AgriTech - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Light Interaction With Plants: Reflection, Emission and Absorption
But how do plants interact with light? There are three main types of interaction: absorption, reflection, and emission. What does each of them mean in the context of plants? How do they differ from each other?
UGA awarded $4 million to design farm of the future
The long-term goal of the 4-D Farm is to develop climate-smart production systems leveraging renewable energy, automation, intelligence and human capital to meet the required food and fiber needs of a burgeoning world population.
Is Climate Change Impacting the Growth of Commercial Agriculture?
It is important to remember that technology should be viewed as a tool that can be used to optimize or improve the situation. What it isn’t, however, is a free pass to continue implementing unsustainable practices.
The Role of AI and Machine Learning in Advancing Sustainable Biologicals in Agriculture
AI and machine learning solutions can help identify new microbial strains with beneficial agricultural properties, marking them as good candidates to improve biologicals such as biopesticides, biofertilizers, and biostimulants.
The Sky’s the Limit for Vertical Farming at University of Washington
Project IF (Indoor farm) is a small hydroponic farm housed in the basement of an on-campus academic building. This registered student organization (RSO) grows fresh food without the need for soil in hydroponic ZipGrow Towers.
How Cameras Enable Vision in New-age Agricultural Robots
Embedded vision has been transforming agriculture by enabling autonomous mobile robots to ‘see’ their environment for the purposes of picking & harvesting, plowing, weed & bug detection, etc.
The Importance of Data and Software in CEA Planning
We have consultants that use Agritecture Designer as part of their deliverables to clients. We have vendors that use AD as a sales tool when speaking with customers, and we even have educators interested in using AD as part of their CEA curriculum.
AgriTech - Featured Stories
Purdue agrivoltaic farming structures and software harvest solar power at lower cost and with minimal impact on crop yield

Innovative modules created at the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering are mounted low and rotate to allow farm equipment to pass
Purdue biology innovation allows the introduction of valuable traits in plants without creating transgenic plants

Patent-pending novel Agrobacterium strains deliver transfer DNA to a plant’s nucleus without integrating it into the genome
Plenty Opens World's Most Technologically Advanced Indoor Vertical Farm in Compton

West Coast’s only commercial-scale vertical farm will grow up to 4.5M pounds of produce annually to supply partners including Bristol Farms, Walmart and Whole Foods Market
AgriTech - News Headlines
SOLLUM TECHNOLOGIES, ECOATION AND VIVENT ATTEND GREENTECH AMSTERDAM
In the spirit of innovation and networking, the event will provide the perfect setting for these three partners to shine the spotlight on their groundbreaking technology and expertise.
LUCID Vision Labs Awarded Outstanding Score in Vision Systems Design 2023 Innovators Awards Program
LUCID Vision Labs, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of industrial vision cameras, announced today that its Atlas10 camera featuring Remote DMA (RDMA) was recognized with the prestigious Platinum Award by the judges of the Vision Systems Design 2023 Innovators Awards program.
Controlled Environment Agriculture Market Revenue to Cross $377.6 Billion, Globally by 2032
As per the Market.us study, The controlled environment agriculture market size is expected to be worth around USD 377.6 billion by 2032 from USD 74.4 billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 18.13% during the forecast period 2022 to 2032.
Israeli AgTech Innovator Launches GrowDirector 3 PRO, Revolutionizing Indoor and Vertical Farming
Grow Director Ltd. unveils GrowDirector 3 PRO, advanced automation and data management solution, enhancing indoor and greenhouse horticulture. Through modular scalability, data-driven optimization, and user-friendly features, growers achieve maximum yields while minimizing labor and resource usage.
Intelinair, NVision Ag Announce Collaboration Agreement to Help Corn Growers Manage Nitrogen
The technology will help corn growers decide whether they need more nitrogen fertilizer by showing specific degrees of nitrogen loss within a field.
AgriTech - Featured Product

The ERT150 - Dorner's Next Evolution of Edge Roller Technology Conveyors
The next evolution in Dorner's Edge Roller Technology conveyor platform, the ERT®150, is ideal for small and light-load assembly automation, as well as medical and medical-device assembly application. The ERT platform is the only pallet conveyor of its kind available with an ISO Standard Class 4 rating for cleanroom applications. Earning the ISO Standard 14644-1 Class 4 rating means Dorner's ERT150 will conform and not contribute to the contamination of cleanrooms to those standards. As implied by its name, the ERT150 (Edge Roller Technology) uses rollers to move pallets through the conveyor smoothly with no friction (a byproduct often seen in belt-driven platforms). The conveyor's open design eliminates concerns of small parts or screws dropping into rollers and causing conveyor damage or jamming. The ERT150 is suited to operate in cleanroom environments requiring a pallet handling conveyor. It is capable of zoning for no or low-back pressure accumulation and is ideal for automation assembly applications within industries including medical devices, electronics, consumer goods among others.
AgriTech - Featured Company

Allied Vision Technologies, Inc.
By focusing on what counts for each customer, Allied Vision finds the best camera solution for every application. That includes a digital camera, but also the right lens, the right connectivity hardware and the right software interface. Our job is to reliably deliver the image you need, when you need it and how you need it.