There is no single description of a “precision grower” in commercial fruit production, writes James Sulecki at Growing Produce. Crops, geographies, technologies, farm size … all are far too variable. However, we can say with some certainty that the...

With the aim of establishing the necessary strategies to adapt to a constantly changing world, one in which digitalization plays an increasingly important role, the second-degree cooperative Anecoop has evolved at a technological level, to the point of adopting...

The Global Unmanned Spray System (GUSS) is quite a sight in an orchard. Its angular exterior protects the trees and fruit from being damaged during spraying operations. Even at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, GUSS...

Reza Ehsani has been on a mission ever since he received a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of California, Davis, way back in 2000, when he was among the first students trained in precision agriculture, writes David...

Israeli agritech startup Edete Precision Technologies for Agriculture has successfully completed field trials in almond orchards in Israel using its unique mechanical pollen harvesting and pollination system. The field trials are crucial for advancing the company's planned entry into...

The National Grape Research Alliance and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service have partnered to create the NGRA-ARS Sensor Technology Workshop, November 13, 2019, in Sacramento, CA. There, nearly 30 scientists from ARS and other academic institutions will present their...

Bayer and XAG has recently collaborated in Hangzhou, China to host a crop dusting drone demonstration on citrus trees, according to a company press release. Justin Gong, Co-founder and Vice President of XAG, together with Bayer's crop scientists and...

Growing up and working in California’s Salinas Valley, Jaclyn Bennett has long heard the complaints from growers who want to use beneficial insects but bemoan the man-hours needed to disperse them in the field, reports David Eddy at Growing...

Blueberry harvest may be winding down across Oregon's Willamette Valley, but there is still plenty of activity happening at the Curry & Co. processing plant north of Salem, writes George Plaven at Capital Press. Forklift drivers stacked crates of berries...

You have challenges. The cost and availability of quality labor. Food safety issues. Trade pressures. Making efficient use of scarce water resources. Dealing with mountains of data from all of the latest tools and technology, but having no way...

SVG Ventures and Produce Marketing Association (PMA) have entered a three-year strategic partnership to connect PMA growers with cutting-edge technology, according to an article at FreshPlaza. SVG Ventures will lead panel conversations on AgriFood and AgTech at PMA’s annual...

An estimated 168 million tonnes of food is lost or wasted in North America each year, with 49 million tonnes lost or wasted at the pre-harvest stage alone, according to an article at FreshPlaza. Additionally, 20% to 40% of...

Drones can help growers address hard-to-solve production issues, writes Matthew Grassi at Growing Produce. Any time you adopt new technology, however, there’s ample opportunity to waste time and money. That’s why you’ll want advice from someone experienced with drones...

Reading plant stress can be a difficult endeavor, especially for nuts or wine grapes, where deficit irrigation is desirable near harvest, writes Christina Herrick at Growing Produce. Currently, pressure chambers are the most common way to measure plant stress. “It’s...

Editor's note: Last month Growing Produce Technology Editor Matthew Grassi published a list of 10 tech companies he feels has a chance to move the needle with specialty crop growers. It was by no means an exhaustive list, as...

George Zhuang is so close to his goal, he can almost taste it, and it would be as exquisite as the finest wine, writes David Eddy for Growing Produce. Zhuang is a University of California Cooperative Extension Viticulture Advisor in...

This driver-less tractor from Kingman Ag Enterprises of California features a 55-gallon tank/barrel so it can go a long way before refueling. (Photo: Connor Kingman) Another driver-less tractor debuted a few weeks ago in California, bringing...

U.K. online supermarket Ocado wants to pick and pack every one of its 55,000 items that customers can order and has worked with the Horizon 2020-funded SOMA project to develop robotic 'soft hands', according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. This...

Raspberry-picking robots are on the horizon, writes May Hanbury at Business Insider. A new robot being developed by Fieldwork Robotics, a spin-out company from Plymouth University, could let farmers pick more than 25,000 raspberries a day. The robot was...

The mechanization of agriculture is an old story. In the U.S., writes Bruce Posner for MIT Sloan Management Review, bigger and more automated tractors are planting and harvesting thousands of acres of megacrops like corn, wheat, and soybeans, using...