Agritech

Integrape has partnered with agricultural robotics supplier Agri Automation, which will provide a self-driving Burro robot that will be equipped with cameras.

What was once a hard row to hoe is now a thriving operation where lameness and costs are down and profits, morale and sleep-ins are up.

Lincoln University’s developmental dairy farm is working out how to get data to better serve the needs of farmers, both as a measuring tool and a way to improve management.

The sprayer has a 12 metre boom, significantly longer than a standard boom.

The Olsens simply wanted more productive pastures. They ended up with a welcome soil carbon bonus, too.

A few times a month satellite will pass over NZ and monitor emission trends from at least two of its main dairy areas.

Intensive monitoring among the more effective resets in farm management.

Cost of new tech to be split three ways with dairy giants and farmer suppliers in seven-year project.

Processor majority owned by The a2 Milk Co eliminates 22,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent Scope 1 emissions a year.

FarmIQ releases new step-by-step guide linked to existing farm management programme.

A new use for virtual fencing of cattle may have emerged – a way to get them thinning out the fuel load in high country before fire season rages.

Planting systems increase productivity and uniform quality of fruit.

Recent trials in some of Northland’s toughest country open up a world of opportunities.

Mobile robot scarecrow being trialled in cherry orchards.

Aim is to find new ways to preserve or use fresh produce to reduce food waste.

As tech grows and its use becomes integrated into all farm systems there will be potential to customise.

Aqualinc and SCADAfarm join forces to beef up system monitoring.

Agri-tech and foods investment fund Cultivate Ventures closes off successful first funding round.

That’s artificial intelligence, not insemination, as app promises to make invoicing, notes and disease detection easier.

Techion deal will employ its ag testing tech for remote analysis of human tests from regional hospitals.

Chief executive resigning after 14 years to concentrate on governance and consultancy.

CowManager and Halter both hailed as potential game-changers for sector.

Find-A-Pest helps people to identify and report invasive species.

These Pīhama farmers didn’t let a little thing like global supply chain disruptions stand between them and a better hoof trimmer.

Aimer Farming have been working on a new tool that utilises a smartphone camera to read pasture cover.

Artificial intelligence helps give real-time readings on intramuscular fat and marbling.

Place for NZ technology as southeast Asia, Middle East increase food production.

AgriZero funds companies developing tech to help NZ farms meet emissions goals.

High-res mapping of 3935km2 of land in Central Otago complete.

Robotics comes to the aid of what can be a costly problem for viticulture.

Co-op members can lease technology that slashes GHG emissions.

Daniel Eb appreciates the things we stand to lose in the face of automation.

China’s Tus-Holdings signs memorandum of understanding.

AgResearch creates a portable chamber that can measure cattle emissions on farm.

A floating device uses low frequency radio waves to help clean up effluent systems.

Taking its cue from a global tech award, Scion is incentivising local tech to find a solution to the problem of forestry debris.