Not all greenhouses are created equal. Variance in greenhouse design, heating systems, and structural materials make certain greenhouses more applicable for colder climates than others. For instance, a hoop house might be a great season extender for a grower in the Pacific Northwest, but it couldn’t withstand high wind and snow loads that occur in regions like the Midwes...
LiDAR technology was first developed in the early 1960s when engineers and land surveyors were producing maps. It wasn’t an acronym back then but a combination of “light” and “radar”. The LiDAR sensors were costly at that time and were exclusively used by planes. The problem with planes is they’re manually operated, expensive, and the results are inaccurate. What is a L...
When people think of the future, they often envision a world of advanced technology and dwindling natural resources. Many imagine humans travelling to Mars and even dream of growing plants on the rocky planet. These ideas seem a long way off, but to Tusya Garibashvili, the future is already here. In 2018, the agricultural entrepreneur co-founded 'Space Farms', an innova...
Abby Prior, Chief Commercial Officer Tell us about BrightFarms and your products. What are your newest offerings? BrightFarms is a leader within the indoor-grown leafy greens category, serving the freshest, tastiest, and most responsibly grown produce to consumers nationwide. Our hydroponic greenhouse farms are built in the communities we serve, eliminating time, distanc...
PharmCloud™ today formally introduced their commercial state-of-the-art indoor cultivation facility which leverages the most advanced and automated horticulture technologies and science to deliver consistently pure, customizable cannabis crops, available in small to large quantities for a variety of applications. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma with an amazing support of loc...
The concept of agrivoltaics, also called agri-PV or agro-PV, makes dual use of land for agriculture and solar energy generation, and it is one of the research fields that has been emerging in recent years with a large variety of novel agri-PV systems. The SYMBIOSYST project is an Innovation Action funded by the Horizon Europe programme (Grant Agreement N. 101096352), st...
Verdant’s primary product, “Robotics-As-A-Service” (RaaS), is currently being used on a wide variety of specialty crops across thousands of acres, with orders pending for tens of thousands more, according to a press release from Verdant. The technology is an autonomous platform that can weed, fertilize, and treat plants for pests and diseases, all while collecting data f...
Over the last 10 years, data collection and utilization has grown exponentially across the agriculture industry, helping farmers increase their efficiency. The new Panorama product helps farmers upload data collected by their Precision Planting products to the platform of their choice. Our goal is to make 20|20 data the most portable in the industry, Justin McMenamy, vi...
New Holland’s Straddle Tractor Concept is the winner of a gold medal at the German Award Design 2023 in the category Excellent Product Design. The German Design Award is the prestigious prize awarded by the German Design Council, Germany’s design and brand authority based in Frankfurt am Main. The jury members form a unique network of experts in innovations and design. ...
New Holland is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its CX flagship range that has defined super conventional combine harvesting. Since its launch, it has constantly raised the bar on capacity, flexibility and harvest quality. A true technology leader, the CX has pushed the boundaries of innovation, collecting 33 prestigious awards during its long career. The more than 20...
AE50 awards honor the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products or systems for the food and agriculture industries The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named New Holland 2023 Guardian™ Front Boom Sprayer with PLM Intelligence™ and Pro-Belt™ Series Variable Chamber Round Balers winner of a 2023 AE50 award. AE50 awards ho...
It was in 2021 that CLAAS introduced a third, customer-specifiable drive variant for the front attachment on the JAGUAR 900 and JAGUAR 900 TERRA TRAC models in the form of an additional hydraulic drive for the reel of the PICK UP. This drives the reel independently of the intake auger with automatic, variable speed adjustment relative to the ground speed. The result is a...
Event organizers have plenty to worry about before a show. When the event is held in a desert region, though, a 100-year rain usually isn’t one of them. But that’s what happened two days before Tech Day in December held by CNH Industrial in Arizona. Luckily, CNH — whose brands include Case IH, New Holland and Raven — was able to go on with the show to highlight autonomy,...
California based ag start-up, Monarch Tractor, unveiled its groundbreaking MK-V all-electric, driver-optional tractor in late December 2020 and has now successfully produced its first commercial models and delivered to its very first customer, Constellation Brands. The client, a leading global premium, fine wine and craft spirits producer and largest beer importer in th...
Individual applicants can be awarded grants of between £500,000 and £1.5m. Applications will open on 9 January 2023 and close on 15 March 2023 for UK-registered businesses. To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate how their project will benefit English farmers or growers, and all work must be carried out in the UK. The size of the grant an applicant can claim varie...
The average price of a litre of petrol at the pumps is now €1.60/L, a 17c or 9.8% drop since last month, and the lowest average price for petrol since September 2021. The average price for a litre of diesel is now €1.74/L, which is a decrease of of 22c/L or 11.3% compared to November. The fuel survey shows that this is the lowest price recorded in Ireland for diesel si...
Southern NSW agricultural machinery manufacturer, Coolamon, is planning to dramatically increase production in 2023 due to unprecedented demand. The boost in capacity will see spreaders and chaser bins return to production in 2023, with a 30 per cent increase in output for chaser bins alone. “The demand we are seeing Australia wide is really strong for our production r...
Robotics company FJ Dynamics (FJD) will launch its LandMaster Navigation System in Europe in the second half of 2020. The system was launched last year and has since then been on the market in countries such as Japan and China.
