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Revolutionizing Cotton Farming in Greece with Stark Flight Agriculture Drones
In Greece, cotton farming is undergoing a significant transformation through the integration of Stark Flight Agriculture drones, leading to unprecedented efficiency and improved crop yields, impacting sustainable agriculture positively.
Arugga Shipping First Plant Lowering Robots in Europe
Addressed to lower cucumbers and tomato plants, the robot achieves 300 plants per hour and two units cover one hectare, ensuring uniform growth with precise, gentle lowering adjustments.
The Hidden Cost of Owning it All
Why forward-thinking agribusinesses are shifting from building everything in-house to partnering through Managed Services.
Modern Machines for Automated Agriculture - How Modern Seedling Transplanting Works
With more automation and robotics in agriculture, the way food is grown is changing significantly. This brings numerous benefits, including improved efficiency and productivity, as well as more sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices.
More Farmers Are Adopting John Deere’s See & Spray, Here’s Why
First introduced in 2018 by John Deere and Blue River technology, See & Spray uses cameras, processors and a boom to apply non-residual herbicides to weeds with pinpoint accuracy within corn, soybean and cotton fields.
FIRA USA 2025: Where Growers and Ag Robotics Innovators Lead the Future of Farming
FIRA USA 2025 will showcase a range of autonomous solutions addressing today's critical labor shortages and profitability challenges—from commercially available equipment already operating in fields to innovative prototypes nearing market readiness.
Advances in carbon dioxide IoT sensors enables the reduction of grain wastage in silo bags
To reduce this loss and ensure that harvested grain remains fresh and undamaged, the ongoing monitoring of the storage environment is essential. As such, farms and storage operators are turning to advanced monitoring technologies, with sensors placed in silo towers.
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Beewise, Inc. Raises $50 Million in Series D Financing to Accelerate Innovation and Expansion
The new capital brings the company's total raised to nearly $170 million and will accelerate Beewise's technological innovation, market expansion, and research—all in service of its mission to save bees in order to secure the global food supply.
How AI Can Reduce Strain From Labor Shortages in the Agricultural Industry
Why does the labor gap exist? Farm work is seasonal, physically taxing and geographically isolated. Visa caps tighten the supply of migrant labor, and younger rural residents often chase steadier indoor jobs. Wages continue to climb, but not fast enough to outweigh the grind
Phoenix Contact Celebrates 100 Years with Sustainability Initiatives - an end-to-end "Precision Agriculture" solution prototype aimed at transforming hydroponic farming in Egypt
In collaboration with HITS Solutions, Phoenix Contact has advanced hydroponic agriculture by combining IoT with precision automation. The system automates irrigation and fertigation based on real-time sensor inputs, setting a new benchmark for sustainable agriculture.
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U.S. Sugar, Everglades Equipment Group Announce Strategic Partnership Utilizing Latest American-Grown John Deere Technology
The partnership includes the use of the latest John Deere technology solutions on sugarcane harvesters and tractors used by U.S. Sugar farmers and operators across the company's South Florida farms.
Major breakthrough in fight against resistant grass weeds
-After more than a decade of cutting-edge research, the newest herbicide from Syngenta is recognized under a new chemical subclass
-Farmers to benefit from solution to grass weeds that have evolved resistance to existing herbicides
Tropical Agro Strengthens Pledge for a Sustainable India, Enabling Healthier Food on Every Table
#SawalKalKaHai Campaign aims to promote responsible farming and inspire healthier, more sustainable food choices. The campaign is designed to spark a national & international conversation about the importance of sustainable farming practices, not just for today, but for the future.
MSU-led research team receives $500K grant to combat herbicide-resistant weeds in soybeans
Eric Patterson, an assistant professor and weed geneticist in the MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PSM), leads the project that will cover most of the soybean-growing region of the U.S.
Pivot Bio Delivers Record Performance for Farmers in 2024
2024 Impact Report shows microbial nitrogen strengthens farm profitability while building supply chain resilience and sustainability
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