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Improved design and manufacturing may result in longer lasting batteries, wider spray width, higher flow rates, and faster operational speeds. – Photo: Hylio

17-06 | Article

Spray drones gain ground: practical benefits driving adoption

Virginia Tech researchers in the USA are looking to standardize unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for herbicide spray applications. – Photo: Virginia Tech

14-06 | News

Researchers study herbicide spray applications using drones

Use of a GPS position system. - Photo: Jaap Nijboer

14-06 | News

Tractors scrambled on the eastern border of Finland by Russian interference

The Aerial WeedScout platform transforms precision weed management. – Photo: Sentera

13-06 | News

Sentera working on commercial launch of Aerial WeedScout

This spring, start-up S&dB is testing the renewed ribbon sowing concept. A total of 5 to 6 hectares will be sown in regions in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. - Photos: Mark Pasveer

13-06 | Article

Start-up S&dB tests renewed concept planting with tapes

John Deere presents new T5 and T6 combines. – Photos: John Deere

12-06 | News

John Deere presents new T5 and T6 combines

A robot arm picks up each cucumber one by one. – Photos: Koos Groenewold

11-06 | News

Dutch grower: ‘From 15 to 6 employees thanks to robot sorting line’

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’

Photo: Syngenta

10-06 | News

Syngenta opens rights to genome-editing and breeding technologies

Installation of a FarmHQ device on an irrigation pump. – Photos: FarmHQ

10-06 | Article

FarmHQ: building the internet of irrigation

The Australian vegetable industry wants to reduce the industry’s high input costs and labour challenges that affect grower profitability. – Photo: Hort Innovation

07-06 | News

Robots to boost veggie growers’ tech in Australia

Seederal tractor ploughing. – Photos: Maxence Guillaumot

07-06 | Article

Exclusive: Silent plowing with a 160 hp fully electric tractor

Ekobot developed the autonomous agricultural robot Ekobot WEAI. – Photo: Homburg

06-06 | News

Dutch company Homburg acquires Swedish Ekobot

Group Verschueren will import the electric weed control machines from Zasso. – Photo: Bert Jansen

06-06 | News

Belgian group Verschueren to import Zasso machines

Photo: MIT

05-06 | News

Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers

How exactly can AI transform viticulture - and what challenges need to be overcome on the way to fully automation? – Photos: DFKI

05-06 | News

How AI is revolutionising pruning in viticulture