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Market Watch
December 6, 2019
Smart Farming: This Weed-Hunting Robot Is Taking to the Fields
Small Robot Company (SRC) is a pioneering UK-based agri-tech startup whose Farming-as-a-Service offering is based around a trio of lightweight robots — Tom, Dick, and Harry — that respectively monitor, feed/weed, and seed arable crops, directed by an AI...
Connectivity
September 17, 2019
ACCC: Technology Challenges Are Standing in the Way of Australian Farmers
Connectivity, interoperability, data portability, and data rights are the technology challenges that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) believes has hindered the widespread adoption of digital technologies for agricultural businesses, writes Aimee Chanthadavong at ZDNet.
During an address to...
Digital Farming
May 22, 2019
IBM Launches Watson Tools for Agriculture
IBM is hoping Watson can improve the future of food and crop years as it launched a global version of its cognitive tools for agriculture, ZDNet reports.
Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture aims to combine predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, weather data,...
Market Watch
May 14, 2019
Machine Vision Is the Newest Weapon Against Crop Loss
Crop loss is devastating for farmers. With increasing ecological volatility, it's also a fact of life, writes Greg Nichols at ZDNet.com. But a host of new techniques known collectively as "precision agriculture" or "agricultural intelligence" can help. One company,...
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