AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
The Hidden Cost of Owning it All
Why forward-thinking agribusinesses are shifting from building everything in-house to partnering through Managed Services.
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.
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.
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.
AgriTech - Featured Stories
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.
They Feed the World -- Now It's Time to Help Farmers Prosper
Backed by real-world data, regenerative agriculture is proving that farmers can restore the land, reduce costs, and increase profits — at a moment when support matters most.
AgriTech - News Headlines
ProGro BIO to Pursue EPA Approval for Organic Biocontrol Product Targeting Plant Fungal Pathogens, Nematodes and Foliar Insects
The proposed formulations will be designed to target and control crop-damaging soil and foliar fungal pathogens, parasitic nematodes, and foliar insects - some of the most persistent threats to global crop production.
Phytoform and Corteva collaborate on CRE.AI.TIVETM AI-technology to boost disease resistance in corn
Leveraging Corteva's global leadership in agriculture innovation along with Phytoform's cutting-edge plant breeding technology and AI-driven approach to crop improvement, the collaboration will use Phytoform's CRE.AI.TIVE™ AI technology to apply gene editing to improve corn's resilience to two of the most damaging diseases impacting US growers.
AGCO's PTx Trimble™ Wins Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Award for OutRun™ Autonomous Grain Cart Solution
Fast Company award is a first for an AGCO brand, as PTx Trimble releases retrofit platform that will eventually provide autonomous capabilities across farming operations.
Galileo Wheel Achieves International ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Galileo Wheel, creator of the breakthrough CupWheel tire technology, has successfully achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification from URS (United Registrar of Systems), validating the company's quality management system for the development of off-road tires. The certification reinforces Galileo Wheel's commitment to maintaining high standards of quality, consistency, and customer satisfaction across its innovative tire solutions. Quality management certification validates the company's dedication to delivering superior airless tire solutions for agricultural and industrial applications.
AgriERP Lite Launches to Empower Small and Mid-Sized Farms with a Simplified Management Platform!
AgriERP is thrilled to introduce AgriERP Lite, a farm management solution that caters to small and mid-sized farms. AgriERP Lite streamlines farm operations with essential features such as work order management, yield monitoring, inventory management, and resource allocation using an intuitive, centralized platform.
AgriTech - Featured Product
Elmo Motion Control - The Platinum Line, a new era in servo control
Significantly enhanced servo performance, higher EtherCAT networking precision, richer servo operation capabilities, more feedback options, and certified smart Functional Safety. Elmo's industry-leading Platinum line of servo drives provides faster and more enhanced servo performance with wider bandwidth, higher resolutions, and advanced control for better results. Platinum drives offer precise EtherCAT networking, faster cycling, high synchronization, negligible jitters, and near-zero latency. They are fully synchronized to the servo loops and feature-rich feedback support, up to three feedbacks simultaneously (with two absolute encoders working simultaneously). The Platinum Line includes one of the world's smallest Functional Safety, and FSoE-certified servo drives with unique SIL capabilities.
AgriTech - Featured Company
Elmo Motion Control Ltd.
Elmo has been a motion control technology leader for over 35 years, with millions of servo drives working 24/7 worldwide. Elmo offers complete motion control solutions from design to delivery of cutting-edge servo drives, network-based multi-axis motion controllers, and integrated servo motors. All solutions can be customized and configured using Elmo's proprietary advanced and easy-to-use software tools for any machine in any industry, such as semiconductors, lasers, robots, life sciences, industrial automation, AGV, and more. The company employs more than 350 personnel with headquarters in Israel and offices in the United States, China, Germany, Italy, Korea, Singapore, and an additional manufacturing facility in Poland. Elmo has a worldwide distribution network. By advancing motion control with state-of-the-art technology, Elmo makes smart machines even smarter. As of 2022, Elmo is a Bosch Rexroth company.
