Nov 30, 2023 | Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects a shortage of agricultural workers able to use new technologies and plans to help two Missouri universities better train them. Lincoln University in Jefferson City and Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla...
Nov 16, 2023 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Government
Artificial intelligence is already a workhorse in the technology that allows tractors to identify weeds and tailor herbicide spraying, determine when a crop is ready to harvest and weave together satellite and soil data to make efficient use of fertilizer. But Senate...
Nov 9, 2023 | Agriculture, Featured, Robots, Solar
Seattle-area agtech startup Aigen is aiming to scale up production of its weed-destroying robots and broaden its footprint on farms across the U.S. The company on Thursday revealed the investors in its new $12 million investment round. ReGen Ventures led the...
Oct 11, 2023 | Agriculture, Featured, Robots
Autonomous farm robots guided by GPS can plant and harvest multiple crops in close proximity, enabling beneficial interactions between different plants and potentially boosting biodiversity. Strip cropping, which involves partitioning fields into narrow bands...
Aug 9, 2023 | Agriculture, Robots
British agricultural technology start-up Small Robot Co. has invented a mobile delta autonomous mobile robot that can weed agricultural fields without using chemicals. The wheeled robot is equipped with three delta robots that independently position...
Apr 13, 2023 | Agriculture, Drones, Robots
Drones are being used for an ever widening range of agricultural applications enabled by new technology and diminishing regulatory constraints. Most current drone options are small, battery powered units and when equipped with cameras or other sensors and they are...
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