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Making vertical farming viable

08/09/17, 06:16 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, vertical farming

Control Engineering UK looks at the role that machine control has played in helping make vertical farming a commercially viable option.

Sentera Adds Late-Season Data Capture Options to DJI Phantom 4 Series Drones

08/09/17, 06:15 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Double 4K Sensor's fully customizable filters offer impeccable crop health insights

Overwatch Imaging Successfully Completes SOAR Oregon Program for Stabilized Multispectral Camera System Development

08/09/17, 06:13 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Real world wide area NDVI mapping. 20 cm resolution, 1,000 acres per minute.

Farmers turn to artificial intelligence to grow better crops

08/07/17, 06:55 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, Big Data

Matt McFarland for CNN Tech: NatureSweet, which grows tomatoes on six farms in the United States and Mexico, is using artificial intelligence to better control pests and diseases in its greenhouses.

Agtech Perspectives From Two Days With the Crop Chemicals Crowd

08/03/17, 09:14 PM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, Microbes

Frank Vinluan for Xconomy: The past year has seen market launches for microbial products developed to help plants resist stresses from pests and harsh environmental conditions.

XAIRCRAFT Launched in Japan Targeting Global Precision Farming

08/02/17, 06:38 AM | Lighting, Precision Farming | drones

Japan is one of the first countries using large-scale UAV on plant protection in the world. Take rice as an example, ground vehicles spray about 22% (in 2014), and the proportion of UAV plant protection has reached 36%.

No 'game of drones:' The serious future of unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture

08/01/17, 11:57 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | drones, uav

Drones may not replace the honeybee, but dont bet on a future of agriculture that doesnt increasingly depend on their capacity to reinvent 21st century farming.

New Fortune 500 Global AgTech Customer Deploys Heliospectra Intelligent LED Lighting Solutions

08/01/17, 05:54 AM | Lighting, Precision Farming

Heliospectra Secures First Order with Global AgTech Leader to Support Consistent, High Quality Crops and Commercial Food Production

FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta to Deliver Grand Opening Keynote Address at InterDrone

07/31/17, 09:45 AM | Lighting, Precision Farming

FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta to Deliver Grand Opening Keynote Address at #InterDrone

Precision farming via satellite imaging

07/31/17, 05:47 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | Big Data, drones

Phys.org: Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4-5 cm.

Trimble Adds U.S. Distributors to its Global Vantage Distribution Network for Agriculture

07/31/17, 05:46 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Vantage Distributors Provide Farmers with Simplified, Integrated Precision Ag Solutions that Increase Farm Efficiencies and Productivity

Startup utilizing artificial intelligence and computer vision for farming receives $15M in funding

07/28/17, 06:18 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, AgTech Accelerators, Big Data, Investing

James Carroll for Vision Systems Design: Prospera explains that its digital farming system aims to collect, digitize, and analyze vast amounts of farm data and optimize all aspects of production, from agronomy to labor management.

AGCO to Acquire Precision Planting from The Climate Corporation

07/28/17, 06:06 AM | Lighting, Precision Farming

"Precision Planting is a strong business that plays an essential role in the growth and adoption of innovative precision ag practices that help farmers enhance their productivity"

Applied Aeronautics Doubles Production Capacity

07/28/17, 06:03 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Small Business Demand for Affordable Drones Continues to Rise

Indoor Farms of America Bridges the Gap with Traditional U.S. Agriculture in Landmark Farm Sales

07/26/17, 06:03 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain

"With the sale of these farms, which will be up and running in the great state of Indiana in about 90 days from today, our company has achieved the first stage of the plans to have large scale indoor farming adopted by the very folks who have kept us fed in this country since its inception, and that is the traditional farmer," stated David Martin, CEO of Indoor Farms of America.

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