Laser Weeder – New Frontier in Crop Protection

Touch the Soil News #1925 (Feature Photo – Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder – Courtesy of Carbon Robotics https://carbonrobotics.com/laserweeder) Business Wire News Portal brings the story of laser weeding robots by Carbon Robotics.  This machine zaps 100,000 weeds per hour and word is they cost between $25,000 and $50,000.  The laser weeder is designed to help…

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PhytlSigns – Emerging Technology to take the Vital Signs of your Horticultural Crops

Touch the Soil News #1761 (Feature Photo – Tomato Plants – CCA SA 3.0 Karin Weigel)    A small privately held Swiss company called Vivent, has developed technology to take a plant’s vital signs. They call this innovation PhytlSigns. Another word for the technology is electrophysiology. The goal is to get pre-warning of your horticultural…

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