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How Tomorrow's Farms Depend on 3PL to Feed the Future

While high demands, costs and disruptions affect all industries, agriculture faces some unique challenges. Much of its shipping must use refrigerated containers, and farms require fast turnaround times to prevent spoilage, especially as food waste becomes a bigger issue.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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Welcome to the Future of Farming: 5X More Food with 90% Less Water

Little Big Farms™: Grow 5X More Food with 90% Less Water

CEA Summit East 2025 Opens With Keynote on Sustainable Growth in Indoor Farming

Indoor Ag-Con and the CEA Innovation Center are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Summit East will kick off with the opening morning keynote panel titled "Cultivating Sustainable Growth: Balancing Economics and the Environment in CEA" at 8:45 AM on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.

Zayndu achieves global ISO 9001 accreditation for its plasma seed priming system

Zayndu, a world leader in harnessing cold plasma to create the on-site seed priming process ActivatedAir™, has recently been awarded the renowned ISO 9001 quality management system certification. Production manager Tyler Smith and CEO Ralph Weir discuss what this means for CEA growers.

Opening Keynote Panel Announced for CEA Summit East 2025

"Cultivating Sustainable Growth: Balancing Economics and the Environment in CEA"

Harvest Efficiency in Agribusiness with Square 9's AI Automation Guide

Navigate the Unique Challenges of Information Management in Agribusiness while Driving Efficiency and Collaboration

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Elmo Motion Control Ltd.

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.