Farm Tech News

The agricultural industry is embracing digital transformation for better working, data-sharing and collaboration, says Greenlight Farm Management, which enables efficient, agile and productive working on the move.

An imperfect storm of Brexit and Covid, plus a stronger pound making the EU more attractive for European seasonal labourers, saw casual labour disappear overnight. Suddenly, automation is not just a choice, but a necessity.

An innovative precision farming platform is employing artificial intelligence (AI) in the battle against weeds in grassland.

Farmplan, a leading agricultural software specialist, has released a Gatekeeper update that delivers improved integration with Claas machines, utilising wireless data transfer for enhanced functionality and efficiency.

Robert Sullivan of GSC Grays and farm manager of Raby Estates, has been looking at how to introduce variable rate applications across the two farms that make up the estate in both Durham and Shropshire.

TerraMap Carbon offers a groundbreaking way of measuring soil carbon without actually having to break ground! So says Andrew Pitts, host farmer of the Helix National Helix Farm of farm business JW Pitts & Sons located at Mears Ashby and Whiston in Northamptonshire.

Popular farm safety app Smart Farmer went live with two new features this month – lone working and field hazard identification – adding to its already impressive list of safety offerings. With the number of farm deaths and injuries still at a troublingly high level, these features are a must-have for farmers and farm workers.

Independent research firm, IFF Research are searching for recent AgriTech graduates or anyone currently working in the AgriTech field.

Claas has entered a cooperative venture with Dutch start-up AgXeed B.V. and acquired a minority shareholding in the company’s international funding round as a mark of its commitment.

Dickey-john, which pioneered the use of 149MHz/UGMA technology when its GAC 2500 was released in 2010, introduces its all-new GAC 2700-UGMA Grain Analysis Computer.

Drones are changing the face of farming, allowing for precision, optimisation, visualisation and application in ways that have never been seen before. This year’s Cereal’s Event is showcasing the very latest developments.

A drone which mimics bird flight could make the technology more usable for farmers in remote and windswept landscapes.