Articles by René Groeneveld

An infield device measures the temperature of the canopy, the ambient temperature, the relative humidity, and the solar radiation, the building blocks of understanding how well a plant transpires. - Photo's: Athena IR-Tech

01-05-2023 | Article

Understanding the water needs of crops

The agreement between the two companies will help to improve in-field data analysis for grain, corn, soybean and cotton farmers in North America, Australia and New Zealand. - Photo's: John Deere

01-05-2023 | News

New automated insights for grain growers and cotton producers

An image of fruit size tracking for strawberries. - Photo's: Bitwise Agronomy

24-04-2023 | Article

Using a GoPro camera to create forecast information

AGT head of science and business development Tristan Coram (left) and barley breeder Paul Telfer examine the new Titan AX barley at Roseworthy, South Australia. - Photo: AGT

07-04-2023 | Article

Herbicide-tolerant barley offers growers more options

The scientists in the program are talking frequently to strawberry-growers, including Australian fruit farm Burlington Berries, that is using 16 robotic harvesters of Dogtooth Technologies to pick strawberries. - Photo: Dogtooth Technologies

05-04-2023 | Article

Australian effort to deliver robot-ready strawberries

Glyphosate being applied to winter wheat. - Photo: Mark Pasveer

24-03-2023 | Article

How an EU glyphosate ban would affect farmers globally

Australian farmer Mark Swift adopted precision planting. What are the benefits in terms of crop health and yield? - Photo: Mark Swift

17-03-2023 | Article

Farmer Mark Swift: ‘Precision planting is not a panacea’

Site Manager Eva Thilderkvist of Dogtooth Technologies: “At the moment only one in a hundred berries is not picked right. That is really good. And we are learning and improving the robots. They will be faster eventually.” - Photo: Dogtooth Technologies

17-03-2023 | Article

Strawberry-picking robots contribute to peace of mind for Tasmanian grower

Pernod Ricard Winemakers currently has 19 Oxins in its fleet. - Photo: Smart Machine Oxin

07-03-2023 | Article

An autonomous machine in the vineyard: ‘It never goes quite how you expect’

SwarmFarm is looking to have its SwarmBot robots deployed in North America this year and is looking for the right opportunity to expand into the European market. - Photo: SwarmFarm Robotics

06-03-2023 | News

SwarmFarm to launch its SwarmBot technology in North America this year

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René Groeneveld Correspondent for Australia