The BioAg Alliance announces biological seed treatments to improve crop harvests
In Denmark and Missouri, The BioAg Alliance, Monsanto’s and Novozymes’ collaboration to improve crop harvests through products containing naturally-occurring microbes, announced an updated research...
PartnerRe and Farmers Edge offer agriculture insurance customized to the farmer
In Bermuda and Canada, PartnerRe Ltd. announced an innovative deal with Farmers Edge that will help insurers to close the insurance gap among farmers...
FAA grants Clemson a blanket license to fly precision agriculture drones anywhere in the...
In South Carolina, the Federal Aviation Administration granted a Blanket Area Public Agency Certificate of Authorization to Clemson University allowing Clemson to fly unmanned...
New fertilizer system feeds engineered cotton and kills weeds, too
In Texas, a newly developed fertilizer system will provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops worldwide and a deadly dose to weeds that are increasingly...
Transforming the African Savannah into agriculture could feed Africa
In Côte d'Ivoire, the African Development Bank is championing a new effort to transform the African Savannah to the cradle of the continent’s green...
Purdue invents method of sensing underground moisture using communication satellite signals
In Indiana, Purdue University researchers developed a technology that can more accurately sense soil moisture below the surface by measuring the reflections of communication satellite...
SmartAg automates existing farm equipment with cloud-based platform
In Iowa, Smart Ag has developed the first cloud-based platform for driverless tractors, called AutoCart. Colin Hurd, the founder and CEO of Smart Ag,...
DuPont adds Granular to expand its digital agriculture ecosystem
In Delaware, DuPont acquired San Francisco-based Granular, Inc., a leading provider of software and analytics tools that help farms improve efficiency, profitability and sustainability....
Precision Ag Data Start-ups Growing in Number
In California, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology now has 24 startup companies under its wing, compared to only six in December...
WxAgrios integrates precision meteorology with John Deere advanced agriculture services
In Manitoba, Precision Weather Solutions created a set of solutions that integrate data from John Deere Field Connect through John Deere APIs into WxAgrios,...