Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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A November 2024 FAPESP report described digital-agriculture work in Breves, on Brazil’s Marajó Island, focusing on açaí management, native bees, connectivity and technologies shaped by local producers.
A Horizon Europe project coordinated by the Technical University of Munich is assessing how robotics, augmented reality and AI can improve working conditions across different farming systems.
Netafim used EIMA 2024 to introduce Orion PC, a thin-wall pressure-compensated dripline, alongside its GrowSphere irrigation software, linking hydraulic uniformity with digital scheduling and fertigation management.
Wageningen’s 2026–2027 AGROS II project is developing crop sensing and control methods for autonomous greenhouses, comparing a digital-twin approach, trained AI and expert-led data-driven cultivation in cucumber crops.
The AGRO research project described an autonomous ground rover for field data collection, combining machine learning, mapping and obstacle avoidance with an application in estimating pistachio yields from collected observations.
Naïo Technologies announced €32 million in financing during 2022, led by Mirova, to expand its agricultural robot business and strengthen industrial operations around mechanical weeding and other field tasks.
Pixelfarming Robotics demonstrated Robot One to international growers at Rijk Zwaan’s winter field days in Murcia, showing plant detection and a laser sweep mode intended to treat a larger target area.
Cartagena will host AgroIng on 2–4 June 2027, with precision agriculture, sensors, robotics, irrigation, greenhouse systems and post-harvest engineering among the congress’s announced areas of interest.
The next International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics is scheduled for 28 June–1 July 2027 in Istanbul, covering agricultural data, remote sensing, digital twins, AI and decision-support systems.
Bayer announced a March 2024 pilot trained on internal agronomic knowledge and trial information, working with Microsoft and EY to explore faster support for agricultural advisers and company teams.
Syngenta announced Cropwise AI in September 2024, combining agronomic models and a multilingual language interface, initially serving selected customers in the United States and Brazil.
Adaptive AgroTech recognised engineer Maryam Behjati in January 2026 with a €2,000 Engineering Award for her significant contribution to the network and its interactive simulation demonstrations.
