Sensor-based nutrient management plan saved cotton farmers up to $60 per acre
In South Carolina, Clemson University researchers used field results to prove the effectiveness of a new sensor-based nutrient management plan that can reduce expenses...
AgEagle offers agricultural sensor choice
In Kansas, AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc., an aerial drone imagery collection and analytics company, released the first production fixed wing aerial drone that allows...
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,...
Danisco and Dairy Crest partner for improved farm animal nutrition
In the United Kingdom, Dairy Crest and Danisco Animal Nutrition entered into a research and product development partnership to trial Dairy Crest’s galacto-oligosaccharide in...
Bowery raises $7.5 million to expand fresh produce vertical farming in urban areas
In New York, Bowery, an innovator in vertical farming, raised a cumulative $7.5 million and announced their first farm in Kearny, New Jersey is...
USDA funds Bodkin Design to develop innovative UAV sensor for precision agriculture
In Massachusetts, a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was awarded to Bodkin Design & Engineering to develop a compact hyperspectral imager...
Sonoco and Harvest Croo Robotics partner to improve fresh produce supply chain
In South Carolina, Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced its investment in and joint development partnership with Harvest CROO Robotics....
New Sunpreme raisin grape reduces harvest costs by 36 percent
In California, the new Sunpreme raisin grape, bred and patented by now-retired Agricultural Research Service horticulturalist David Ramming, dries on the vine without cane...
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...
Arysta LifeScience and DuPont form a global collaboration for fungicidal seed treatments
In Iowa, Arysta LifeScience initiated a long-term global strategic collaboration with DuPont in which Arysta LifeScience will supply an innovative fungicide technology with an...