First International Agricultural Robotics Conference in U.S. Set for Fall

New program from Western Growers aims to provide California students with the skills to manage what’s coming — including a robotic workforce.

Labor is a big problem, and with no viable chemical thinners available to peach growers, robotics may provide a solution.

Software mogul leads the way in effort to raise more than $50 million for California startup that believes bots can grow produce more sustainably.

Companies like Google, Amazon, and SpaceX are investing in what many believe is the next frontier of localized food-crop agriculture.

Producers cope as pandemic exposes vulnerabilities in logistics and supply chains. 

See how Penn State researchers are lending a mechanical hand for preharvest tasks.

Find out the ag tech innovators selected by Western Growers for this groundbreaking project.

When it comes to farm equipment, necessity is the mother of invention. 

Registration deadline is nearing for this year’s virtual event. And growers can get in free.

Technology works behind the scenes to crunch data that allows machines to make smarter decisions.

Learn more about a $499k project that will focus on gathering vital production information from the field using a multi-robot system.

Learn why the latest in mechanization is more instrumental than ever in getting crops planted and getting them out of the field at harvest. 

The computing chip startup enabling the back end of farming’s most promising tech advances discusses where See & Spray is today, and where it’s headed.

Annual survey shows adoption favors larger operations, especially in the West. Find out what other details were uncovered.

AgriTechNica was the place to see what’s on the way from major manufacturers. Find out what was seen and heard at the international event.

Feeding the world is a daunting responsibility for our nation’s growers. Here’s how technology is helping them tackle the challenge.

A Carnegie Mellon University ag robotics expert gives his quick take on where the technology stands currently in farming and where it’s headed.

Take a peek at the many projects designed to boost fruit grower profitability under way at a university lab in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Find out what new on-farm innovations will be unveiled during major ag tech event’s fourth edition.