Cornell-linked Ficio tests in-orchard apple quality sorting
Ficio’s FieldSorter system uses machine vision to assess apple defects in orchard rows and connect grade information to the trees where fruit was grown.
Source Cornell Chronicle
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AGRHOUND quadruped robot enters agricultural trials in Spanish vineyards and berries
Spanish food-technology centre CTAEX demonstrated a four-legged autonomous platform intended for crop monitoring in vineyards and protected berry production.
Source CTAEX — Centro Tecnológico Nacional Agroalimentario
Cucumber architecture study links crop traits to robotic harvesting success
A new study reports that plant architecture—including stalk length and fruit position—can markedly affect cucumber-harvesting robot performance.
Source Smart Agricultural Technology / research authors
UC Davis study finds farm automation still relies on workers’ local knowledge
A three-year study of fruit-growing operations finds that AI-enabled machinery changes agricultural work rather than simply removing the need for skilled people.
Source University of California, Davis
Brazilian study identifies complementary sensors for mapping soil variability
Brazilian researchers compared several soil-sensing methods across three farms, finding that carefully chosen combinations could retain useful predictive performance while avoiding the complexity of adding redundant measurements.
Source Precision Agriculture
CropX joins Lincoln and McCain’s long-term New Zealand farm comparison
CropX will supply soil, weather and water-use monitoring to an eight-year New Zealand programme comparing regenerative and conventional farming through a full potato rotation at Lincoln University.
Source CropX
DJI adds Agras T55 and a dual-battery spraying system for T100
DJI announced the Agras T55 and a dual-battery spraying configuration for the T100, expanding its agricultural drone range with updated sensing and application hardware whose availability varies by region.
Source DJI
Washington study tests SWOT satellite measurements along irrigation canals
University of Washington researchers combined a global canal map with SWOT satellite observations to assess water levels across extensive Asian irrigation networks, testing a new approach to monitoring agricultural infrastructure.
Source University of Washington News
Purdue tests battery-free subsoil probes read by a drone
Purdue researchers developed nail-shaped probes that encode soil moisture and salinity in radio-frequency responses, allowing a drone-mounted reader to collect measurements without batteries or electronics inside each sensor.
Source Purdue University
Australia tests satellite-based estimates for agricultural irrigation statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics introduced experimental irrigation-water estimates combining satellite observations and environmental models, with a methodological break from earlier survey-based figures that limits direct historical comparisons.
Source Australian Bureau of Statistics
KUHN KARAN pairs active boom control with nozzle-level spray management
KUHN introduced the KARAN trailed sprayer with active boom-height control and optional pulse-width-modulated spraying, combining attention to application geometry, individual nozzle control and filling workflows for larger field operations under variable conditions.
Source KUHN
LEMKEN uses intake-pressure feedback to automate seed-drill airflow
LEMKEN’s iQblue fan automation monitors intake pressure to estimate pneumatic seed-drill airflow, giving operators a feedback signal for fan adjustment and for identifying conditions that rotational speed alone can miss during work.
Source LEMKEN