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AgLaunch is hosting 8 row crop agtech start-ups for the 2022 AgLaunch365 Row Crop Challenge. Up to five teams will be selected for the AgLaunch365 Accelerator and on-farm trials with AgLaunch Farmer Network members.
With a $26 Million grant from the National Science Foundation, Texas Tech University will led a collaboration with four other universities to research the future of fertilizer.
More than three dozen U.S. John Deere dealerships will now sell the GUSS autonomous sprayer. The company says the Herbicide GUSS is the first and only autonomous orchard herbicide applicator.
InnerPlant is currently developing transgenic soybeans that display a color change within several days of being infected by a disease.
The free online event is titled “Agroterrorism Remains a Significant Threat to U.S. Farms and Food Supply” and is set for Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at 3 p.m. CDT.
More than ever, farmers’ trusted advisers need insights on precision agriculture, sustainability and product technology such as biostimulants, energy-efficient fertilizers and coatings.
“The early autonomy customers are helping us define the future and they are a key part of setting the direction for the product,” says Ben Voss, director of sales at Raven.
Startups focusing on row crop innovations can now apply for a chance to pitch their idea before a national audience of leading farmers, retailers, farm advisors, and agronomists at Farm Journal’s 2019 AgTech Expo
“We are excited about the caliber and vision of these teams, and their capacity to totally transform the future of row crop agriculture,” said Schuyler Dalton, of AgLaunch.
FMC Ventures announced its first portfolio investment in Trace Genomics, Inc.
Teams spent five days in Tennessee refining their value proposition, meeting with leading farmers and agricultural industry experts, and improving their pitches for the Row Crop Challenge at AgTech Expo.
The Biden administration announced funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build a “convenient and equitable” charging network of 500,000 stations.
A John Deere Model H tractor and Model 290 planter could plant 30 acres a day. And 70 years later, today’s 24-row planter can plant more than 45 acres per hour.
Ford’s newly revealed electric version of the F-150 pickup doubles down on a bet that the company can beat Tesla, convincing long-time fleet and business customers that going electric saves money.
Sabanto marks the fund’s second investment, the first being an investment in Monarch Tractors last November.
Starting in 1993, Precision Planting was led by founder Gregg Sauder. In 2012, the company went through a series of acquisitions (and one potential acquisition). With the launch of Radicle Agronomy, here’s a look back.
“Precision and autonomy are an opportunity for us, and Raven really helps put us in a very, very competitive position,” Wine says.
A new wave of technology development is putting farmers in the driver’s seat. Examples include EarthSense, Rantizo, Rabbit Tractors, PumpTrakr, Zimmerman Manufacturing and GroGuru.
With versatility to be outfitted with an air boom, dry spinner-spreader and liquid systems, John Deere introduces the 800R Floater for model year 2022, which replaces the previous F4365 high-capacity nutrient applicator
Beginning in 2022, all Prowlers will be equipped with a Dana HVT R2 transmission with electronic control, bringing improved fuel efficiency, controllability, and reliable performance to the T-Series Prowler platform.
The new Fendt Rogator 900 Series applicator is the first of its kind, adjusting between standard and high clearance with the push of a button to deliver season-long crop care versatility.
The FBN-assigned machine is in addition to the four of the systems (installed on four brands of sprayers) in operation in the U.S. Midwest.
As just one example, Anastasia a robotic setup from Sabanto Ag autonomously planted over 750 acres this spring across four states
In 2020 field trials, the Greeneye Technology Selective Spraying System reduced herbicide use by 78% on average, with some farmers seeing a reduction of 90% or greater.
From boom priming and a nozzle control system to multiple camera functions, the six new sprayer products will be further field-tested this year.
The technology and machine marriage mean one or more driverless machines can operate in the field without an operator present in the cab.
In mid-July, CNH Industrial announced its acquisition of Specialty Enterprises, the provider of Case IH’s aluminum spray booms since 2020.
Guardian Agriculture just partnered with Wilbur-Ellis to rollout what it calls the first fully autonomous crop protection aircraft system.
The Bilberry technology has been developed as a retrofit system for sprayers to provide both green-on-green and green-on-brown applications.
On the heels of acquiring R&D-driven AGVNT, LLC., Summit Nutrients announces its portfolio of six categories of technology aiming to elevate fertilizer to new levels of nutrient use efficiency.