the field and accurately de-clouded. Served as plug and play API to any precision agriculture portal, Verde provides reliable and...

Industry has provided plenty of interesting and exciting technology options to agriculture, writes Jenny Schlecht of the Forum News Service. But the challenge continues to be making that technology useful enough for farmers to adopt it. Technology adoption goes in...

It’s no secret that automation is the future of agriculture. For grower John Coleman of Coleman Farming, LLC, in Fresno, CA, that realization came quite early, writes Christina Herrick on GrowingProduce.com. Coleman distinctly remembers a scene from the 1984 movie...

Smart Ag announced today that two prominent entrepreneurs in the development of agriculture technology and agri-business services have joined the tech firm as leads for the 2019 commercial launch of AutoCart – Smart Ag’s software platform and aftermarket kit that...

Washington State University (WSU) scientist Manoj Karkee was recently named a 2019 Pioneer for his work in artificial intelligence and internet of things by Connected World magazine, according to an article on GrowingProduce.com. Among his projects, Karkee is building...

Not long ago, conventional wisdom said only row crop operations would adopt precision agriculture tools like irrigation sensors, GPS uplinks, and automated field equipment, according to an article on GrowingProduce.com. However, the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry shows...

Precision agriculture intelligence leader Taranis announced the launch of its new solution that calculates and monitors the planting of seeds. "Taranis is the first platform to offer farmers and agronomists a scalable answer to plot management strategy. The addition of...

Florida avocados are under attack! The deadly laurel wilt disease has taken a large bite out of the nutritious tree fruit crop in recent years, according to an article on GrowingProduce.com. In response, stakeholders have mounted concerted efforts to...

Learn about the latest developments in precision agriculture technologies Jan. 31 at the Nebraska Agricultural Technology Association (NEATA) Conference. The group's annual meeting and agriculture industry conference will be held at the Kearney Holiday Inn and Conference Center in...