AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
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.
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
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.
AgriTech - News Headlines
Plant Genomics Leader LeafWorks Unveils Industry-First Seed and Clone Certification Program for HLVd
New Testing Protocol Enables Cannabis Cultivators to Certify Entire Batches of Seeds and Clones as HLVd-Free
CNH's latest AI sprayer precision tech goes beyond the boom
An innovation from CNH uniting real time crop analysis and automated spraying now comes built-in for its Case IH, New Holland and Miller brands' sprayer portfolio.
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.
AgriTech - Featured Product
Not all light is created equal - especially when growing plants.
Horticulture lighting needs tailored spectral ratios, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Unlike human-focused lighting, these systems maximize plant yields. Cree LED offers a wide range of spectral options and products optimized for horticultural applications, delivering industry-leading efficiency, reliability and performance.
AgriTech - Featured Company
igus
In agricultural applications, solutions that can stand up to rough conditions such as dirt, dust, heat, shock and edge loads are essential. Igus makes this possible with its cable carriers and plastic bearings that are characterized by their outstanding resilience and long service life. These products can be used in tractors, disc harrows, fertilizers, field sprayers, and other agricultural equipment. In many applications, metallic bushings or recirculating ball bearing guides can be replaced by self-lubricating polymer plain bearings to not only improve technology, but significantly reduce costs as well.
