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10 Agriculture Automation Companies Shaping the Future of Farming

Automation and robotics are changing the face of agriculture at an alarming pace. The advantages of agriculture automation are apparent: prices are reduced for consumers, the environmental footprint of farming is significantly reduced, and efficiently reduces labor costs across the board. From self-driving tractors to weeding robots and controlled environment agriculture, agriculture automation ...

May 5, 2019

By American Robotics, Inc.

American Robotics unveils fully autonomous drone system for ag

American Robotics, an industrial drone developer specializing in agricultural automation, unveiled its flagship product Scout. It is a self-charging, self-managing drone system capable of autonomously carrying out daily scouting missions. This new technology is intended to improve upon traditional scouting techniques, including first-generation and consumer drones, with the hopes of being able ...

Dec. 8, 2017

By American Robotics, Inc.

Drones in Flight at Mid Kansas Cooperative

Think that drones only belong in sci-fi movies? Think again. Drones, even autonomous ones, are not fantasy. In fact, they’re currently being developed for everyday use on farms just like yours, with the goal of saving you time and providing other tangible benefits. A trial is currently underway to demonstrate how autonomous drone technology can be practically integrated into routine ...

Jun. 26, 2018

By American Robotics, Inc.

China Association for Science and Technology Intelligent

On December 24th, the establishment of the China Association for Science and Technology Intelligent Manufacturing Society Association was held in Beijing. Shang Yong (Party Group Secretary, Executive Vice President, the Major Secretary of Secretariat of the China Association for Science and Technology), Academician Zhou Ji (Director-General of the China Association for Science and Technology ...

Jun. 11, 2019

By China Instrument and Control Society

UF/IFAS imaging system can detect citrus greening before symptoms show

A time-lapse polarized imaging system may help citrus growers detect greening before the plant’s leaves show symptoms, which should help growers as they try to fend off the deadly disease, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study shows. For the new study, Won Suk “Daniel” Lee and Alireza Pourreza wanted to know how early citrus leaves with ...

Nov. 3, 2016

By The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

The Climate Corporation Expands Operations with New Office in Seattle, Washington

The Climate Corporationtoday announced the official opening of its newest office, located in Seattle, Washington. The Climate Corporation combines Big Data, climatology and agronomy to protect the $3 trillion global agriculture industry with fully automated weather insurance products. The location was chosen because of its business-friendly environment as ...

Jan. 11, 2012

By The Climate Corporation

Main digital technologies in precision farming

We briefly covered some of the different forms of technologies that are used in precision farming. FIELD MONITORING Crop Health Monitoring (mostly based on NDVI) — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a method that is used to determine the health of crops through the analysis of drone and satellite imagery. It looks at various wavelengths of light, both visible and ...

Aug. 13, 2019

By AFS Agro Flow System GmbH

EuroTier 2018

Digitisation is also increasingly gaining ground in agriculture in parallel with automation. One company at the leading edge of development in these fields and as rich in innovation as it is in tradition is Prüllage Systeme of Holdorf in Lower Saxony. The smart farming systems developed by Prüllage in recent years have already made history in the world of "Agriculture 4.0 . Farm ...

Jan. 1, 2018

By Prüllage Systeme GmbH

The 38th AGROmashEXPO and 10th Agricultural Machine Show were successful

The digitalisation of agriculture brings stability and predictability to food production and is essential for Hungarian agriculture to remain competitive in Europe. The Minister of Agriculture talked about this at the opening of this year's 38th AGROmashEXPO International Agricultural and Agricultural Machinery Exhibition and the 10th Agricultural Machinery Show. Nearly 350 exhibitors presented ...

Mar. 5, 2020

By Hungexpo Ltd.

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