Articles by René Groeneveld

Farmer Sam Coulton says the cotton fields easily ‘swallowed up’ the shredded cotton material, giving him confidence that this composting method has practical long term potential. - Photo: Australian Cotton

07-09-2022 | Article

The benefits of returning cotton textile waste to fields

Only in almond orchards virtually 100% mechanisation has been achieved over the past decades. The autonomous Rover of InsightTRAC optimises yield with an accurate and reliable mummy-removal system. - Photo: InsightTRAC

22-08-2022 | Article

Off-the-shelf components to speed up harvest automation

Andrew Hannon and Anna Falkiner of Cropify. “The grade can be misclassified and that is what Cropify wants to get rid of.” - Photo: Cropify

17-08-2022 | Article

Cropify offers growers technology for objective grain classification

A John Deere autonomous electric tractor prototype. - Photo: John Deere

10-08-2022 | News

John Deere electric autonomous tractor to reach Australian farms by 2026

The success of summer chickpeas will rely on significant grower consultation to see how they might manage the shorter window on farm. - Photo: GRDC

04-08-2022 | News

Improving the heat tolerance of chickpeas

LYRO can retrofit its robotic packer into existing packing lines. - Photo: LYRO Robotics

02-08-2022 | Article

LYRO to deliver robotic packers to growers

The plug-and-play technology enables the vehicle to be configured for many activities. - Photo: Madhav Dua

01-08-2022 | News

Subscription-based electric tractor for rural India

The vehicle is an electric autonomous tractor that can gently move around the farm with or without a driver. - Photo: CAKE

25-07-2022 | News

CAKE designs autonomous electric tractor

With row-specific nozzle positioning the nozzle is guided precisely over the row by active control, using a camera. - Photo: Dammann

21-07-2022 | News

German company develops row-specific nozzle positioning

Urine can be labour intensive to apply to farmland. - Photo: Henry Be

20-07-2022 | News

‘Urine could be an alternative to chemical fertilisers’

Groeneveld

René Groeneveld Correspondent for Australia