Nobody ever said farming was easy, but 2018 was a particularly difficult year for many in agriculture: trade tensions, uncooperative weather during harvest, and bitter partisan wrangling over the now-lapsed Farm Bill all caused major headaches for producers across...

Anyone who reads this title will probably think: “well, isn’t this the case every year?” And yes, indeed, profitability is always important, and the bottom line is the main driver for decisions every cropping season. Coming off a season...

Finistere Ventures has released its 2018 Agtech Investment Review, developed in collaboration with PitchBook. The review provides in-depth insight on global venture financing activity across agtech, sub-sector trends, regional variations and more, spotlighting agtech challenges and opportunities across Latin...

Many reports on adopting robotic harvesters for apple harvesting have been encouraging in recent years, writes Kenong Xu on GrowingProduce.com. Replacing human pickers with robotic fruit harvesters would be a dream come true for apple growers. However, how long...

According to a press release issued by the company, CNH Industrial has launched the AGXTEND brand, focused exclusively on aftermarket precision farming technology solutions. AGXTEND will provide customers of CNH Industrial’s agricultural brands, Case IH, STEYR and New Holland...

The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) took place in Brisbane, Queensland last week. Spanning two full days, a range of speakers addressed all sorts of different topics relating to precision agriculture, controlled environments, and protected cropping. Exhibitors at...

Casey Kasem made a pretty good living counting down the hits each weekend (along with being the voice of Shaggy in “Scooby Doo”). And there’s no doubt we love our lists — there was David Letterman’s top 10, the...

FFA Convention delegates receive an immersion in the power of ag technology via TED Talk-style presentations and engagement with industry organizations. While it’s often said that technology is shaping the future of agriculture, this message is...

WaterBit’s Carbon soil moisture sensor makes Greg Van Dyke’s dry-seeding approach to rice production measurable and facilitates improvements in techniques. The specialty crop markets pose unique challenges for manufacturers that are attempting to bring value to...

Understory, the weather network and analytics company, has announced that it has secured $7.5 million in additional funding led by 4490 Ventures. A new investor in the current round is Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, the DC-based...

Raven Industries announced today the release of AutoBoom XRT, the latest advancement in boom control. AutoBoom XRT’s radar sensor technology uses simultaneous ground and canopy detection to maintain optimal spray height for maximum product efficacy, according to the company....

As the winter lettuce production capital of the country, Yuma, AZ is a hotbed of activity in the fall, winter, and early spring. The University of Arizona’s Yuma Center of Excellence in Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) joined the fray this...

The CHS Foundation, funded by charitable gifts from CHS Inc., announced today a $1.5 million grant to support the South Dakota State University (SDSU) precision agriculture program and construction of the new Raven Precision Agriculture Center on campus. "The gift...

A locally-led, multi-stakeholder program designed to improve the sustainability of winter wheat production in the Southern Plains took top honors at the recent 2018 Collaboration of the Year at the Field to Market Sustainability Leadership Awards Ceremony in Denver,...

AGCO White Planter with high-speed, Precision Planting-ready toolbar. AGCO Corporation is bringing to market the new 9500VER and 9700VER (Vacuum Electric Ready) Precision Planting-ready toolbars within its White Planters line. The new toolbars meet the growing...

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN have announced the forthcoming availability of Field to Market's sustainability metrics within the new Truterra Insights Engine from Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN in mid-December. Land O'Lakes is the...

With an increasing number of technology providers offering their services to growers with the aim of solving very specific problems or offering service in a small niche of agriculture, I see more and more ‘silos’ forming in the ag-tech...

AgJunction Inc., the Autosteering Company, announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Hiawatha, KS to Scottsdale, AZ. The move, effective immediately, is expected to add jobs in engineering, program management, finance, and customer support. “Upon the sale of the...

Agworld and PCT Agcloud have announced the integration of Satamap into Agworld. This integration will offer Agworld users the opportunity to view the latest Satamap Vegetation Index (SVI) of their farm on Agworld’s web and mobile platform. SVI is...

Agriculture has seen major strides in technology over recent years, and as the original entrepreneurs, farmers are always ready to test new methods and tools that could help improve yield and profitability, while simultaneously enhancing efforts to safeguard the...