Articles by Geert Hekkert

The Monarch tractor at work in Mt. Pisa, Central Otago, New Zealand at Forest Lodge Orchard; a fully electric farm with 6 hectares (14.8 acres) of various cherry varieties. Read more here.

25-07 | News

Monarch raises $133M to expand electric tractor into Europe

PepsiCo Europe and Yara partner to decarbonise crop production, supporting 1,000 farms across Europe.

18-07 | News

PepsiCo Europe partners with Yara to decarbonise crop production

Krishna Kumar - Founder & CEO, Cropin: “We aim to democratise the use of AI in food systems.’’ Photos: Cropin

17-07 | Interview

GenAI powerd platform Sage predicts crop yields globally

One of the candidates is the Italian Black Shire RC, primarily developed for fruit and grape orchards, but the tractor can also be used in an open field. – Photo: Margriet Nijenhuis

17-07 | News

Introduction to the new TOTYBot of the Year Award

<i class="">Soil science PhD student Shuohao Cai places a sensing rod, which has multifunctional sensing stickers positioned to enable multi-depth measurements, in soil at UW-Madison’s Hancock Agricultural Research Station to test the team's technology. – Photo: Kuan-Yu.</i>

15-07 | News

Low-cost printed nitrate sensors enhance precision farming

Picture generated by AI

11-07 | Expert opinion

‘Electric prototype tractor sparks discussions; ‘6 hours from the battery is a joke!’’

Future Farming robot expert Rene Koerhuis (left) in debate with farmers Jan Wilhelm von der Ohe (center) and Maximilian Hack (right) on the Expert Stage during DLG Fieldtage near Erwitte. - Photos: Koos Groenewold.

01-07 | Article

How two German farmers view their field robots

The elWObot II performing tasks in an orchard. With 5G it can perform tasks while continuously communicating with the local server for data evaluation. Photographer: Christian Kröling, LfULG

27-06 | News

5G and autonomous robots reduce resource usage by 50%

The DAT system is already mounted on several Kverneland sprayers in Norway, Germany and the Netherlands. Photo Kverneland.

26-06 | News

DAT and Kverneland cooperate on precision spraying technology

A new wave of fully electric robots is emerging, such as the Amos Power A3/A4. – Photo: Amos

11-06 | Expert opinion

‘Robots lead the way to diesel-free agriculture’

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Geert Hekkert Chief editor of Future Farming