Global robotics company FJ Dynamics wants to transform traditional farming with the power of data. It has developed a range of smart machines to boost production and sustainability while reducing the risk to, and the physical demands on farmers. For years, data has helped farmers decide when to plant, when to harvest, what types of crops to grow, how much fertilizer a...
The company Bertagni is an Italian fresh filled pasta producer, founded in Bologna by Luigi Bertagni in 1882. Luigi Bertagni, with his brothers Ferdinando and Oreste, not only made high quality fresh tortellini, but also developed a method in order to package and conserve them. Thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of Bertagni brothers, their tortellini were appreci...
Since February 2020, Marco van der Velden has been Managing Director and CEO of Berg Hortimotive Group. With a background in the metalworking industry and general machine building, he has the broad base required to lead this group - consisting of Berg Hortimotive BV and HortiKey BV. Even more so because these companies continue to expand globally with their growth strate...
Enidine’s ECO OEM Small Bore and OEMXT Mid-Bore Adjustable Series Shock Absorbers can now be found on the TraceParts CAD content platform.
A lot of jobs require some travel – but that typically doesn't mean being sent across the world for seven months at a time. That's the life Kenan van Onselen, Kyle Bradford and Hendrik Potgieter have lived the past few years. They head to North America from their home of South Africa to work the harvest for Braathen Harvesting, a nearly 50-year-old custom harvesting o...
On the occasion of AGRITECHNICA 2017, RAUCH will present the worldwide first fertiliser spreader drone which is able to fly. The RAUCH engineers based their development on the AGRONATOR octocopter with 8 rotors, a diameter of 4 m and a total weight of 80 kg. The spreading material capacity is as much as 30 kg. RAUCH has successfully tested the AGRONATOR for the spreading...
Targeted seeding featuring swarm technology They are mobile. They are cloud-controlled. And they are many. They are the field robots of the future from Fendt. As a team, they collaborate in a completely autonomous and efficient way and with high precision. The basic idea is simplification. How? Fewer sensors, robust control units and a clear hardware structure make e...
Developed by Massey Ferguson’s own in-house team, the powerful, ISOBUS compatible terminal’s 9in touch-screen uses the most modern technology to make it as easy to use as the latest tablets and smartphones. “Massey Ferguson engineers have invested 30 years of experience in creating the fifth generation of Datatronic – another innovation landmark,” says Campbell Scott,...
Our EcoSensors System is now also featured on AgriExpo with a Virtual Stand, allowing you to easily reach us from anywhere in the world to get more information or purchase the sensor system best suited to your needs. What will you find at our stand on AgriExpo? At our stand, you can explore our entire line of EcoSensors System products. EcoSensors System is the IoT dis...
Silos Spain has started the expansion of Alisur’s wheat storage facility, a leading company in Chile’s agro-industrial sector. The project involves the installation of a 4,000-ton silo, designed to enhance grain handling and storage efficiency at their main site. With civil works now complete, we are moving forward with the silo assembly, which meets the highest safety a...
The INPI 2024 Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday 27 November in Paris, in the presence of numerous guests from the innovation and intellectual property ecosystem. Chaired this year by Bruno Bonnell, Secretary General for Investment, in charge of the France 2030 plan, the jury recognised : INFACO (Cahuzac-sur-Vère, Occitanie) Winner of the Export category, Infaco is t...
A bulk storage hall is a PVC hall or warehouse explicitly designed to store bulk material. The unique feature of the bulk warehouse is the structure. It’s intended to receive the load caused by bulk material and loaders. The walls of the bulk warehouse are covered from the inside, with wood, plywood, or concrete slabs. Bulk material can be stored in the warehouse up to a...
PVC hall is practically maintenance-free and easy to maintain, but you still need to take proper care of it. If necessary and you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact FinEst-Hall Factory representative.
When buying a PVC hall, you will wonder how big it should be.What is the possible width, length, height? How many doors should PVC hall have, and how big should they be?This article will try to find answers to these questions and draw attention to what must be kept in mind when purchasing PVC hall.
As the open-source community was developed, so has embedded systems’ popularization. Choosing an appropriate embedded operating system can make more functions to be implemented in a single device. The Linux distros, Yocto and Debian, are by far the ideal choice for embedded systems. Let’ s look at the similarities and differences between the Yocto and Debian to select t...
We are excited to announce our growth in Latin America, strengthening our footprint across the region with several major grain storage projects. Currently, we are assembling a corn storage plant in Bolivia, where we’ve also completed the first phase of a soybean processing facility. In Panama, we’re making progress on a rice storage plant, while in Mexico, we are carryin...
Recently, our company welcomed a group of customers from Nigeria, Africa, who came to our company's production workshop for a field visit, aiming to gain an in-depth understanding of the production process, technical performance and after-sales service of our cassava harvester MSU1600, in order to introduce advanced agricultural machinery and equipment to help the mechan...
For years, soil moisture has been a central metric in agricultural irrigation management. However, the concept of Plant Available Water (PAW) goes beyond simple moisture levels. PAW refers specifically to the range of soil moisture that plants can actively absorb through their roots. It sits between field capacity—when the soil has absorbed as much water as it can after ...
