Agrifood investments are growing outside the North American hub – particularly in Israel, Europe, and New Zealand, and now with clusters in Latin America and Great Asia. New Zealand is a prime example of an agrifood area with substantial...

While New Zealand’s agricultural sector is very different from that in other countries, the needs of growers in respect to digital ag are very similar. What are the big challenges that farmers and agronomists in New...

South Australia’s Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Tim Whetstone travelled to Israel as part of an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Trade Mission, writes Teresa Umali at OpenGov Asia. According to a recent press release, the top agenda...

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...

New Zealand is one of the 33 major apple growing countries in the world, and for the past four years, it has been a leading force in the market in terms of output and innovations, despite deterioriating weather conditions,...

With aging farmers, tighter immigration laws, and jobs nobody wants,  the agricultural industry is facing challenges that technology and robotics can solve, writes Denham Sadler at Information Age. And now is the time for investors and farmers to get...

Much has happened since we last spoke with Taranis in the fall of 2018. Since raising $20 million in Series B funding, the Israeli smart farming start-up has tripled its customer base and acres serviced to 20 million-plus, and...

The development of IoT for agriculture is still in its early stages, but it looks promising as more farmers are putting these technologies to work, writes Campbell Kwan at TechRepublic.com. Australian agriculture has historically been defined by long droughts and...

A field robotics start-up based on technology created by the University of Sydney's Australian Centre for Field Robotics has received a $6.5 million investment, thanks to Australia's longest running research commercialization fund, Uniseed. Founded by University of Sydney Professor of Robotics...

A precision farming company in Australia is on a mission to put satellite imagery in the palm of your hand, for free, reports Sharon O'Keeffe for the North Queensland Register. Tim Neale, Managing Director of Data Farming, said his company...

Australia gets a lot of things right when it comes to agricultural research and development (R&D), writes Anthill magazine. However, what’s missing from the country's strong R&D presence is the ability to commercialize: taking R&D and turning it into real-world...

Mauricio Nicocelli Netto and his colleagues from IMAmt got a first-hand look at the Swarmbot 5, which started tests this week all over Australia. In the last week of February, me and two colleagues from Brazil's...

The robotic revolution in agriculture is here, writes Travis King on FarmWeekly.com/au, and it is accessible, according to a pioneer of robotic farming, Andrew Bate, SwarmFarm. Bate farms at Emerald, in Central Queensland, in a family farming operation that grows...

Plant ’19 is getting closer every day and I’m sure that many growers throughout the Midwest will be working hard to ensure that their planting equipment is ready for another period of intense use. In Australia, Harvest ’19 for...

Monash University engineers are working with Australian farmers to help them improve irrigation practices, reduce water use, and maximize crop harvest by using autonomous drone technology, according to an article by Manufacturers' Monthly. As severe drought continues to devastate farmland...

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...

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...

“For the first time ever, farmers are seeing that our imagery is as good as walking in the field. Farmers get it because it’s so visual. It’s a wow moment. ‘You captured this from a plane? That’s pretty amazing,’”...

Friday morning’s big news in precision ag – the forming of a strategic partnership between Canadian ag tech agronomy provider Farmers Edge (Winnipeg, MB) and international equipment giant CNH Industrial (CNHi) – confirmed a long standing suspicion many in...

While Eastern Australia is in a crippling drought that has prevented much of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland to plant winter crops, Australia’s largest farm show Agquip took place again last week in Gunnedah, NSW. The 46th annual...