Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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The completed European project reported a robotic crop-care system that combines vehicles, implements and supervisory software, with field pilots examining both operational performance and barriers to adoption.
The European research project paired aerial crop observations with the Bonirob ground platform, exploring how information collected over a field could guide local mechanical or chemical interventions.
A Wageningen report on the European harvesting robot documented faster pepper picking while highlighting the continuing limits imposed by cycle time, foliage, clustered fruit and access within greenhouse rows.
The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 project’s closing event brought technology trials and farmer needs together, including low-power sensing for wheat management and discussion of organic farming applications.
The European consortium developed tools for small, diverse farms, using a lightweight ground rover and an overhead cable camera alongside plant-scanning research and a shared farm-management interface.
The European drone project reported an initial flight in Spain focused on equipment familiarisation and checking image outputs, laying groundwork for subsequent crop monitoring rather than claiming validated disease-detection performance.
The Horizon Europe project set out to make agricultural digital solutions more affordable and relevant by combining farmer participation, reusable software and business models suited to smaller operations.
Tomato and cucumber greenhouses in Almería will test sensors, hyperspectral measurements and automated ventilation within the European AgriDataValue project.
Eurofins Agro and trinamiX added countries, energy estimates and alfalfa silage support to their portable near-infrared feed-analysis offering.
Curtin researchers are testing an approach to track fungicide-resistance mutations in grain pathogens, with partners across Australia and Europe.
KNUST and international partners plan low-cost electrical resistivity monitoring to study how farming practices affect water beneath the soil surface.
The EU–Africa research programme includes plant health, food processing and water–nutrient–energy topics within a much wider funding envelope.
