Smart farming

With ecovio® M 2351, BASF offers a certified soil-biodegradable plastic for mulch films consisting of the biodegradable co-polyester polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) ecoflex® and other biodegradable polymers made from renewable raw materials. Mulch films made of ecovio® M 2351 can be ploughed into the soil after mechanical harvest as naturally occurring micro-organisms in the soil recognize the structure of the film as food they can metabolize. When growing tomatoes, mulch films made of ecovio® can lead to an increased yield from 15 to 50 percent, less water consumption and a better weed control with less herbicides compared to bare-soil farming.

27-08-2019 | News

Soil-biodegradable plastic increases tomato yield

Future Farming 3: How to benefit from precision tech

26-08-2019 | News

Future Farming 3: How to benefit from precision tech

Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil

23-08-2019 | Article

Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil

2014-06-17 21:37:49 TO GO WITH AFP STOY by Rob LEVER, US-farm-IT-Internet-environment Andrew Isaacson watches from the cockpit of a tractor in a corn field as screens show where he has fertilized at the Little Bohemia Creek farm on June 17, 2014 in Warwick, Maryland. The farm on Maryland's eastern shore is part of a growing "precision agriculture" movement that uses high-tech tools to replace seat-of-the-pants farming. GPS auto-steered tractors cut down or eliminate overplowing and overlap that wastes fuel and time. Other technologies can sense just how much water is needed in a field to cut irrigation costs. At Little Bohemia Creek, the tractor's sensors gauge the health of various segments of a field to deliver fertilizer and other chemicals more efficiently, which has an environmental benefit. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP

22-08-2019 | News

Novatel unveils RTK From the Sky corrections

2017-09-12 19:01:45 Bananas trees are pictured at a plantation in Los LLanos de Aridane, on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, on September 12, 2017. DESIREE MARTIN / AFP

21-08-2019 | News

Artificial intelligence detects diseases in bananas

Arc GIS takes farms efficiency to industrial level

21-08-2019 | Article

Arc GIS takes farms’ efficiency to industrial level

Foto: Mark Pasveer

20-08-2019 | News

Germany invests € 60 million in digital agriculture

Translating bulk-density change to economic impact

20-08-2019 | Article

Translating bulk-density change to economic impact

Reichhardt launches smart farming app at Agritechnica

19-08-2019 | News

Reichhardt launches smart farming app at Agritechnica

Bevap, located in João Pinheiro, has more than 30 thousand hectares of planted area. Due to natural fermentation the quality of the sugar cane starts to decline immediately after harvesting and efficient transport is therefore key.

19-08-2019 | Article

Harvesting sugar cane more efficiently with AI and IoT

Fully electric and autonomous robot from Roboton tackles multiple field tasks

07-07 | Article

Robot swarm boosts big yield in Brazil

06-07 | Article

Ullmanna Newman saves up to 90% on labour costs