AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Agritech Is Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Change and Severe Weather - Here's How
Changes in weather patterns and global temperatures heavily affect how farmers grow necessary crops. However, emerging tools like agritech are helping producers adapt and work with these changes, ensuring humanity’s access to food and raw materials.
Retrofitting Existing Machinery with Autonomy
This approach lets farmers deploy multiple autonomous systems for the cost of one traditional machine. That creates flexibility without tying up capital in one massive investment. It’s called redundancy.
How Supplemental Lighting Contributes to Higher Yields and Profits
Supplemental lighting is a vital part of maximizing yield and profit in Canada's limited growing season. Growers should contact Sollum for solutions.
Scaling Your Grow Operation: Choosing the Right Lighting for High-Volume Production
Scaling your grow operation is a significant milestone that requires careful planning, especially when it comes to selecting the right lighting solutions. High-volume production demands lighting systems that ensure consistent light distribution, energy efficiency, scalabilit
Tractor Performance Data Sets? Keys to Achieving Max Power Utilization
Maria Zepeda shares tractor performance evaluations from the field through the John Deere Operations Center to help farmers understand their tractors’ engine power utilization and why “more horsepower” isn’t always the answer.
History of Plant Breeding Software
We're working on AI models for outlier detection, phenotype prediction, and integrating environmental data like weather or soil conditions. It's still early days, but the potential is huge. We believe AI should assist breeders, not replace them.
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.
AgriTech - Featured Stories
The GreenBot autonomous system completes successful field trials for sustainable woody crop protection

The robotic vehicle integrates artificial intelligence, autonomous navigation, and machine vision to identify and treat weeds with pinpoint accuracy, reducing the use of herbicides in crops such as olive, citrus, and almond trees
Looye Kwekers achieves summer production levels in winter tomato cultivation with Philips full LED

The young plants of the Piccolo variety arrived in the brand new 8.2-hectare greenhouse in Burgerveen in mid-October 2024. Four weeks later, the Philips GreenPower toplighting force system supplied by Signify was switched on for the first time.
Beyond the Barcode: Why RFID is the Backbone of the Future Food Chain
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In food logistics, RFID isn't a "nice-to-have," it's becoming non-negotiable because food safety should be non-negotiable, too.
AgriTech - News Headlines
PSB Industries Highlights Deoxo and Dryer Package for Advanced Gas Purification in Agriculture
Package offers a cost-effective solution for oxygen and moisture removal, ensuring gas purity and compliance with stringent industry standards
Integrating Solar Farming on Cropland and the Potential for Agrivoltaics
2025 AAEA annual meeting track session
European boost for global food security: Dutch biotech Solynta gets €20 million EIB backing for highly disease resistant potato varieties
• EIB lends €20 million to Dutch biotechnology company Solynta to develop potato seeds with strong resistance to disease and resilience to climate change.
• The focus of the EIB loan, which is supported under the European Commission's InvestEU programme, is on the use of true potato seeds instead of traditional tubers for cultivation.
• Solynta's technology holds promise of securing successful potato harvests and enhancing food supplies worldwide.
70% of Agriculture Freight Moves by Truck, and Compliance is Putting it at Risk
A wave of proposed regulatory changes, insurance cost increases, and legal accountability is reshaping the freight landscape, forcing producers, processors, and suppliers to rethink how they manage risk in their transportation networks.
Meristem® partnership with University of Illinois yielding results for farmers
Meristem has committed an unrestricted gift of $450,000 over three years to fund graduate students working with the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences Crop Physiology Lab.
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

AgriERP
AgriERP is a comprehensive farm management solution designed to empower farmers with streamlined operations and increased profitability. Powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365, AgriERP offers a single, straightforward platform that addresses the pain points of various farm types. With its user-friendly interface and intelligent automation, AgriERP is like having a trusted partner by your side throughout your farming journey.