Global Re-Fuel's "Hot Chicken" Contest Gives One Lucky Poultry Farmer a New Warm-air Biomass Furnace - A $100,000 Value!
Global Re-Fuels PLF-500 warm-air biomass furnace converts raw poultry litter into energy, providing heat to broiler houses while eliminating the need for propane.
Outback Guidance by AgJunction Launches Hands-Free Farming Campaign at The Farm Progress Show 2017 in Decatur, Illinois
The hands-free farming campaign is focused on building a community to share their experiences, suggestions, and best practices around cost-effective precision farming systems that work for farms of all sizes.
Michelin Showcases Technical Leadership in Agriculture Tires of the Future at Farm Progress Show
Michelin innovation drives change, provides solutions for farmers
Surna Rebrands to Reflect Company Growth and Changing Cultivation Industry
New website and brand development strategy highlight technology's impact on cultivation industry
EU's future cyber-farms to utilise drones, robots and sensors
Anthony King, From Horizon Magazine: Bee-based maths is helping teach swarms of drones to find weeds, while robotic mowers keep hedgerows in shape.
Ag-tech: The automated farm
Tara Duggan for The San Francisco Chronicle: In the field, self-propelling harvesters lop off the heads of cabbages, then funnel the 8-pound goliaths to workers who trim and sort them. Inside a nearby Taylor Farms packing plant, a three-armed robot pivots and turns to maneuver bagged salads squarely into packing boxes.
A Brief History of Modern Farming
The idea of growing plants year-round by controlling environmental factors dates back as far as the Roman Empire. Emperor Tiberius Caesar had moveable plant beds built that could grow cucumbers year-round by being brought inside during cold or unfavorable weather.
Going Against the Grain - to Grow Grain
Meet the exceptional women of the Corn Producers Association of Texas, who journeyed from city to farm, and discovered that farming today is based on advance science and sophisticated technology that maximizes production while conserving resources.
FORGET PRECISION AGRICULTURE: DRONE HERDING IS TAKING OFF
Malek Murison for We Talk UAV: Luckily, a few farming pioneers have started using their drones to herd animals, including cattle and sheep, from one place to another.
Forbes Partners with The Rise Fund and Echoing Green to Launch $500,000 Global Under 30 Impact Challenge
-Competition is open to creative entrepreneurs around the world, under 30, who are driving
positive social and environmental impact through successful for-profit enterprises
-Entrepreneurs will compete for up to $500,000 in value
A winner will be awarded on stage at the fourth annual Forbes Under 30 Summit,
Oct. 1-4 in Boston
-#Under30Summit
Zerez Holdings Corporation DBA Smart Cannabis Deploys First Installations of its Advanced Mobile Greenhouse Monitoring Automation System
President John Taylor stated, "This is the start of many milestones to come in our product line beyond advanced greenhouses.
In India, an Uber for farm machinery aims to make a difference in rural areas
Jon Russell for TechCrunch: The concept is actually quite straightforward. EM3 works with farmers who own equipment like tractors, harvesters and other mechanical implements by allowing them to 'rent out their assets to help pay off the purchase or generate additional revenue.
Mouser Electronics and Grant Imahara Explore Vertical Farming in Shaping Smarter Cities Series
Imahara learns about how these technological innovations are helping to feed a growing population plagued by extreme space restrictions and resource limitations.
XAIRCRAFT Launched in Japan Targeting Global Precision Farming
Japan is one of the first countries using large-scale UAV on plant protection in the world. Take rice as an example, ground vehicles spray about 22% (in 2014), and the proportion of UAV plant protection has reached 36%.
New Fortune 500 Global AgTech Customer Deploys Heliospectra Intelligent LED Lighting Solutions
Heliospectra Secures First Order with Global AgTech Leader to Support Consistent, High Quality Crops and Commercial Food Production
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Innovative SWIR camera for UAV based spectral remote sensing
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