Editor's note: Last month Growing Produce Technology Editor Matthew Grassi published a list of 10 tech companies he feels has a chance to move the needle with specialty crop growers. It was by no means an exhaustive list, as...

This driver-less tractor from Kingman Ag Enterprises of California features a 55-gallon tank/barrel so it can go a long way before refueling. (Photo: Connor Kingman) Another driver-less tractor debuted a few weeks ago in California, bringing...

U.K. online supermarket Ocado wants to pick and pack every one of its 55,000 items that customers can order and has worked with the Horizon 2020-funded SOMA project to develop robotic 'soft hands', according to an article at FreshPlaza.com. This...

The world of precision technology is as fast moving as it is complex. Companies that at first appeared viable for the long run have long nabbed their long-awaited venture capital exits, and the segment potentially will appear dramatically different...

What do you need to do or know about the latest technology for agriculture? What will it take to position yourself for success? These and other topics were part of the Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) sixth Tech Knowledge conference...

Attendees at the DOT Demo Day on March 27 at the University of Arizona Maricopa Research Farm got an up-close look at DOT Technology Corp.'s autonomous farm robot. Attendees at the DOT demo day held at...

Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and moneyed folks who want to be a player in the effort to feed the world have discovered the $8 trillion agriculture industry, writes Lee Allen on GrowingProduce.com. Forbes magazine noticed the trend in a 2016 article,...

Smart Ag announced today that two prominent entrepreneurs in the development of agriculture technology and agri-business services have joined the tech firm as leads for the 2019 commercial launch of AutoCart – Smart Ag’s software platform and aftermarket kit that...

Not long ago, conventional wisdom said only row crop operations would adopt precision agriculture tools like irrigation sensors, GPS uplinks, and automated field equipment, according to an article on GrowingProduce.com. However, the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry shows...

The drive toward automation from planting to harvest is underway in the specialty crop industry, writes Frank Giles on GrowingProduce.com. Growers are taking matters into their own hands developing and commercializing new technology in response to a dwindling labor...

We know precision agriculture is going to be a key component of the future of the fruit and nut industries. It’s no secret that labor is becoming harder to come by and growers are increasingly turning to automation to...

As the winter lettuce production capital of the country, Yuma, AZ is a hotbed of activity in the fall, winter, and early spring. The University of Arizona’s Yuma Center of Excellence in Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) joined the fray this...

Agriculture is going through an equivalent of what the computer industry went through in the 1970s and 1980s. That’s when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were creating the first Apples in the garage of Job’s childhood home, Bill Gates...

I’ve attended a fair number of grower seminars around the country on the potential new technology headed for the farm, and I’ve noticed something fascinating. Many of the growers are eager to learn, almost on the edge of their...

The vegetable production areas of the Central Coast of California have lifted vegetable cultivation to a high art, writes Richard Smith on GrowingProduce.com. Except for a 4-inch wide band around the seedline, growers cultivate the entire bed. That uncultivated band...

For Harvest CROO Robotics’ automated strawberry harvester, the picking wheel is the heart of technology with cameras to identify ripe berries and clamps to pick them. Photo courtesy of Harvest CROO Robotics While the immigration debate...

This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is equipped with a LiDAR camera. Photo courtesy of UF/IFAS Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis recently joined the faculty at UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee, writes Frank Giles on...