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Results from American Vegetable Grower’s annual State of the Industry grower survey are in and tabulated, reports Growing Produce. When it comes to technology adoption at the grower level, the numbers indicate that it remains a bit of a mixed...

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought a lot of challenges to vegetable and fruit growers, reports FreshPlaza. So what issues have they encountered in terms of cultivation and marketing? Recently, Horti China launched a series of "Hort China Talk" interviews and...

From 2016-2019, a team from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney undertook projects focusing on advancing the application of robotics, intelligent sensing systems, precision agriculture automation, and more in Australia’s vegetable industry, reports FreshPlaza. In...

There’s more to embracing technology than a deep bank account, writes Carol Miller at Growing Produce. The most innovative operations share some common themes. Here are a couple: Open-Minded Managers I visit a lot of farms. Most growers are excited to...

Being the only Part 107 FAA drone operator here at Meister Media Worldwide, I often get invited by the various editors of the many ag markets we cover to write something, anything, about drones, writes Matthew Grassi at Growing Produce. I...

A national project, involving some of Australia's leading farming stakeholders, is focused on improving the adoption of precision agriculture technologies in vegetable production systems, reports Hortidaily. Queensland's Department for Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has been leading a Hort Innovation funded...

At $64.7 billion, specialty crops comprised one-third of U.S. crop receipts and one-sixth of receipts for all U.S. agricultural products in 2017. USDA funded $287.7 million towards 213 specialty crop automation or mechanization projects from 2008 – 2018. Title VII...

Hummingbird Technologies has signed an agreement with Agrovista to provide a digital platform and remote sensing offering that complements existing agronomic services, reports Potato News Today. Using satellite data captured from arable fields, Hummingbird Technologies will create advanced crop...

The influential VISION Conference threw a spotlight on the innovations fruit and vegetable growers should watch for this coming decade, writes Matthew Grassi at Growing Produce. Normally this international forum focuses on forward-looking issues surrounding row crops. This year, it...

A critical labor shortage threatens the ability of leafy green and other cool-season vegetable growers to produce and harvest their crops, writes Richard Smith at Growing Produce. What can an operation do to gain some control over the crisis?...

University of Florida scientists are high on new drone technology that can identify two different tomato diseases — with 99% accuracy, reports Growing Produce. To help tomato growers (and maybe other farmers down the road) find diseases early and accurately,...

With the aim of establishing the necessary strategies to adapt to a constantly changing world, one in which digitalization plays an increasingly important role, the second-degree cooperative Anecoop has evolved at a technological level, to the point of adopting...

SoilEssentials Ltd., the award-winning precision farming solutions pioneers, based in Angus, Scotland, will be showcasing an innovative new product for potato growers at the forthcoming BP2019, the potato industry event, reports PotatoPro. Called Tuberzone, this new-to-the-market innovation cleverly tracks and...

Bayer and XAG has recently collaborated in Hangzhou, China to host a crop dusting drone demonstration on citrus trees, according to a company press release. Justin Gong, Co-founder and Vice President of XAG, together with Bayer's crop scientists and...

You have challenges. The cost and availability of quality labor. Food safety issues. Trade pressures. Making efficient use of scarce water resources. Dealing with mountains of data from all of the latest tools and technology, but having no way...

SVG Ventures and Produce Marketing Association (PMA) have entered a three-year strategic partnership to connect PMA growers with cutting-edge technology, according to an article at FreshPlaza. SVG Ventures will lead panel conversations on AgriFood and AgTech at PMA’s annual...

Drones can help growers address hard-to-solve production issues, writes Matthew Grassi at Growing Produce. Any time you adopt new technology, however, there’s ample opportunity to waste time and money. That’s why you’ll want advice from someone experienced with drones...