PrecisionHawk and Ruralco partner to bring drones to Australian agriculture
In Australia, Ruralco partnered with PrecisionHawk to offer drones and aerial imaging data packages at all of its retail locations. PrecisionHawk opened an office in...
GeoAgro embeds ClearAg by Iteris for deployment in Argentina, Brazil and South Africa
In Argentina, GeoAgro selected ClearAg made by Iteris, Inc. for deployment in Argentina, Brazil and South Africa. GeoAgro, a pioneer in agronomic geographic information systems,...
Agrophotovoltaics allow harvesting food and electrons on the same acre
In Germany, an agrophotovoltaics pilot project demonstrated that photovoltaics and photosynthesis can coexist on the same acreage. Led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar...
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...
First agricultural commodity transaction using blockchain completes between the U.S. and China
In The Netherlands, Louis Dreyfus Company, Shandong Bohi Industry Co., Ltd, ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro completed the first full agricultural commodity transaction...
NIFA offers $5 million in Cyber Physical Systems funding for smart agriculture implements
In Washington, D.C., up to $5 million for research to strengthen the science behind the next generation of internet-connected agricultural implements and resources through...
Stacked Microbial Seed Treatment Boosts Corn and Soybean Yields
In California, Marrone Bio Innovation and Israel’s Groundwork BioAg say joint field trials have shown yield increases in corn and soybean from using the...
Genetic Study of Soil Microbes May Offer Help for Climate Change
In New Hampshire, scientists at the University of New Hampshire received $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of...
Gates Foundation extends sorghum research with a $6.1 million grant to the Danforth Center
In Missouri, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center received a three-year $6.1 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand and...
Evonik and Royal DSM partner to produce omega-3 fatty acids from algae at commercial...
In Germany, Royal DSM and Evonik announced their intention to establish a joint venture for omega-3 fatty acid products from natural marine algae for...