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The FlightSensor can help farmers identify harmful insects in their fields in real time. - Photo: FarmSense

30-11-2021 | News

FarmSense wins $ 2.2 million in funding for smart pest control

Sprout, developed by UK-based Muddy Machines, identifies and picks green asparagus according to grower’s specifications using AI and a patented pending gripping device. - Photo: Muddy Machines

29-11-2021 | Article

Asparagus harvesting robot sprouts success

Tensorbot uses camera vision to identify weeds and treat them in real time using super heated vegetable oil, which makes it suitable for use in organic crops. - Photo: Tensorfield

29-11-2021 | Article

Tensorbot targets and kills weeds with super-heated veg oil

Video: How does a fixed bed plough work?

26-11-2021 | Video

Video: How does a fixed bed plough work?

Baresich and his colleagues found Naïo Oz's slow speed to be a non issue since it could continue steadily operating – and with “no complaints,” in Baresich’s words. - Photo: Still from video

26-11-2021 | Article

Autonomous weeding – a year of tests

Photo: Canva

25-11-2021 | Expert opinion

Gene editing to lead a new agricultural revolution

Photo: Canva

25-11-2021 | News

Hydrogel to stimulate carbon storage in soils

Burro CEO, Charlie Andersen (far left): "We’ve focused on mobility first, rather than picking, weeding, or making an existing large, mechanized device like a tractor drive itself, because we can sell a product relatively quickly and widely, that creates value, while laying the groundwork for more comprehensive automation over time." - Photo: Burro

24-11-2021 | Interview

Burro CEO: “United States has great potential for field robots”

As a green laser beam from the laser bird repellent moves towards the birds they disperse from the area within seconds. - Photo: Bird Control Group

24-11-2021 | Article

Laser reduces bird damage in crops by up to 90%

Photo: DLG

23-11-2021 | News

ATLAS project to integrate and connect farm data sources

U.S. company Monarch Tractor's fully electric autonomous tractor can perform pre-programmed tasks without a driver or an operator can use Monarch’s interactive automation features including Gesture and Shadow modes to have the tractor follow a worker on the job. - Photo: Monarch Tractor

23-11-2021 | News

Trimble invests in Monarch Tractor

Young corn plants in a period of drought. - Photo: Twan Wiermans

23-11-2021 | News

Research: Crops remember drought conditions

Bayer will also migrate its digital farming core capabilities to the new infrastructure for its own customer-facing solutions. - Photo: Bayer Crop Science

22-11-2021 | News

Bayer and Microsoft partner to develop digital farming tools

Photo: Canva

22-11-2021 | News

Ceres Imaging helps growers make precision irrigation easier

Field robot Agrointelli Robotti with a standard Kun Haybob grass rake.

19-11-2021 | Video

VIDEO: Farming robot with grass rake

The XAG V40 agricultural drone. - Photo: XAG

18-11-2021 | News

XAG launches V40 and P40 agricultural drone globally