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Are vegetable flats the future?

09/27/17, 05:46 AM | Lighting, Precision Farming | vertical farming
Fresh Plaza: Vertical cultivation systems are seen as the solution increasingly often. By working in a controlled environment and on multiple layers, an enormous amount of food can be produced on a small surface.

DN2K Launches DairyInsight to Help Farms Be More Profitable

09/27/17, 05:43 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain
Comprehensive Data Management Platform For Dairy Operators Delivers Complete, Actionable Data

Sustainable Indoor Vertical Farming in Action

09/26/17, 08:36 AM | Lighting | Hydroponics, vertical farming
Using natural waste products from one system as the primary input of another has substantial economic advantages and represents a far more environmentally sustainable and resource conservative approach to urban food production.

Here's Why Space Optimization is the Key to Higher Margins

09/26/17, 08:36 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain | Data Management, Software and Smarts
The biggest thing to get right is sales. And sales are driven by how the space in the farm is utilized. Of course, yield is important, but growers need to understand how crops are performing and how much space they occupy as well, because the two are interconnected.

Microsemi Announces BlueSky GPS Firewall to Provide Security Against GPS Spoofing and Jamming Threats

09/26/17, 05:53 AM | Lighting
New Solution Provides Protection Against GPS Incidents Without Requiring a Complete Recapitalization of Deployed GPS Systems

Purdue University's Digital Agriculture Initiative Advances Farming and Food Production With HPE Aruba Solutions

09/26/17, 05:50 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain
Digital Agriculture Program Blends Research, Innovations and Disruptive IoT Technologies to Increase Food Production for a Growing, Global Population

YellowScan & Quantum Systems partner to provide a cutting edge VTOL+ LiDAR integrated solution

09/25/17, 09:01 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting
YellowScan and Quantum Systems combined their R&D expertise to provide a reliable VTOL+LiDAR solution, able to cover large areas and fly longer (up to 60 minutes) for a high quality data acquisition.

Antarctica Is Getting a Farm That Can Grow Produce Even When It's -100 Degrees Fahrenheit Outside

09/25/17, 05:44 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, vertical farming
Futurism: The farm will feature a year-round greenhouse that can grow food for researchers at the Neumayer III polar station on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. Announces Finalists for Drone Challenge

09/22/17, 05:41 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting
Land O'Lakes Prize draws international competitors to make drones work better for farmers

Ikea is bringing a pop-up vertical farm to London

09/22/17, 05:37 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | vertical farming
Lisa Bowman for Metro.co.uk: Researchers from the SPACE10 lab at the Lokal pop-up want to show the general public that delicious, fresh food can be grown right in your home, using a hydroponics farming system.

Collaborating companies kick off sensor network for Agricultural Communities

09/21/17, 09:45 AM | Lighting | irrigation, vineyard
eVineyard joined forces with Globalsat, The Things Network and Vinduino to bring new Wireless IoT Network for irrigation optimization, which saves an average of 25% water.

AB InBev, the world's largest brewer and user of malt barley, partners with agriculture technology firm Agrible

09/21/17, 08:57 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting
The two companies are joining forces to help farmers around the world access better data and predictive analytics on crop management and climate effects.

Agrian Continues to Expand International Footprint

09/21/17, 05:48 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting
Agricultural software company plants sales roots in Adelaide, Australia, making continued growth intentions clear

AgFunder Reports AgriFood Tech Startups Raised $4.4bn in H1-2017

09/21/17, 05:43 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Digital Technology Meets Agronomy

09/20/17, 05:43 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, drones, Pesticide management, Weed management
Pam Smith for The Progressive Farmer: Drones buzzed overhead a tractor and spray boom projected images to simulate how spray nozzles can use new technology to spray only where weeds had escaped previous controls.

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