Pairing expect to be the first in market with service to remote farms Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, and CNH (NYSE: CNHI), whose brands include Case IH, New Holland and Steyr, agreed to install, connect and operate ruggedized multi-orbit satellite terminals on CNH farm equipment operating in remote farmland throughout Brazil with Intelsat’s global network. “As the first satellite communications company to provide multi-orbit connectivity to farmers around the world, Intelsat’s collaboration with CNH will unlock new capabilities i ..read more

New Investment and Partnership Platform Will Accelerate Next Generation Ag-tech Innovation Corteva, Inc. today announced the launch of Corteva Catalyst, a new investment and partnership platform focused on accessing and bringing to market agricultural innovations that advance the company’s R&D priorities and drive value creation. Corteva Catalyst will partner with entrepreneurs and innovators to accelerate the development of early-stage, disruptive technologies that enable farmers to sustainably produce more food and feed. “Corteva has a long tradition of addressing the critical challenges ..read more

Precision agri-tech could accelerate uptake of biologicals if regulations can keep up, new report reveals The adoption of biological crop protection is being delayed by a regulatory environment that has failed to keep abreast of innovations that would make these products easier and more effective to use. This is according to a new report, ‘Precision Spraying and biologicals – driving collaboration’, to be launched at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit USA (19-20th March 2024). The report, produced by Agri-TechE in collaboration with Cambridge Consultants, part of Capgemini Invent, draws on ..read more

CropVue Technologies Announces Pest-Monitoring Collaboration with FMC Corporation at the World Agri-Tech Conference At the 2024 World Agri-Tech Conference in San Francisco, CropVue Technologies announced its collaboration with FMC Corporation to advance precision agriculture. FMC Corporation is an agricultural sciences company that has been advancing farming through innovative and sustainable crop protection technologies for over a century. Founded in 2019, CropVue simplifies crop protection through affordable, IoT-based hardware for pest monitoring in specialty and row crops. FMC launched its ..read more

Bayer announced the pilot of a GenAI system to benefit farmers and up-level agronomists in their daily work. The company has been using proprietary agronomic data to train a large language model (LLM) with years of internal data, insights from thousands of trials within its vast testing network, and centuries of aggregated experience from Bayer agronomists around the world. The result is an expert system that quickly and accurately answers questions related to agronomy, farm management, and Bayer agricultural products. Instead of a time-consuming process, the intuitive system responds to natur ..read more

The two companies are partnering to showcase Brazilian sustainable agribusiness during the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, San Francisco 2024 In recent years, Brazil has developed a vibrant digital agriculture ecosystem, with the potential to improve the efficiency and productivity of global agriculture, while reducing the costs and environmental impacts of the activity. In order to make this scenario more widespread, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) will be holding a technical seminar during the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, in San Francisco on March 19 ..read more

AgLaunch’s VP of Innovation, Margaret Oldham and farmer Hallie Shoffner chat start-up farmer collaboration, field trials and farm data support, highlighting promising start-ups that contribute to sustainable and profitable farming operations. (12 mins) The post AgLaunch’s Margaret Oldham and Farmer Hallie on Collaboration Models with Start-Ups appeared first on World AgriTech USA ..read more

In Sama’s latest ebook, CEO Mark Bakker shares the benefits of ML algorithms for pest, disease and weed identification for better crop management, reduced pesticide usage and increased productivity. Finding high-quality training data for AgTech computer vision models can be challenging and costly—prompting many Machine Learning teams to explore synthetic data as a way to augment or enhance their datasets. Mark will host a roundtable at World Agri-Tech Synthetic Training Data in AgTech: Balancing Pros, Cons, and Best Practices. Ahead of this, Mark shares a case study of how Sama used computer v ..read more

Hear from Rejane Souza, SVP Global Innovation, on Yara’s five pillars of regenerative agriculture, as well as how crop nutrition companies are aligning with stakeholders and government to integrate soil, water, and food security, and the importance of partnerships and knowledge sharing to advance next-gen climate-smart tools (13 mins).  Rejane will be speaking more in-depth about innovating for food security and sustainability on the opening panel, March 20 at World Agri-Tech. Join her at the summit to be a part of the conversation.  The post Yara’s Global Innovation SVP on Innovating f ..read more

Rejane Souza, SVP Global Innovation, discusses Yara’s five pillars of regenerative agriculture and sustainability aligning with food security goals, and how crop nutrition companies as a whole are aligning with stakeholders and government to integrate soil, water, and food security. She also shares how Yara is and continues to collaborate with public and private organizations to advance next-gen climate-smart tools (13 mins).  Book your spot at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco on March 19-20 to hear more from Rejane, in conversation with senior leaders from Nestle, WWF ..read more