Wefarm grows to over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda
In the United Kingdom, Wefarm, the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network, announced reaching over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda. Moreover, for the...
DigitalGlobe and Vodafone release Sensing4Farming to increase farm efficiency
In Colorado, DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, released Sensing4Farming, an Internet of Things product for smart, digital and precision agriculture. Created in partnership with...
Benson Hill and Phenome Networks partner to accelerate plant breeding
In Missouri, Benson Hill Biosystems announced a strategic collaboration with Phenome Networks to offer a combined system to further accelerate plant breeding. This partnership...
Canadian government invests $6 million to bring Frulact food processing to Ontario
In Canada, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced a combined investment of up to $6 million to establish a new 58,000-square-foot research and...
With machine vision and lasers, robots take weeds out of the field
In Germany, a system using cameras and lasers on an all-terrain robot vehicle that can automatically identify weeds in a field and then weaken...
Gates Foundation awards grant to AgBiome to help smallholder farms in Africa
In North Carolina, AgBiome, LLC received a multi-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discover and develop a microbial solution for...
Draganfly Innovations partners with Corning to flight test a new hyperspectral sensor on a...
In Canada, Draganfly Innovations and Optical Filter Corporation, a Corning company, will integrate a new miniaturized, advanced hyperspectral imaging system with Draganfly’s UAVs.The system...
Soil microbes are the focus on the most scientifically advanced farm in the world
In California, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are working with the University of Arkansas and Glennoe Farms on a...
Veris enables precision soil mapping while planting and tilling
In Kansas, Veris Technologies announced a new line of soil sensors that easily mount to planters and tillage tools. Developed to help growers precisely...
Farming shrimp in the cloud with Cargill’s iQShrimp
In Minnesota, shrimp farmers can tap into the first cloud-based solution in the aquaculture industry thanks to Cargill's iQShrimp. The predictive software uses machine...