Australia gets its first fully automated commercial farm Hands-free farm to demonstrate the future of farming through robotics and artificial intelligence.
Ripe Robotics starts trials with fruit picking robot Eve Ripe Robotics' third generation robotic fruit harvester is capable of picking apples and oranges.
The technology that could stop the use of plastic mulch A sprayable biodegradable polymer membrane can help farmers produce more with less inputs.
LYRO: A plug and play packing robot that keeps on learning LYRO Robotics developed a packing robot that can handle most fruits and quite a few vegetables.
New NZ $ 40M investment fund for New Zealand technologies Finistere Ventures launched a NZD $40M fund in partnership with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.
GrowAG gives Australian farmers access to latest technology Free platform shows agrifood innovation opportunities and a database of research projects.
Precision planting improves yield and saves on seed costs Potential benefits of precision planting will be greatest in crops with high seed input costs.
"Massive turnaround" due to precision ag Australian farmer Adam Schreurs experienced a "massive turnaround" due to a trial with precision ag.
"Soil sampling vital for accurate application of fertiliser" Remote vision data does not offer sufficient information for the accurate application of fertiliser.
John Deere launches digital farming hub The new John Deere Digital Agriculture Hub will offer digital information, insights and learnings.
SwarmFarm will produce one robot per week Australian SwarmFarm Robotics has raised AUD $4.5 million (US$ 3.28m) to scale up its production.
South Australia wants more producers to invest in agtech Agtech demonstration farms and start-up hubs are part of South Australia's AgTech Strategic Plan.
Future of Australian agriculture depends on agtech ACOLA report identifies technologies that can help Australian agriculture face future challenges.
Australian planter manufacturer goes to 92 metre working... Australian Multi Farming Systems has plans for a 92 metre Multiplanter and an autonomous version.
AutoWeed develops spraying robot for sugarcane farms Australian AutoWeed's spraying robot could reduce herbicide usage on sugarcane farms by up to 80%.
Controlled Traffic Farming halts soil compaction Growers in Australia have halted the worsening of soil compaction with Controlled Traffic Farming.
Project to demonstrate benefits of soil amelioration Large amount of variability in grain yield response to soil amelioration treatments shown.
Lack of mobile coverage holds Australian farmers back Australian farmers are being held back investing in the next generation of 4G linked technology.
Technology to change the way horticulture is managed Australian company The Yield focuses on a problem all growers share: uncertainty created by weather.
Robotics Plus beta tests Unmanned Ground Vehicles The UGV’s can replace a heavy tractor vehicle with a human operator with a smaller, unmanned machine.