Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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A Kennesaw State student project combines environmental sensors and local image analysis to monitor crops with limited connectivity. Early testing classified visible lettuce disease; earlier warning remains a development goal.
University of Vermont Extension demonstrated Greenfield Robotics BOTONY machines on a working farm, highlighting autonomous inter-row mowing, mapping requirements and practical connectivity limits during early research trials.
Cornell undergraduates won the 2026 Farm Robotics Challenge with Rootline, a prototype autonomous weeder for orchards and vineyards that uses targeted electric pulses rather than conventional herbicide spraying.
Wageningen’s planned July 2027 Intelligent Agriculture summer school combines classroom learning with hands-on technology workshops, field visits and a collaborative project for students and early-career researchers.
An early University of Georgia announcement places an AI in Agriculture conference on the calendar for March 2029, with a broad remit across biological research, farm production and food-system analytics.
The fourth U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference is planned for 24–27 May 2027 in Athens, Georgia, bringing engineering, veterinary and farming perspectives together around technology for animal production.
ASABE’s 2027 annual meeting is scheduled for 18–21 July in New Orleans. The society is inviting session-organizer interest while directing prospective authors to its presentation planning guidance.
ICID’s fifth World Irrigation Forum is planned for Beijing in 2027, with technology, financing, policy and performance assessment forming an integrated agenda for improving irrigation systems.
The 12th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture is scheduled for 15–18 September 2027 in Kobe, Japan, continuing a regional series connecting research, industry and practical farming experience.
UC Davis hosted the 2025 IFAC agricultural-control conference, whose programme linked plant and soil sensing, machine vision, robotic operations and control of agricultural machinery and implements.
The proposed CIGR 2028 programme in New Delhi places small-farm engineering at its centre, linking automation, precision irrigation, post-harvest systems and practical technology access for smaller producers.
World Agri-Tech’s San Francisco summit is scheduled for 9–10 March 2027, connecting agribusinesses, technology developers, farmers and investors around automation and the commercial deployment of agricultural innovation.
