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Burro is one of the companies that has been added to John Deere's Startup Collaborator program. The company offers autonomous robots that assist growers during harvest. - Photo: Burro

24-01-2022 | News

John Deere adds 7 companies to its startup program

Photo: ThornTek

24-01-2022 | Article

Your autonomous retrofit kit in our buying guide?

Picking robots like Eve from Ripe Robotics are still rare. Australian start-up Ripe Robotics last year started commercial trials with its third-generation robot harvester. - Photo: Ripe Robotics

21-01-2022 | Article

The worldwide search for harvesting robots

VIDEO: Unridden bed plough requires precision tuning

20-01-2022 | Video

VIDEO: Unridden bed plough requires precision tuning

SentiV can cover up to 20 hectares per day. It specialises in monitoring cereal crops, such as barley and wheat. - Photo: Meropy

20-01-2022 | Article

Robot for real-time monitoring of crops

The Tveskaeg Benchtop sensor at the Samson Agro stand on the Agritechnica exhibition back in 2019. - Photo: Samson Agro

19-01-2022 | News

Samson to test slurry analysis technology this year

FarmSense makes, installs and maintains a digital monitoring system that alerts growers and eliminates uncertainty about the pests in their fields. The FlightSensor is trained to recognise and capture the wingbeats of each pest. - Photo: FarmSense

19-01-2022 | Interview

FarmSense: ‘Pesticide-free future with insect monitoring’

Hyperspectral sensors affixed to small aircraft can accurately detect nitrogen status of crops, a new study by University of Illinois shows. - Photo: Canva

18-01-2022 | News

Detecting crop nitrogen with hyperspectral sensors on planes

Flex II sugarcane in a Embrapa test field. - Photo: Embrapa

18-01-2022 | News

Brazil develops non-transgenic CRISPR edited sugarcane

AgroScout imagery services on multiple devices. - Photo: AgroScout

17-01-2022 | News

AgroScout acquires TerrAvion assets

The Rover is electrically powered with a 24V lithium battery. It can work autonomously for 8 hours a day. - Photo: ROMI/Sony

17-01-2022 | Article

Affordable weeding robot for small farms on its way

Photo: Jan Willem Schouten

14-01-2022 | News

Your autosteer retrofit kit in our buying guide?

VIDEO: Comparing common- and fixed tramline harvesters

14-01-2022 | Video

VIDEO: Comparing common- and fixed tramline harvesters

Illustration: Tony Tati

13-01-2022 | News

$ 350,000 to develop driverless tractor swarms

Australian grain growers expect to harvest Australia's largest ever crop this year. - Photo: Rene Groeneveld

13-01-2022 | News

Grain agtech challenge launched in Australia

Photo: Sabi Agri

12-01-2022 | Article

Sabi Agri offers range of driver-optional electric tractors