Tyson sued over ‘climate smart’ beef and other ‘greenwashing’ claims
As shoppers weigh the health and environmental impacts of their grocery items, food and agriculture companies are rolling out more...
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Sep 202 min read
Robots in agriculture: simple tasks prove challenging for machines
Despite technological advances, robots still struggle with agricultural tasks that are easy for humans, such as weeding and harvesting...
Sep 202 min read
SmartProbe lets farmers use smartphones to tackle soil compaction
US-based Terraform Tillage has introduced SmartProbe, a system that enables farmers to connect their smartphones to almost any brand of...
Sep 192 min read
Agriculture set to take center stage at COP29
The host country for the upcoming U.N. climate summit released a list of priorities that emphasizes methane reduction over a fossil fuel...
Sep 191 min read
Kubota North America Corporation acquires Bloomfield Robotics
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, Japan, through its North American subsidiary, Kubota North America Corporation, has acquired Bloomfield...
Sep 182 min read
JBS unlocks renewable gas production at US beef and poultry plants
With help from GreenGasUSA’s on-site systems, the Brazil-based meat giant plans to transform methane from its wastewater streams into...
Sep 182 min read
Bayer and other seed giants defeat farmer price-fixing lawsuit
A judge dismissed claims that agricultural chemical companies such as Syngenta and Corteva purposefully avoided e-commerce sites as a...
Sep 172 min read
Gene-editing startup Pairwise partners with Corteva, unveils $40M funding round
The announcements add to collaborations with Bayer and underscores a shift in the agtech company’s focus away from producing seedless...
Sep 172 min read
Level control and greater ground clearance for new Ekobot Weeding Robot
After Homburg took over the import of the Swedish Ekobot WEAI weeding robot earlier this year and became the owner of the startup in...
Sep 162 min read
Are strawberries tasting worse? Tech platform says it can help fruit maintain quality
New labels track the humidity and temperature of berries, helping producers maintain a fresher, sweeter fruit. Strawberries are a finicky...
Sep 161 min read
Definitive ban on DJI drones in the US nears
The US Congress has passed a bill that could potentially ban the use of DJI drones. The US House of Representatives has adopted the...
Sep 133 min read
Agtech Seedlings: H-2A worker management app addresses seasonal farm challenges
Also in this week’s farm technology news: Kubota acquires a Pittsburgh-based robotics startup, and GreenVenus unveils fast-growing...
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