Category: Precision Ag
Automated farming tech showcased at VINE Connect event
The VINE, an initiative of University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, will host the VINE Connect: 2024 Automated Technology Field Day on June 27.
New precision sprayer available to Idaho, Oregon growers
Campbell Tractor Co. has partnered with Ecorobotix and has introduced a new precision sprayer to Idaho and Oregon growers.
Lasseter Tractor, new authorized dealer of Smart Apply
Smart Apply, Inc., announced that Lasseter Tractor Company, a John Deere dealer since 1956, is now an authorized Smart Apply dealer.
DroneCamp 2024 registration is now open
UC ANR is hosting DroneCamp 2024, which is designed to help participants use drones to map and collect field data.
GUSS introduces electric autonomous herbicide orchard sprayer
GUSS has introduced its electric herbicide orchard sprayer, which is the first electric autonomous herbicide orchard sprayer in the world.
Western Growers and S2G Ventures seek 2023 AgSharks Competition applications
Western Growers and S2G Ventures seek 2023 AgSharks Competition applications now through July 28, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.
FIRA USA welcomes more than 25 robots this September
FIRA USA, highlights robots, which are one answer to the weeding, harvesting, picking and carrying challenges facing growers.
Farmers tout technology as essential for growing future
Growers beset by high cultivation costs are turning more consistently to technology to provide relief on multiple fronts, a trend that is here to stay.
CropX acquires Tule
Acquiring its fourth company since 2020, CropX expands in California with new solutions for specialty crops and drip irrigation.
CES Awards Herbicide GUSS – 2023 Innovation Award Honoree
GUSS Automation is at it again with another award for its unmanned herbicide sprayer.
Covering FIRA 2022: A Gallery
The editors of National Nut Grower attended the FIRA Agricultural Robotics Technology Forum in Fresno, California, and were able to hear and see the future of agriculture.
Autonomous herbicide sprayer introduced
Nine sensors on the sprayer detect, target and spot spray weeds on the orchard floor, which reduces material usage and drift during application.
Smart Apply adds dealers, expanding presence in US, Australia
The company’s LiDAR-powered spray system reduces chemical and water use by an average of 50% and minimizes airborne drift up to 87%.
Closing the gap
Research teams are using imagery and action for smarter almond irrigation and water savings.
Robotic pollination for aiding wind pollination boosts pistachios
Edete Precision Technologies for Agriculture is preparing to offer artificial pollination services to pistachio growers in California in April 2022 after successful trials boosted yields 24%.