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Dannie Pengin | 10 Oct 2026https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3370437/china-unveils-ai-powered-robot-designed-help-farmers-breed-better-strains-wheat China has unveiled a smart robot prototype designed to assist with wheat breeding in the latest step in its ongoing drive to advance agricultural technology and bolster food security. The robot made its public debut at a recent seminar on wheat breeding, state-run China Science Daily reported on Friday.

SOFIAH NICHOLE SALIVIO | 12th Oct 2026https://itbrief.com.au/story/australian-farms-test-ai-assistant-to-cut-paperwork Regen Farmers Mutual is piloting its Farm Assistant artificial intelligence tool on 20 Australian farms. The trial comes as official data shows agriculture, forestry and fishing has one of the country’s lowest rates of AI use. More than 40 farms are waiting to join the programme, the farmer-owned

Brooke Keltner | October 13, 2026https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/news/science/2026/10/13/siu-researchers-build-robot-ai-to-detect-soybean-diseases-before-symptoms/#goog_rewarded CARBONDALE, Ill. — Harvest season is underway for soybean farmers across Illinois. Each soybean plant is valuable, contributing to their yield and overall profit. A big issue that can eat into that small profit margin is plant diseases — so researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working toward

Andrew Mabry, ZenaDrone | October 13, 2026https://www.growingproduce.com/smart-tech/how-ai-powered-drones-are-taking-more-growers-beyond-crop-scouting/ Agricultural drones have proven to be quite helpful when it comes to seeing the fields from a distance, but they can serve a variety of other tasks as well. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), AI, and sophisticated imaging technology are opening fresh avenues for gathering, processing, and utilizing field

Jennifer Marston | October 14, 2026https://agfundernews.com/perplant-lands-valtra-deal-to-put-its-ai-crop-sensor-on-tractors-straight-from-the-factory Danish agtech startup PerPlant’s AI crop sensor is now available factory-fitted onto new Valtra tractors through a partnership with Valtra Unlimited, the customization studio of the AGCO-owned tractor brand. The sensor will be offered on Valtra’s A105 and A115, G, N, T, Q and S Series models in selected

Jesse Daniel Brown | Oct 14, 2026https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/cemvita-and-roebling-want-to-kill-the-expensive-surprise-in-industrial-biotech Industrial biotechnology has no shortage of promising discoveries. The harder question is whether those discoveries can become industrial projects that work economically at scale. Feedstock availability, fermentation performance, downstream processing, energy requirements, plant location and product demand all influence whether a biological process can compete in the real

15 Oktober 2026https://voi.id/en/technology/598546 NANTONG – The global agricultural sector is no longer seen as a traditional industry. In the third day of the Belt and Road Journalist Forum 2026 in the city of Nantong, China, I had the opportunity to visit the Chongchuan District Modern Urban Agricultural Industrial Park. At the region’s leading research facilities,

Katie Tincello | Oct 15, 2026https://www.newsweek.com/the-worlds-new-agronomists-are-ai-agents-12407587 Artificial intelligence in agriculture is nothing new, but more advanced technologies are now giving rise to a new generation of AI agents reshaping how food and crops are grown. Agriculture technology has moved beyond dashboards and data collection into systems that can interpret conditions and act on them: adjusting