AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Edge AI in Precision Agriculture: Practical Considerations for Real-World Farming
While many digital agriculture solutions rely on centralized cloud infrastructure, farming environments often present practical constraints that influence how technology can be deployed effectively.
Engineering the Future of Lubricants: From Plants to Performance
The global movement towards sustainability has put a spotlight on biolubricants as a great alternative to petroleum-based lubricants due to their ability to not harm the environment like petroleum-based lubricants do.
PRODUCTION OF 3D PRINTED ROBOTICS COMPONENTS FOR AGRI-TECH – A CASE STUDY
Dogtooth’s robots use state-of-the-art machine learning and computer vision technology to achieve the near-human levels of visual acuity and dexterity required to pick delicate berry fruits without damage.
How AI Is Revolutionizing Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
Yes, challenges like high costs and technical barriers exist, but solutions are emerging, making AI more inclusive and effective. As trends like digital twins, generative AI, and advanced robotics take hold, the potential for smarter, sustainable farming grows.
Harvest Faster, Smarter: How Precise Lighting Cycles Cut Down Time to Market
One of the most effective (yet underutilized) strategies for accelerating production is optimizing your lighting cycles. With precision-controlled lighting, growers can shorten vegetative phases, stimulate earlier flowering, and ultimately harvest sooner—without compromisi
Autonomous farm robots optimize pest control with electric linear actuators
Agrobot is actively developing other iterations of the Bug Vacuum, including even larger footprints. As the company extends its solutions to new axes of motion, Thomson engineers and BIBUS Spain, S.L., will be working with them to meet any actuator challenges that emerge.
Multi-Zone Greenhouse Lighting: A Practical Guide to Advanced Dynamic LEDs
Learn how an advanced dynamic LED solution improves yield, quality, and energy efficiency in each bay of a multi-zoned greenhouse.
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Customizing plant metabolism through light modulation
Advances in LED technology and controlled environment agriculture have made it possible to design precise light regimes that optimize both biomass production and the accumulation of valuable phytochemicals.
WSSA Commends New Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Project
The pilot project's four-pronged focus will help to improve both the nation's food security and food affordability, point out WSSA leaders.
Indoor Ag-Con & Inside Grower Announce Finalists for the 2nd Annual CEAs - Cultivating Excellence Awards
Celebrating outstanding achievement across three categories—Operational Excellence, Product Innovation, and the newly added Trailblazer Award—The CEAs spotlight growers, innovators, and individuals who are shaping the future of indoor agriculture.
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Synthetic Biology in Agriculture Market Trends 2024-2032: Driving the Next Green Revolution
The Synthetic Biology in Agriculture Market is projected to expand rapidly through 2032, with robust investment in biotechnology and advanced crop solutions improving food security and sustainable farming practices.
Wind Machine for Agricultural Frost Protection Market Outlook 2032: Safeguarding Crops from Climate Risks
The Wind Machine for Agricultural Frost Protection Market is growing as farmers adopt smart frost control systems. Learn how modern wind machines help protect orchards and vineyards from rising frost threats worldwide.
Okovate Acquires Fundusol to Scale "Agriculture-First" Solar with AI-Driven Insights for Farming Communities
Acquisition integrates genomic optimization and advanced irradiance modeling to provide farmers with unprecedented crop projection accuracy.
Digital Agriculture Market Reach USD 51.3 Billion by 2033 Globally
The growth of the digital agriculture market is primarily driven by the increase in adoption of precision farming techniques, rise in demand for food security, and advancements in agricultural technologies. Farmers are leveraging digital solutions such as AI, IoT, big data analytics, and remote sensing to optimize resource utilization, improve crop yields, and enhance sustainability. The growing penetration of cloud-based farm management software and automation technologies, including drones and autonomous tractors, is further boosting adoption. Moreover, climate change concerns and the need for efficient water and soil management are pushing farmers toward data-driven decision-making. Investments from aggrotech startups and collaborations between technology providers and agricultural enterprises are also fueling innovation in digital agriculture.
Farm Equipment Rental Market: Size, Trends, Growth Opportunities, and Regional Insights 2032
The Farm Equipment Rental Market is forecast to reach USD 104.1 Billion by 2032, witnessing the growth at a CAGR of 7.2% during the period from 2023 to 2032. Understand market size, trends in rental adoption, benefits for farmers, and competitive landscape to leverage opportunities in the global agriculture sector.
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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.
