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Claas provides Cemos-Auto Header software for the combine. A laser scanner on top of the combine's cab detects the crop height and ensures nothing is lost during harvest, says manufacturer Claas. - Photo: Eddie Loonstra

22-06-2022 | News

Claas Auto Header system is step towards automated combine harvester

Farmer plants corn with a Lemken Azurit 9 planter. At the front of the tractor a Lemken Solitair 23 fertilizer tank is mounted. - Photo: Peter Roek

22-06-2022 | News

Pre-planting weather data determines how much spring nitrogen to apply

Photo: WeedAway

21-06-2022 | Article

Dutch develop “WeedAway” field robot for eradication of dock leaf

Photo: Amogy

21-06-2022 | News

Ammonia-powered, zero-emissions tractor demonstrated in US

Photo: FarmSense

21-06-2022 | News

FarmSense launches real-time pest monitoring system FlightSensor

The selected companies will receive up to $250,000 in non-dilutive funding to conduct technical assistance projects at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. - Photo: Courtesy of the Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis

20-06-2022 | News

Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator selects five agtech companies

Amazone says the AgXeed autonomous platforms are an excellent match for its implements range.- Photo: Amazone

20-06-2022 | News

Amazone acquires stake in startup AgXeed

XAG drone spraying cassava in Cambodia. - Photo: XAG

20-06-2022 | News

Spraying drones help cassava growers in Cambodia increase yield

The Agras T30 is DJI’s flagship for agriculture. The company confirmed that it has sold over 50,000 Agras drones worldwide. The T30 and T10 are available in over 100 countries worldwide, including North America and Europe. - Photo: DJI

17-06-2022 | Article

Reasons for optimism in fast-growing drone market

Lemken and Krone developed an autonomous vehicle that can perform various tasks without a driver. - Photos: Annelies Bakker

16-06-2022 | Article

Lemken and Krone aim for large-scale perfection with field robots

Photo: Canva

15-06-2022 | News

Intelinair launches plant disease alert for 2022 growing season

Current techniques for detecting pesticides on single products before consumption are restricted in practice by the high cost and cumbersome manufacturing of its sensors. - Photo: Canva

15-06-2022 | News

Nano-sensor instantly detects pesticides on fruit

The John Deere 8R fully autonomous tractor is displayed ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 4, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP

14-06-2022 | Expert opinion

Who is John Deere making equipment for?

The sensors are electrodes screen-printed on the index, middle and ring fingers using conductive carbon ink. - Photo: University of São Paulo

14-06-2022 | News

Glove detects chemical residues on food in a few minutes

The technology from crop.zone kills weeds with an electrical charge.The width of application is up to 12 metres. With a speed of spread of 4 km an hour, the crop.zone solution can treat around 3 hectares an hour. - Photo: crop.zone

13-06-2022 | News

crop.zone gets USD 11 million for serial production of electrical weeding system

Fendt Xaver, developed by Fendt as part of a research project, plants seeds on farms 24 hours a day with centimeter precision thanks to the Apex.OS software. - Photo: AGCO

13-06-2022 | News

AGCO adds new autonomous capabilities to Fendt Xaver field robot