Smart farming

The new 80-acre John Deere demonstration farm is a partnership between Deere and Iowa State University (ISU). - Photo: Deere

01-11-2022 | News

John Deere demo farm to focus on soil health in grain production

Gustav Samuelson (centre) explains to a group of Dutch and Belgian farmers and dealers why they are stepping away from organic farming. - Photos: René Koerhuis

26-10-2022 | Article

Swedish farmers stepping away from organic farming

Farmers Business Network (FBN) seems like a really big help for farmers, giving them more power and a more level playing field for their farm business success. There is only one catch; FBN is not owned by farmers. Photo: Canva

21-10-2022 | Expert opinion

Farmers Business Network farmers can still seize power with their data now

DataFarming has developed a web application that delivers satellite imagery to any farmer in the world.

10-10-2022 | Article

DataFarming aims to offer growers cheap and easy access to satellite imagery

The AppHarvest Berea Farm in Kentucky is to be the world’s largest indoor farm that features autonomous harvesting of salad greens.

06-10-2022 | News

AppHarvest’s 15-acre indoor farm features autonomous harvesting

Trimble introduces its next-generation displays for precision agriculture applications – the Trimble GFX-1060 and GFX-1260 displays.

04-10-2022 | News

Trimble launches next-generation displays for precision agriculture

InnerPlant develops genetically engineered crops that can give off warning signals in case of drought, pests or nitrogen shortage so farmers can act quickly.

03-10-2022 | News

John Deere invests in tech that lets genetically engineered crops “talk” to farmers

To help farmers make sure their (autonomous) agricultural equipment is using all the latest and greatest machine learning models, Wallaroo launches Air Gap Edge Deploy. It allows farmers to deploy machine learning and it ensures that the flow of data to and from the machine is uninterrupted in areas with little or no internet connection.

26-09-2022 | News

Air gap solution lets farmers deploy machine learning without internet connectivity

NASA's OpenET tool uses publicly available data to provide satellite-based information on evapotranspiration. It's a measurement that farmers can use to estimate the amount of water being taken up or used by their fields and crops and that will usually need to be replaced through irrigation or rainfall. - Photo: NASA Harvest

21-09-2022 | Article

How is NASA trying to help farmers?

Yield monitoring technology will continue to be the biggest contributor to the growth of the precision ag market.

20-09-2022 | News

Yield monitoring technology to dominate precision ag market

Amazone significantly expands factory in Leipzig

02-05 | Expert opinion

‘Capital Expenses – Part 1: Rethinking Big Iron’

Tx Trimble launches NAV-960 GNSS receiver for precision farming