Six startups in Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Companies seek to improve soil health, optimise pest control and scale food production.
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‘COVID-19 pandemic will push digitisation of farms’ Farmers Edge CEO Wade Barnes answers 5 questions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blueprint for Australian seaweed industry developed The goal is to establish seaweed ocean farms and develop high value products from seaweed.
New biofungicide to protect yields BioFun-1 to provide growers with a novel mode of action to address increasing fungicide resistance.
AI in agriculture to grow to $ 4.0 Billion by 2026 Growth is driven by increasing implementation of data generation through sensors and aerial images.
Precision seeding for higher yields and less weeds Higher yields and fewer weeds are possible if crops are sown in more uniform spatial patterns.
Brazilian big cities embrace urban farming In the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Porto Alegre large vertical farming projects are being started.
Pandemic highlights automation gaps – and possibilities Those working in automation technology might have busy days ahead.
Unsustainable soil erosion in parts of UK Soil resources are at risk in the medium to long term, according to new research by the University of Exeter.
Irrigation automation market worth USD 6.7 billion by 2025 Growing awareness about benefits of irrigation automation fuels growth of the irrigation automation market.
Irrigation’s cooling effect on crops 16% of yield increase from irrigation is attributable to cooling alone, a new study shows.
Required cropland halved with increased efficiency Half the land now needed to grow food crops could be spared if attainable crop yields are achieved globally.
ZeaKal boosts soybean oil output by 18% Trials show Zeakal’s PhotoSeed technology increases a plant’s photosynthetic capacity.
Vertical farming sector struggles with costs Despite optimistic growth forecasts, the vertical farming industry faces huge challenges.
More farmers investing in fertiliser efficiency More field crop farmers consider using technologies that improve efficiency of nitrogen fertllisers.
How agtech helps China prepare for spring planting While China slowly recovers from the coronavirus outbreak, agtech helps farmers prepare for spring planting.
Agtech startup WaterBit names Tony Alvarez CEO WaterBit, specialised in automated precision irrigation, has appointed Tony Alvarez as the company’s new CEO.
Indian agriculture on modernisation track since 2014 Precision farming technology is helping India increase yield and lower pressure on land.