Tag: Technology
Meet the Farmer: This soil nerd is most intrigued by what...
Editor’s Note: AFN’s Lauren Stine collaborated with Successful Farming’s Laurie Bedord to interview Lynn Rohrscheib about her farm and use of technology.From driving equipment to...
Ag robotics startup Tortuga comes out of stealth with Tesla co-founder...
“One thing I learned in the car business is how tough the environment is on the road and it’s a very similar problem...
Zap! This UK startup just raised €6.5m to commit electricide on...
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From whisky barrels to microalgae-based pet foods: MiAlgae raises £1m
MiAlgae, an Edinburgh-based biotech startup exploring new production techniques for microalgae, has raised £1 million ($1.3 million) to seek commercialisation in aquaculture and...
Soy checkoff’s Tech Toolshed is gold mine for understanding how farmers...
Farmers are inundated with information: prices, weather forecasts, promotions for inputs, news updates on trade wars, and more. According to soybean and corn...
Humanitarian Tech: AgriWebb launches Helping Hands Project for victims of Australian...
Australia-based livestock management software company AgriWebb launched the Helping Hands Project this week to help Australian farmers affected by fires regardless of whether...
The planty cube is a vertical farming system assembled like LEGO...
Agriculture IoT startup n.thing has developed ‘planty cube,’ an automated vertical farming system that allows users to maintain crops at any time and from...
How super-detailed drone mapping is changing farming forever
To stay profitable in an increasingly tough environment, farmers must use their land and other resources to their maximum potential. The amazingly detailed imagery...
‘Farmers must adopt new technologies for profit’
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture is committed to refocusing the agricultural sector by educating farmers on the right technologies to adopt during production, processing,...
Biofuel sparks hundreds of farmer machinery repair complaints
The use of biofuel has sparked hundreds of complaints from farmers who claim it is forcing them into "unacceptable" costly machinery repairs.
Adding biofuel -...
IITA Unveils Digital Tools For Agricultural Transformation
…As Dr Sanginga marks 8 years in IITA as Director General; The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Friday unveiled a suite digital...
AT ICERIA 2019, IITA introduce Goseed for Smallholder Farmers
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has disclosed that it has introduced a facility called Goseed to smallholder farmers in the country which...
IITA to Launch Seed-based E-commerce Website
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will on Friday, November 1, 2019 launch the first e-commerce website for Breeder & Foundation Seed in Nigeria.
Drones Offer Ghana’s Farmers Hope of Better Yields – and Income
ACCRA - Smallholder farmers in Ghana are adopting drone technology for crop surveillance in a bid to increase yields and incomes.
The new technology is...
Unlock the Proven ROI of Ag Software
Business leaders ask about return on investment (ROI) almost daily when facing critical decisions — should I go with Option A or Option B?...
