Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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A low-cost monitoring module combines three-depth moisture measurements with weather variables to investigate broccoli growth in a small experimental plot.
Australia’s Soil CRC chose Sentek to commercialise a buried wireless node designed to keep soil-data equipment out of the path of machinery and livestock.
Curtin researchers are testing an approach to track fungicide-resistance mutations in grain pathogens, with partners across Australia and Europe.
USP-led research couples flexible printed electrodes with a portable Bluetooth analyser to measure selected pesticides directly on fruit and vegetable surfaces.
KNUST and international partners plan low-cost electrical resistivity monitoring to study how farming practices affect water beneath the soil surface.
A published research system links field sensors, leaf photographs and a web dashboard to investigate cucumber crop-health monitoring in Karnataka.
CARI reports a new sensor installation intended to support smallholder advice, agricultural research and climate-resilience demonstrations in Liberia.
NDSU is connecting soil and microclimate measurements through LoRaWAN, supporting crop-disease, residue-management and irrigation research across its facilities.
The OdinsAEye consortium will connect tractor-mounted cameras, weed recognition and farm software, backed by DKK 8.3 million from Innovation Fund Denmark.
USDA’s Digital Agricultural Systems Hub combines crop imagery, machine-learning resources and deployable cameras to help move agricultural computer vision from research into practical field tools.
Cambridge researchers report a major increase in laboratory screening capacity by automating images of plant-parasitic nematodes, with crop applications still a next step.
Historical example: Carnegie Mellon and Iowa State researchers combined stalk detection, a custom gripper and plant nutrient sensors.
