High-Speed ISOBUS Demonstrated for First Time at AEF Plugfest
Marking a milestone in ag-tech history, High-Speed ISOBUS (HSI) was demonstrated for the first time by the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) at its North American 2022 Plugfest during the Commodity Classic trade show in New Orleans. With greater bandwidth and faster connection speed, roughly 4,000 times faster than the original...
Sway AI Partners with Trilogy Networks to Enable AI Technology for Precision Farming
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Sway AI announced a partnership with Trilogy Networks to join the Rural Cloud Initiative (RCI), a unique coalition of network and edge innovation partners committed to promoting and accelerating the digital transformation of rural America. Through this partnership, they will deliver a complete AI-enabled precision agriculture solution for farmers.
Agricultural software and applications are becoming more commonplace as they provide...
Dynamax Presents the new High-Performance Multi-Parameter Soil and Substrate Sensor
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The new digital WET150 Sensor measures soil moisture, temperature, and electrical conductivity (EC), and is the product of over 40 years’ development expertise. Through a series of recent design innovations, it delivers a research-grade level of quality at a price point not previously possible. These technical breakthroughs mean that growers can now integrate an accurate and rugged sensor into...
Naïo Technologies has just celebrated its 10th anniversary and 60,000 hours of operations under real conditions. The company is scaling up its development now: next January, its vineyard robot will be presented exclusively to the American market at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. Named CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Robotics category, TED intends to confirm the relevance...
Farm Management Information Systems May Now Be Certified For ISOBUS Plug-and-Play Compatibility
The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) announced today the release of the TC-GEO Conformance Test for Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS). This enhancement ensures that boundaries and prescription maps created in the FMIS are in compliance with the ISO standard, guaranteeing plug-and-play compatibility with tractor displays.
"Until today, we...
The agricultural robotics solution just celebrated its 10th birthday. Aymeric Barthes and Gaëtan Severac launched Naïo Technologies in November 2011. In 10 years, they have succeeded in establishing the international leadership of this French start-up on the ever-expanding agricultural robotics market.
This pioneer of autonomous agricultural robots is already celebrating its 10 years of existence and growth. To mark this...
The acquisition creates a sensor-based operational farming platform with autonomous driving technologies for the day-to-day management of farms.
Fieldin announced that it had acquired Midnight Robotics, a leader in autonomous agricultural driving. The acquisition creates a first-of-its-kind combination of a sensor-based operational farming platform with autonomous driving technologies to empower growers in the day-to-day management of their farms. Fieldin is already...
AgJunction announced that at its special meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders of AgJunction passed a special resolution approving a statutory arrangement pursuant to Section 193 of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), pursuant to which Kubota Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Corporation will acquire all outstanding common shares of AgJunction for cash consideration of CAD $0.75 per...
Kubota and Yamaha Motor Additionally Invest in U.S. Startup Developing Robots to Automate Strawberry Harvesting
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Automation solutions for ground crops and tree crops farming to contribute to labor-saving and efficiency
Kubota and Yamaha have additionally invested in U.S. startup Advanced Farm Technologies (hereinafter "AFT").
AFT is a U.S.-based startup seeking to raise efficiency in the agriculture field by developing and manufacturing robots for strawberry harvesting. Their TX robotic strawberry harvester combines an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)...
Lone Star Drills upgraded its LS200H and LS200H+ model drills with a Flomax 10 mud pump powered by an 8-horsepower Honda GX240 gas engine. The enhanced pump gives operators greater drilling speeds with approximately 40% more pressure and 30% more gallons of mud flow per minute over the previous pump setup.
"A mud pump is a crucial piece of equipment for ensuring mud rotary...