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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.

5 Innovative Ways Farmers Are Turning By-Products Into Functional Beverages

Functional beverages — drinks where health benefits are the primary selling point — may be an optimal way to reuse Agricultural by-products. Farmers around the globe are already turning by-products into functional drinks in several ways.

Smarter seeds, slower systems: Why innovation won’t matter without regulatory reform

From drought-tolerant maize to flood-resistant rice, improved seeds are helping farmers maintain yields in increasingly hostile environments. But while the science has advanced, the systems around it have not.

Transforming Crop Insurance: How the SWITCH Model is Revolutionizing Hail Damage Assessment

Launched in 2021, the Severe Weather Induced Trends of Crop Health (SWITCH) model leverages remote sensing and proprietary Farmers Edge data models to create detailed, field-level maps of hail damage.

Not Your Average Ag Pest, Why Mosquitoes Deserve a Spot on the Radar

With the 2025 mosquito season upon us, we believe it’s important to spotlight the risks these pests pose to human health and overall agricultural productivity. Their expanding habitat range, driven largely in part by climate change, makes it clear: awareness is critical.

Mitigating 6 Financial Risks of Implementing New Farming Technology

Farmers should view agri-tech as a long-term investment that supports growth over time, not a quick fix for short-term challenges. Smart technology adoption starts with careful planning, honest budgeting and asking the right questions before purchasing.

What Is a Camera Module – And What Are Its Components?

Camera modules can be integrated into embedded vision devices like drones, industrial equipment, etc. They consist of components such as sensors, lenses, interfaces, and more. Get expert insights into how they work, their popular types, and more.

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What the Agricultural Industry Should Know About the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act

The Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act is a bipartisan solution to enhance the protection of agricultural information and promote robust cybersecurity measures. Its goal is to build a resilient food system capable of withstanding evolving farm and food industry cyber threats.

Intelligent Philips LED solution helps Deliflor Hoogveld significantly improve its chrysanthemum cutting production

Otto van Tuijl from Deliflor Hoogveld enthusiastically explains how the transition to full LED with Philips GreenPower toplighting compact and the Philips GrowWise control system has significantly improved their chrysanthemum cutting production process.

AI Comes to Food Supply Chain Compliance: Automation Targets One of the Sector's Most Challenging Bottlenecks

New tools like AI-based document scanners are now being implemented to help manage the growing administrative burden of meeting growing compliance demands. These tools automatically extract compliance data from documents, eliminating the need for manual entry and reviews.

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Verdi raises $6.5M to bring automation to aging farm infrastructure

The funding follows a breakout year for Verdi, which now powers irrigation automation for some of the world's largest food and beverage brands on more than 5,000 acres of farmland in North America.

Market shifts fuel growth of global online equipment auctions

TBAuctions reports over 50% growth in European B2B online auctions between 2021 and 2024

Innov8.ag + 2nd Sight: A Smarter Future for Harvest & Inventory Begins

Integrating 2nd Sight's all-in-one labor, yield tracking and produce traceability capabilities with innov8.ag's already established ecosystem of agronomic and yield management technologies will help specialty crop growers and food companies plan smarter, act faster and optimize their decision-making process with end-to-end data integration.

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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.