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Farming meets AI: California farmers cut pesticide use by 70% and save $250 per acre with laser robots

TOI Science Desk Jun 15, 2026, 11:54 ISThttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/farming-meets-ai-california-farmers-cut-pesticide-use-by-70-and-save-250-per-acre-with-laser-robots/articleshow/131735380.cms For generations, farmers have relied on a combination of manual labour, herbicides and pesticides to protect crops from weeds and pests. Now, artificial intelligence is offering a radically different approach. In California’s Salinas Valley, often called America’s Salad Bowl, autonomous robots equipped with AI, high-resolution cameras, lasers […]

Flagship Pioneering Announces Formation of Terion, a Company Delivering the Digital Infrastructure to Power Modern Agriculture

Flagship Pioneering Jun 18, 2026, 12:00 EThttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/flagship-pioneering-announces-formation-of-terion-a-company-delivering-the-digital-infrastructure-to-power-modern-agriculture-302804150.html New company combines CIBO Technologies and Indigo Ag’s Source business to unify fragmented agricultural data, verification, and programs into a trusted, AI-enabled platform serving farmers, enterprises, and governments CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Flagship Pioneering, a scientific innovation engine for transformative platforms and products, today announced the formation

Ghana bets on drone technology to improve agricultural yields

Daniel Oduro-Mensah June 17, 2026https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/06/ghana-bets-on-drone-technology-to-improve-agricultural-yields/ ShareShareShareShare Ghana has intensified efforts to modernise agriculture with the introduction of drone technology under the Feed Ghana Programme, a move expected to improve productivity, reduce production costs and accelerate the country’s transition to precision farming. Ghana travel guide The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, announced the distribution

GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 Recap: 11,600 Visitors, 123 Countries, and a Sector in Transition

Sepehr Achard 17th June 2026https://igrownews.com/greentech-amsterdam-latest-news/ Key Takeaways GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 Draws 11,600 Visitors from 123 Countries GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 concluded its three-day run at RAI Amsterdam from 9 to 11 June, bringing together growers, breeders, suppliers, and investors from across the global horticulture industry. The event recorded 11,600 visitors from 123 countries, with the Netherlands, the

Vivici bags €12.5M EIC funding to scale precision-fermented dairy proteins

https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/vivici-bags-12-5m-eic-funding-to-scale-precision-fermented-dairy-proteins What’s the deal? Dutch startup Vivici has been awarded €12.5 million ($14.4M) through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Program to scale production of dairy proteins via precision fermentation. The blended financing combines grant funding with equity investment. Vivici was formed by dairy giant Fonterra and DSM-Firmenich in December 2022. It raised a $34 million Series A round last

AI’s role in agrifood biotech comes into sharper focus

June 17, 2026 | Rich Bellishttps://agfundernews.com/ais-role-in-agrifood-biotech-comes-into-sharper-focus Artificial intelligence is already transforming biotechnology innovation in agrifood, but it isn’t useful everywhere, experts at the Hello Tomorrow Summit in Amsterdam said last week. Recent years have proved AI systems’ “capacity to start really unraveling mechanisms in causality in biology in a way that we just haven’t been able to

From Cow-Milking Robots to Weed-Zapping Lasers, Farmers Are Embracing A.I.

Coralie Kraft June 5, 2026https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/magazine/ai-farms-technology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.b9bw.fAIOvcRVc2zt Of all the industries that seem primed for an A.I. disruption, agriculture may not look like the most obvious. For all its advancements in technology and mechanization over the centuries, farming is fundamentally about growing crops and raising livestock — and you can’t digitize an ear of corn. But right

NATURE’S MIRACLE HOLDING INC. ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC MOU WITH DROMNI INTELLIGENCE TO DEVELOP AI-POWERED AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS SOLUTIONS FOR U.S. AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND DATA CENTER MARKETS

Nature’s Miracle Holding Inc. May 18, 2026, 09:21 EThttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/natures-miracle-holding-inc-announces-strategic-mou-with-dromni-intelligence-to-develop-ai-powered-autonomous-robotics-solutions-for-us-agriculture-energy-and-data-center-markets-302774737.html Partnership Focused on UGV Deployment, Smart Infrastructure Automation and AI-Driven Robotics Commercialization in the United States ONTARIO, Calif., May 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nature’s Miracle Holding Inc. (“Nature’s Miracle” or the “Company”), a growing agriculture technology and infrastructure company, today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum

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