Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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A project results report described how SmartAgriHubs connected regional support organisations with agricultural technology providers, while highlighting the different maturity levels of the participating hubs.
The ATLAS project documented an interoperability network linking farm software, machines and sensors, including analytical services for fertilisation management, irrigation, livestock monitoring and satellite-data analysis.
European researchers used climbing plants to inspire growing robots, attachment mechanisms and energy-harvesting materials, opening new research directions relevant to environmental sensing and precision agriculture.
IRRI and IWMI brought digital agriculture stakeholders together in New Delhi to review an early Digital Inclusion Index and discuss how technology services reach underserved groups.
FAO examined 27 international case studies to assess how agricultural automation can improve productivity while avoiding a widening gap between well-resourced farms and small-scale producers.
CropX’s September 2024 acquisition of Iowa State spinout EnGeniousAg brought in-field nutrient-sensing technology into its portfolio, with integration into the company’s agronomic management system planned.
An April 2025 partnership aimed to integrate Treetoscope’s direct plant-sensing technology into Netafim’s GrowSphere platform, following commercial collaboration in Turkey and with expansion planned in the Americas.
CropX introduced Strato 1 in March 2025, adding a connected in-field weather station to its agronomy platform so growers can view local weather alongside soil and crop information.
Planet announced Crop Biomass Version 5 in March 2026, using PlanetScope as its main optical input to increase spatial detail and improve the responsiveness of its daily analysis-ready signal.
An MIT project profiled in March 2023 combined satellite observations, weather data and machine learning to investigate plant responses to drought, with more detailed forecasting tools as a research goal.
CSIRO’s August 2023 update described a Goanna Ag partnership using sensors and machine learning for irrigation scheduling, including early tomato trials and further plans to broaden monitoring options.
A multi-year collaboration announced in October 2024 aimed to help U.S. agricultural retailers adopt leaf-level remote scouting, AI-assisted agronomic recommendations and services supporting conservation practices.
