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...
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,...
AFBI Hillsborough installs UK’s first precision feeding system for sheep
In the United Kingdom, the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute installed the UK’s first electronic feed and water intake monitoring system for sheep at their...
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...
Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus consortium receives $10 million Gates Foundation grant
In Missouri, the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus consortium of American, Nigerian, Ugandan, and Kenyan institutions received a five-year, $10.46 million grant from...
Origin and Science Foundation Ireland commit €17.6 million for precision agriculture research
In Ireland, Origin Enterprises plc and Science Foundation Ireland committed €17.6 million to establish a dedicated digital, precision agriculture and crop science collaborative research...
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...
AUM LifeTech and USDA develop non-GMO RNA silencing to protect citrus trees
In Pennsylvania, AUM LifeTech, in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture, has developed a novel non-GMO RNA silencing approach for bacteria, insect...
Sol Chip introduces solar-powered, wireless tags to provide real-time crop data
In Israel, Sol Chip introduced the Sol Chip Comm, an autonomous wireless solar tag to power, control and wirelessly connect a wide variety of...
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...