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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...
Sep 20, 20242 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 20, 20242 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 20, 20242 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 19, 20242 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 19, 20241 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 18, 20242 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 18, 20242 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 17, 20242 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 17, 20242 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 16, 20242 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 16, 20241 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...
Sep 13, 20243 min read
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