crop health assessment News
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Soil moisture for crop health topic of symposium
Soil moisture sensing through either contact or remote technology captures soil-plant-water information that relates closely with plant water availability and use. Innovations in remote sensing technologies can inform plant health assessments and more. The “Soil Moisture Sensing for Crop Health Assessment and Management” symposium planned at the Resilience Emerging from Scarcity ...
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PRISM holds review training on on-site crop health assessment and information gathering
The Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) project conducted a review training on crop health issues for 31 participants from eight Philippine Department of Agriculture Regional Field Offices on September 16-19 at IRRI Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. The review training provided the participants with the knowledge and skills for conducting effective assessments of crop health ...
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Modern rice information system helps DA plan and respond to disasters
Reliable information based on satellite data and ground observations can help the Philippines prepare for and mitigate the effect of recurring disasters, such as typhoons and El Niño, on rice areas in Mindanao. Since 2014, the Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) has been providing the Department of Agriculture (DA) with timely seasonal data on rice area and yield and assessment of ...
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Small Robot Co launches robot services to 50 farms
Salisbury, 6 June 2022 Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced the launch of its commercial Per Plant Farming robot services. Pilot trials this season have revealed herbicide applications can be cut by around 77% and fertiliser by 15%. Britain’s first fully autonomous crop-scanning service, it will roll out from this autumn to about 50 ...
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Groundswell: Small Robots and Tuckwells partner to deliver applications by exception
Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today demonstrates applications by exception at the Groundswell regenerative agriculture show, in partnership with Tuckwells, one of the UK’s leading John Deere dealerships, which has a focus on industry-leading design and technology. The first precision application of herbicides informed by robots to a UK ...
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