Could Nanofarms Really Transform Agriculture?
Big indoor farms are attracting big investments. But transforming agriculture might depend on putting nanofarms everywhere-maybe even in your home.
Why Vertical Farming Won't Grow Without More Data
The Princeton Vertical Farming Project (PVFP) researches what the most optimal growing conditions are for indoor farming and how to produce the best crop yield while using the fewest amount of resources (e.g., water, electricity).
New Documentary Sponsored by Joyce Farms Educates Farmers on Lowering Costs and Improving Yields With Regenerative Methods
A Regenerative Secret, the newly released documentary sponsored by Joyce Farms, aims to build awareness for the transformative practice of regenerative agriculture, a method of farming that the company made standard practice on its farms in 2018.
Semtech's LoRa Technology Creates Smarter Farming Networks in Australia
This extension of LoRaWAN-based network coverage adds three million hectares to NNNCos publicly available smart agriculture network
FORD FUND, CASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES UNVEIL FREIGHT FARM ALLOWING AGENCY TO GROW FRESH FOOD YEAR ROUND
Brainchild of Fords Thirty Under 30 philanthropic leadership program comes to fruition with reveal of new hydroponic container farm. The indoor farm operates without the use of pesticides, sunlight or soil. It also utilizes 90 percent less water than would normal.
AirBoard Inc. introduces AirBoard AGRO
AirBoard Inc. introduces AirBoard AGRO - an aerial platform for pesticide spraying in steep andmountainous vineyards.
Samsung Electronics Expands Horticulture LED Lineups to Advance Greenhouse and Vertical Farming
New horticulture LEDs are designed to promote healthier plant growth and enhance farming conditions for indoor growers
Schneider Electric and Scale Microgrid Solutions Deliver Sustainable Energy Management to Bowery Farming
By leveraging predictive and learning algorithms, EMA will empower Scale Microgrid Solutions to better manage the production and consumption of its renewable energy and control energy spend.
10 European agtech startups preparing us for the next green revolution
Among other applications, startups are introducing technology to monitor crops using drones and sensors, manage farm activities and logistics from platforms and apps
"Techno Farm Keihanna", the Largest Automated Vertical Farm in the World, to Start Shipping its Products
The production capacity of Techno Farm Keihanna is 30,000 heads of lettuce per day and it is approximately 1.5 times bigger than that of Kameoka Plant, Spreadʼs existing vertical farm (Kameoka, Kyoto).
FarmApp.io Launches New feature, Livestock Manager, to Help Small Farms Improve Profitability
Livestock Manger is a new FarmApp.io feature that, for the first time, gives small farmers an easy and affordable way to manage every aspect of their livestock production, including count, location, feed, weight, losses, expenses and harvest data.
Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility
ScienceDaily: With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant hormone strigolactone could make it possible, plant biologists have shown.
Mr Nicholas Wright - The Role of Drones in Improving Agricultural Outcomes
Drones are becoming technically sophisticated, enabling the use of multi-sensor arrays, that can operate either singularly or in unison, to collect a wide range of data for later analysis.
DelFrescoPure® Announces Partnership with CubicFarms®
The LivingCube™ system has 12 mechanized growing, germination and irrigation machines, each built inside proprietary insulated 40 stainless steel growing chambers.
2018 Irrigation Show New Product Contest Entries Announced
The Irrigation Association announced a record number of entries in its annual new product contest showcasing the latest in irrigation innovation.
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