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Case Study: Prairie Robotics

08/23/18, 09:25 AM | Lighting | gps, robotics

The Spraybot delivered inch-accurate positioning and instantaneous heading. Its autonomous navigation had built-in obstacle selection and avoidance. It was designed to both detect and identify plants and rows and deliver spot spraying.

HerdDogg Goes Big Down Under, Partners with Meat & Livestock Australia on Large-Scale Animal Health Pilot Study

08/23/18, 09:23 AM | Lighting | livestock

In one of the largest-ever pilots of wearable technology, HerdDogg teams with Australias foremost authority on sustainable beef production to showcase how its system can deliver remote livestock monitoring to Australian producers.

Using Drones to Find Drainage Pipes

08/21/18, 09:47 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | aerial imagery, drainage , drones

To improve the soil water removal efficiency of drained farmland, and thereby increase crop yields, new drain lines are often installed between pre-existing drain lines. This requires accurate maps of the drainage pipe that is already in place.

Smart Robotics: Revolution Is Motto, Efficiency Is Aim

08/21/18, 09:40 AM | Lighting, Precision Farming | Analysis and Trends, robotics

Farming is one of the areas in which smart robots would revolutionize the ways in which it has been done till now. Governments, tech companies, and farming industry have been designing robots that would bring efficiency in the farming.

Farm Science Review

08/16/18, 01:06 PM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | farm science, Tradeshows and Conferences | Len Calderone - Contributing Author

Visitors to the annual event are able to check out 4,000 product lines and over 700 commercial and educational exhibits. They will also be able to participate in workshops, presentations and demonstrations delivered by CFAES experts.

Semtech's LoRa Technology Monitors Cattle Health in Real-Time

08/15/18, 05:31 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, Sensors

Quantified Ags LoRa-based sensors allow accurate analysis of a cows health, increasing efficiency

Finistere Ventures and PitchBook Close Gap in Agtech Funding Data

08/14/18, 08:38 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | Analysis and Trends, Investing

"2018 Early-Stage Agtech Report," provides new insight into global early stage financing activity and trends in leading agtech innovation geographies.

Farming the Future and Feeding the World

08/09/18, 08:13 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | Business Development, Tradeshows and Conferences

Silicon Valley Forums "Seeds of Our Future" Program Returns for a Third Year

SoftBank-backed vertical farm set to open Abu Dhabi

08/08/18, 10:31 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain | Plenty, vertical farming

Plenty plans to start selling locally grown produce, including kale and other leafy greens, to communities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai early next year

Swift Navigation Case Study: Northstar Robotics

08/07/18, 08:12 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | Business Development, case study

By coupling its cloud and open autonomy platforms to disrupt agriculture, Northstar Robotics is on track to solve farm labor shortages and reduce farm input costs.

Fluence Significantly Increases Yield and Secondary Metabolites in San Francisco Cannabis Vertical Farm

08/01/18, 05:57 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain | Cannabis, Indoor Farming, lighting, vertical farming

Eve Farms is leveraging SPYDRx PLUS LED solutions to dramatically increase plant canopy and sustainably produce award-winning cannabis for Californian market

A Look At Irrigation Management Practices In Nebraska

07/31/18, 08:44 AM | Lighting | irrigation, soil, weather | Iteris, Inc.

Running sprinklers on the right, impending downpours on the left - color me confused. Why would growers, who are much more knowledgeable about their crops, put down water when thunderstorms are rumbling on the horizon?

Giant indoor vertical farm backed by Chinese firm launching just east of Las Vegas Strip

07/30/18, 01:45 PM | Lighting | AgTech, Indoor Farming, vertical farming

Jeff Daniels for CNBC: The vertical farm requires 90 percent less water than a traditional farm and uses about 50 percent less energy than most other indoor ag facilities.

Smart Agriculture With The Advent Of IoT And Drones

07/26/18, 08:46 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | drones, IoT

Smart Farming is a capital-effective and hi-tech system of growing food cleanly and making it sustainable for people. It is an application of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into agriculture.

As Farmers Grow Drone Use, Privacy Issues Top List of Concerns

07/18/18, 06:04 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Survey of Farmers Highlights New Risks and Opportunities in Expanding Drone Market

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