AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
AutoStore and OnePointOne Unveil the World's First Robotic Vertical Farm Utilizing Automated Cubic Storage - Now Supplying Select Whole Foods Market Stores
The system uses up to 95% less water than traditional farming and is built to scale outward, allowing food brands to expand production to fit available space and growing demand.
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.
How Grow Lighting Impacts Terpene and Flavor Profiles
Proper lighting plays a critical role in shaping terpene production and flavor profiles, two key factors that determine the quality, potency, and overall market value of the final product.
Growing Tomorrow: Reducing Hunger through Controlled Environment Agriculture
Developments in science and technology have enabled farmers to produce more and more, but today's food producers face many challenges: unpredictable weather, irrigation issues, soil degradation, and pollution.
Smarter seeds, slower systems: Why innovation won’t matter without regulatory reform
From drought-tolerant maize to flood-resistant rice, improved seeds are helping farmers maintain yields in increasingly hostile environments. But while the science has advanced, the systems around it have not.
Transforming Crop Insurance: How the SWITCH Model is Revolutionizing Hail Damage Assessment
Launched in 2021, the Severe Weather Induced Trends of Crop Health (SWITCH) model leverages remote sensing and proprietary Farmers Edge data models to create detailed, field-level maps of hail damage.
Not Your Average Ag Pest, Why Mosquitoes Deserve a Spot on the Radar
With the 2025 mosquito season upon us, we believe it’s important to spotlight the risks these pests pose to human health and overall agricultural productivity. Their expanding habitat range, driven largely in part by climate change, makes it clear: awareness is critical.
AgriTech - Featured Stories
5 Innovative Ways Farmers Are Turning By-Products Into Functional Beverages
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Functional beverages — drinks where health benefits are the primary selling point — may be an optimal way to reuse Agricultural by-products. Farmers around the globe are already turning by-products into functional drinks in several ways.
What the Agricultural Industry Should Know About the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act
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The Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act is a bipartisan solution to enhance the protection of agricultural information and promote robust cybersecurity measures. Its goal is to build a resilient food system capable of withstanding evolving farm and food industry cyber threats.
Intelligent Philips LED solution helps Deliflor Hoogveld significantly improve its chrysanthemum cutting production
Otto van Tuijl from Deliflor Hoogveld enthusiastically explains how the transition to full LED with Philips GreenPower toplighting compact and the Philips GrowWise control system has significantly improved their chrysanthemum cutting production process.
AgriTech - News Headlines
Verdi raises $6.5M to bring automation to aging farm infrastructure
The funding follows a breakout year for Verdi, which now powers irrigation automation for some of the world's largest food and beverage brands on more than 5,000 acres of farmland in North America.
Market shifts fuel growth of global online equipment auctions
TBAuctions reports over 50% growth in European B2B online auctions between 2021 and 2024
Gusui Wu Joins GeneNeer as Senior Scientific Advisor
GeneNeer Ltd. is proud to announce that Gusui Wu has joined the company as Senior Scientific Advisor, following his retirement as Global Head of Seeds Research at Syngenta. Dr. Wu will bring strategic vision, exceptional insight and leadership to GeneNeer.
PAC Strapping Products Highlights Its Complete Line of Strapping Kits Comprehensive, ready-to-use solutions for efficient and reliable load securing
Exton, PA - PAC Strapping Products, a leader in the strapping and packaging industry, highlights its full range of strapping kits designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses requiring a complete and convenient strapping solution. PAC's strapping kits eliminate the hassle of sourcing individual components by providing all necessary strap, closure devices, and tools in one ready-to-use package.
Farmers Lab Introduces BKCC, a Practical and Profitable Vertical Farming Innovation, Poised for Global Adoption
"BKCC was built on years of extensive field experience and practical trials. Our goal is to provide a system that is affordable, efficient, and easy to operate, particularly for new-generation farmers and emerging agri-markets."
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AgriTech - Featured Company
Sollum Technologies
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