Weed/Pest control

Alternaria in potatoes. - Photo: Peter Roek

22-04-2024 | News

Drones and AI in the battle against Alternaria in potato crops

Agtech By Design will release a green on brown spot spraying technology, which identifies all the weeds, and is also developing a product called SpeciesSelect, which is a green on green spot spraying technology that can identify individual species of weed. - Photos: Agtech By Design

22-04-2024 | Article

New spot spraying technology for tree crops and vines

Virtually any sprayer can be retrofitted with SymphonyNozzle control. - Photo: Shutterstock/ Valentin Valkov

15-04-2024 | Article

Improving spraying applications with new nozzle technology

Traditional scarecrow. - Photos: pixabay.com

12-04-2024 | News

Laser scarecrows: A potential solution to protect crops

The success of the Ecorobotix ARA spot sprayer is remarkable. Rarely has a newcomer established itself so quickly with a new machine in the Dutch market. - Photos: Jan Willem Schouten

09-04-2024 | Article

Market seems to embrace the Ecorobotix ARA-spotsprayer

A camera-guided hoe from Schmotzer. Correction based on a camera signal is done hydraulically with a linear side shift. Schmotzer also provides a control system based on sensors. This works well in relatively large and coarse crops such as corn or sunflowers. - Photo: Schmotzer

08-04-2024 | Article

Camera-guided hoeing is here to stay

The researchers say that reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture while maintaining or improving yields is a major challenge of the coming decades. - Photo: Pixabay

04-04-2024 | News

Organic agriculture can increase pesticide use on nearby fields

Carbon robotics which already has a presence in North America and Europe, is continuing to expand worldwide. - Photos: Maxence Guillaumot

04-04-2024 | Article

Laser weeding arrives in Australia, how does it work?

According to Bayer, the new ‘greener’ herbicide can be applied using the same spraying techniques as existing herbicides like glyphosate. - Photo: Van Assendelft

29-03-2024 | News

Bayer develops alternative to glyphosate herbicide

Winning bio-product start-ups need to offer something that provides a substantial leap forward in protection against pests, diseases or weeds, not just an incremental improvement over what’s already on the market. - Photo: Canva

28-03-2024 | Article

Discover how start-ups revolutionize crop protection, offering greener solutions