Enter the techie farmer and precision farming
In Tarlac, an initial batch of 18 small-scale rice farmers are taking part in the pilot run of a program that intends to popularize the use of information and communication ...
One startup’s plan to grow more crops: put the germs back in
Ultimately, the company says it collected data on over 40,000 symbiotic microbes from 36,000 samples of more than 700 plant species. It then used machine learning techniques to identify important ...
Would you use ‘Facetime for Farmers’?
AgriSync, which works similarly to other two-way video apps like FaceTime, Google Hangouts and Skype, enables farmers to communicate with their advisors as soon as a problem occurs and when ...
Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP visits Rural Innovation Centre
The increasing range of practically-based RAU courses, together with the partnership of the university with GFirst Gloucestershire Local Enterprise partnership (LEP) were discussed as examples of how this can be ...
Salinas hopes to turn farm workers’ children into computer scientists
With one foot in its fields and another edged toward Silicon Valley, Salinas is trying to reboot itself as the agricultural technology center of California. It hopes to turn the ...
Apply now for the Tech City News Elevator Pitch 2016 Competition
The application process for the Tech City News Elevator Pitch 2016 competition is now open! This is the sixth series of our competition to find the nation’s top tech startups. ...
Infrared cameras helping Utah beekeepers inspect hive populations during winter
If you Google thermal images of beehives, you’ll find them, but nobody has used, at least to my knowledge, nobody’s been using the thermal imaging to diagnose the health of ...
Game Changer: Hagie Helps Young Inventor Realize Dream of Taking His Idea to Market
The young entrepreneur and the well-known sprayer company were connected through Successful Farming magazine’s Innovation Showcase contest. Read more
The Yield Lab Selects 2016 Cohort of Agtech Startups, Investing $100k in Each
Agtech startup accelerator The Yield Lab has selected six startups to form its latest cohort. The group will invest $100k into each business and spend nine months mentoring, training and ...
Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm
Spread, a vegetable producer, said industrial robots would carry out all but one of the tasks needed to grow the tens of thousands of lettuces it produces each day at ...