August 26, 2026 | Industry Newshttps://www.precisionfarmingdealer.com/articles/7252-vitaledge-technologies-shortlisted-in-the-2026-ai-awards Cary, N.C. — VitalEdge Technologies has been named on the shortlist at The 2026 A.I. Awards in the Best AI-Powered Workflow Solution category. First launched in 2024, and operated by global cloud computing awards body The Cloud Awards, The A.I. Awards has rapidly grown to become one of
Ridhika Basnet | AUGUST 26, 2026https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-features/indias-pest-surveillance-ai-has-reached-national-scale-but-its-impact-is-unproven Born out of a need to provide farmers with precise crop treatment, India’s National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) has grown over the last two years into a large-scale digital platform for detecting crop pests and helping farmers. Launched in August 2024, it has expanded to 31 states and union territories,
Moscow-Pullman Daily Newshttps://www.dnews.com/local-news/ui-awarded-6m-grant-for-ai-agriculture-research-6163497a MOSCOW — The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Idaho $6 million to use artificial intelligence to breed higher-yielding cereal crops. “The research aims to reduce harvest losses that disrupt the global food supply and cost farmers billions of dollars each year,” the UI said in a statement. The UI is
Market News | Aug 27, 2026https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agricultures-drone-revolution-is-soaring-as-drones-as-a-service-targets-a-multi-billion-dollar-market-302861885.html NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Agriculture is changing, and drones are becoming a much bigger part of that story. The interesting part isn’t simply that farmers can buy a drone and fly it over a field. It’s that they may not have to own one at all. With Drones-as-a-Service
Royvi Hernandez Aug 26, 2026https://www.montereycountynow.com/svnow/news/ruggedize-conference-unites-farm-robotics-and-ai-innovators-to-salinas/article_52279a1d-96da-4ebb-9303-34266d6a9e6e.html Reservoir Farms is hosting Ruggedize, a two-day deep tech conference, focused on robotics, artificial intelligence and the engineering challenges of deploying technology in real-world farms. Reservoir Farms is a 40-acre working agricultural campus in Salinas, designed to give technology companies access to real fields for testing and development. The inaugural
August 27, 2026 By Meghan Grebnerhttps://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/how-artificial-intelligence-can-improve-crop-performance/ The director of research agronomy and Practical Farm Research for Beck’s says the future of farming will be more prescriptive. Jim Schwartz says corn hybrids build yield in different ways. “How we manage those hybrids has a great impact on the success we experience on our farm,” he says. He
August 27, 2026https://agnetwest.com/bowles-farming-company-part-2-labor-water-technology/ The future of California agriculture may depend on solving some problems that farmers simply cannot solve on their own. In Part 2 of his conversation on the AgNet News Hour, Cannon Michael, president and CEO of Bowles Farming Company, discusses the need for a reliable agricultural workforce, the growing role of automation and his concerns
LONDON, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/panim-ai-system-limited-prepares-field-trials-of-its-distributed-ai-protocol-targeting-the-growing-agricultural-technology-sector-1036499201 Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape agriculture, from computer vision systems capable of monitoring crops and livestock to autonomous machinery, precision farming platforms and robotic systems designed to perform increasingly complex tasks in the field. Yet as AI moves beyond research environments and into farms, greenhouses, processing facilities and
