A new technology for measuring nitrate levels could enable optimisation of fertiliser application.

Both the immediate and long-term future of the manufacturing industry will be defined by the development of several ever-evolving and cutting-edge trends and technologies.

Anyone who has or wants something with robots could indulge mid-December in Toulouse during the Fira robot congress. Over 850 participants from 42 countries gathered and there were about 20 robots on display, some for the first time. The focus is on weed control.

Chinese company XAG has released the R80 Agricultural Utility Vehicle, an autonomous, multifunctional farm robot.

You only have to look at the annual tech ritual that is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — which kicked off in Vegas this weekend amid a blur of oversized TVs, 5G phones and foldable tablets — to see how important electric vehicles will be in 2020. 

4 AgTech companies collaborated on drone-based aerial application of micronutrients to increase soybean yield.