Touch the Soil News #1948 (Feature Photo – Aerial Pesticide Application in California – (USDA Public Domain) Agfunder News brings us a new report from Western Growers – one of the largest agricultural advocacy organizations representing the majority of growers in California and Arizona. In a poll, roughly 70 percent of growers surveyed said they…
Touch the Soil News #1935 (Feature Photo – The Burro by Augean Robtotics – (Courtesy Augean Robotics) A winner at the 2023 World Ag Expo is Burro, a farm wheeled robot that can perform an almost limitless number of tasks. You can buy the Burro for around $20,000. You can also tryout the Burro for…
Touch the Soil News #1934 (Feature Photo – Tevel Robotics Fruit Pickers – (Courtesy Tevel https://www.tevel-tech.com/) AgFunder News bring us the story of World Ag Expo winner Tevel. Tevel is an Israeli company that has developed drone fruit pickers to help alleviate the problem of fruit being left in the field due to labor constraints.…
Positive Future #864 (Feature photo – Agricultural Robot – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Development and commercialization of Agricultural robotics continues at a robust pace. Applications now include cow milkers, sheep sheering, cloud seeding, crop harvest, weed control, planting, environmental monitoring, soil analysis and tractor driving. The good news is that robotics are not only being…
