According to Dutch research, soil scans give a reliable picture of soil conditions, but it is unclear which type of scan provides the best results on a specific soil type.

Technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) has made its way into our lives and businesses.

In the developed world it is becoming increasingly hard to source labour to do some of the less pleasant tasks on poultry farms, and some argue that a key way to improve welfare is to improve the amount of environmental monitoring that takes place on farm.

AGRICULTURE today is becoming ever more reliant on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, but a good many also have their eyes trained on the potential vulnerabilities our most vital industry may be exposed to through agritech devices.

The first artificial intelligence (AI) enabled augmented reality crop management system may be coming to an indoor farm near you very soon. Huxley combines machine learning, computer vision and an augmented reality interface to essentially allow anyone to be a master farmer.

Weeds are the bane of a farmer’s existence—the “most important of all crop pests,” as one scientist put it. They kill crops by hogging nutrients in the soil, water, space and light. Worldwide, they are the largest source of yield losses.