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New Technology In Agriculture

New Technology in Agriculture News brings you the latest innovations and advancements transforming modern farming.

From AI-driven precision agriculture and robotics to IoT sensors, drones, and blockchain for supply chain transparency, this category covers the cutting-edge technologies enhancing efficiency, productivity, and sustainability in agriculture.

Discover how smart farming tools, data analytics, and automation are helping farmers optimize resources, reduce waste, and respond to challenges like climate change and labor shortages. Stay informed on the tech trends and solutions reshaping agriculture for a resilient and sustainable future.

Nanovel, a precision AgTech startup developing autonomous, AI-powered robots for harvesting in dense-canopy citrus orchards, has announced it was awarded a competitive €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program. The award also includes eligibility for an equity investment of up to €4.3 million, intended to anchor a planned funding round of approximately €8 million. Nanovel said the award reflects the EIC's assessment of its technological edge, the commercial viability of its product, and its execution capabilities.

Nanovel Secures €2.5 Million EIC Accelerator Grant for Autonomous Citrus Harvesting Robots

Nanovel, a precision AgTech startup developing autonomous, AI-powered robots for harvesting in dense-canopy citrus orchards, has announced it was awarded a competitive €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program. The award also includes eligibility for an equity investment of up to €4.3 million, intended to anchor a planned funding round of

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McCain Foods launched a grower pilot program, supported by Ceres AI, to improve field-level visibility and decision-making.

McCain Foods Launches Grower Pilot Program Supported by Ceres AI

McCain Foods has announced the launch of a new grower pilot program, supported by Ceres AI, focused on improving field-level visibility, decision-making and coordination across its North American potato supply. The program is designed to give McCain teams and growers a shared, consistent view of crop performance throughout the season, using data-driven insights intended to

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Sabanto Inc., a provider of autonomy retrofit solutions for agricultural machinery, and Verdant Robotics, developer of the SharpShooter precision application system, have completed their first system integration. The combined solution allows producers to fully automate field work — from tractor navigation to plant-level input application — with no operator required in the cab.

Sabanto Raises Oversubscribed Series B Led by Leaps by Bayer to Scale Autonomous Farming Technology

Sabanto, which describes itself as a leader in autonomous retrofit technology for agriculture, has announced an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by Leaps by Bayer, with participation from Sustainable Forward Capital, InnoVenture Iowa, Fulcrum Global Capital, DCVC and Yara. The round is intended to accelerate adoption of Sabanto's autonomous technology, expand its customer base

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Cropin secured a €700,000 strategic contract from EIT Food to deploy its new AI-powered initiative: FIRST Potato.

Cropin Launches OrbitAI, an Agentic AI Platform for Food and Agriculture

Cropin has announced OrbitAI, an agentic AI platform built on Google's AI infrastructure that the company says brings autonomous decision-making to global food systems. Cropin describes OrbitAI as trained on the complex, real-world interactions between crops, climate, weather, soil, geography, agronomic practices and global supply chains, rather than generic internet data.

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Topcon Positioning Systems has entered into a commercial agreement with Xona to obtain early-adopter access to Pulsar.

Topcon Agriculture Releases Report on Precision Ag Adoption in Brazil

Topcon Agriculture has released a new report examining the barriers and opportunities in the adoption of precision agriculture technology in Brazil. The report, titled "From barriers to progress: Accelerating the adoption of technology by Brazilian farmers," draws on input from agricultural research scientists, farmers and industry studies to outline how wider technology adoption can help

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GreenValley International (GVI) has entered a strategic agreement with Topcon Positioning Systems to collaborate on technologies for surveying, mapping, construction, forestry and other spatial intelligence applications. Under the agreement, the companies plan to develop integrated hardware and software solutions for handheld, aerial and mobile LiDAR data collection and processing workflows, with further development planned in robotic systems, autonomous monitoring solutions and real-time cloud-based data processing and transfer.

GreenValley International Partners with Topcon on Spatial Intelligence Technologies

GreenValley International (GVI) has entered a strategic agreement with Topcon Positioning Systems to collaborate on technologies for surveying, mapping, construction, forestry and other spatial intelligence applications. Under the agreement, the companies plan to develop integrated hardware and software solutions for handheld, aerial and mobile LiDAR data collection and processing workflows, with further development planned in

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Optiflux closed a €2.5 million funding round with participation from Agri Investment Fund (AIF), alongside LAVA, LRM and Gemma Frisius Fund.

Optiflux Raises €2.5 Million (~$2.85M) to Scale AI-Powered Fruit Quality Platform

Key Takeaways Optiflux, a KU Leuven spin-off, has closed a €2.5 million (approximately $2.85 million) funding round with participation from Agri Investment Fund (AIF), alongside LAVA, LRM and Gemma Frisius […]

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Dogtooth announced it has raised more than £14 million, about $18.7 million at current exchange rates, to accelerate commercial deployment of its dexterous harvesting robots across the UK and international markets, the company said in a LinkedIn post.

Dogtooth Secures £14 Million ($18.7 Million) in Funding for Harvesting Robots

Dogtooth announced it has raised more than £14 million, about $18.7 million at current exchange rates, to accelerate commercial deployment of its dexterous harvesting robots across the UK and international markets, the company said in a LinkedIn post.

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Reservoir Farms and Sonoma County Winegrowers have launched the first on-farm robotics and automation hub dedicated to viticulture.

Reservoir Expands On-Farm Innovation Model to Arizona

Reservoir announced a pilot expansion into Arizona, with a new location set to go live and become operational October 1, 2026, in time for the fall and winter growing season. The site was developed with the University of Arizona's Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) and the Yuma Agricultural Center (YAC), extending Reservoir's

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Happy Plant Protein, a Finnish food technology company, will license its patented dry extrusion technology to a new production facility in Latvia, operated by local agricultural firm Agrofirma Lobe SIA.

Happy Plant Protein and Crespel & Deiters Launch Commercial-Scale Plant Protein Collaboration

Happy Plant Protein, a Finnish food technology company, is partnering with German ingredient manufacturer Crespel & Deiters to scale its dry extrusion technology at Crespel & Deiters' Helmond site

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