Centaur Analytics decreases food waste in the post-harvest supply chain
In California, Centaur Analytics, Inc. raised $3 million in funding to accelerate the deployment of its Internet-of-Crops Platform and to expand its predictive analytics...
Artificial intelligence to streamline crop protection product development for Monsanto
In Missouri, Monsanto Company formed a research collaboration with Atomwise to increase the speed and probability of discovering and developing new crop protection products...
Agri-Inject combines irrigation and fertilization to optimize inputs and increase yields
In Colorado, Agri-Inject demonstrated a variable-rate fluid injection control system that combines irrigation and liquid fertilizers for improved input utilization and final yields. Soil...
Ultra-compact robot autonomously measures crop traits all day on a single charge
In Illinois, TerraSentia, a new-to-the-market agricultural robot that autonomously measures crop traits, was unveiled by EarthSense, Inc. Developed at the University of Illinois, the robot...
Escorts Limited unleashes the Automated Concept Tractor
In India, a leading engineering conglomerate, Escorts Limited, announced its unique Automated Farming Solutions with the launch of the Automated Concept Tractor that brings...
New process produces 500 times more avocado plants than all other methods
In Australia, University of Queensland researchers invented a method of supplying 500 times more avocado plants to industry than is currently possible. The new...
McCain Foods invests in vertical farming innovation
In Canada, McCain Foods Limited, the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products and a global leader in appetizers and snacks, completed a strategic...
Benson Hill and the University of Guelph partner for more productive and sustainable canola
In Canada, Benson Hill Biosystems is partnering with the University of Guelph to develop traits that increase canola yield as part of the Genome...
Arable raises $4.25 million to mass produce field-level real-time plant and environment sensors
In New Jersey, Arable Labs Inc. closed a $4.25 million Series A funding round led by Middleland Capital’s agriculture technology fund and S2G Ventures....
VerticalPoint RTK by Trimble increases vertical GPS signal consistency to 95 percent
In California, Trimble launched VerticalPoint RTK for grade control in agriculture. The patent-pending system provides significantly enhanced vertical accuracy and stability of standard single-baseline RTK...