Feb 24, 2022 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Artificial intelligence is already gaining traction in agriculture with technology being used to detect weeds and even disease in plants, pests and poor nutrition in farms. But this has the knock-on effect of making it ripe as a target for hackers from terror...
Jan 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles, Climate
A lack of knowledge is holding many farmers back from investing in new agricultural technology, according to a new survey by NFU Mutual. Lack of access to finance was the second highest reason limiting respondents (30%), followed by uncertainty about the future (17%)...
Jan 20, 2022 | Agriculture, Drones, Featured
More than 35,000 mangrove seeds have been planted in the Mirfa lagoon in Abu Dhabi using highly innovative drone planting technology, authorities have announced. The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and ENGIE, a global energy company, said on Thursday that the...
Jan 13, 2022 | Agriculture, Internet of Things
CODA Farm Technologies, an internet of things (IoT) agriculture startup with literal roots in Western Washington’s Skagit Valley, has raised $2.2 million in venture capital. The seed round was led by Lowercarbon Capital with participation from Voyager Capital, Arnold...
Jan 13, 2022 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles
Farmers will soon be able to operate a 30,000 lbs John Deere tractor from an app. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, Deere announced it will release a fully autonomous version of its signature green and yellow 8R tractor for purchase this...
Dec 9, 2021 | Agriculture, Drones, Michigan
In the sky above one of the largest Christmas tree farms in North America, visitors are more likely to hear the whirring blades of a drone helicopter than the jingle of Santa’s sleigh. “We fly over a field and, using drones, we collect imagery and create 3-D models...
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