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Xinhua News Agency | October 16, 2026https://eng.yidaiyilu.gov.cn/p/07D1OBNO.html A humanoid robot of China Mobile is pictured at the exhibition area of the 2025 Global Industrial Internet Conference in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Sept. 7, 2025. (Photo by Wang Yuyan/Xinhua) Developers across Africa are turning to Chinese open-source AI models to build affordable tools for local

Kansas | 14 October 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/crop-protection/greeneye-technology-opens-kansas-headquarters-after-ai-spraying-system-cuts-herbicide-use-across-500000-us-acres 14 October 2026, Kansas: Greeneye Technology, an Israeli-founded precision-spraying company, is establishing its North American headquarters in Salina, Kansas, after what it describes as a record 2026 growing season for its AI-powered targeted herbicide application system. The company announced the move on October 13, 2026, saying it will begin hiring immediately and

Geneva | 14 October 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/farming-agriculture/better-cotton-initiative-acquires-ai-powered-coplatform-to-scale-regenerative-agriculture 14 October 2026, Geneva: The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has acquired Co, an artificial intelligence-powered technology platform developed by Materra, to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture across its global cotton sustainability programme. BCI CEO Nick Weatherill announced the acquisition at a launch reception in Vancouver, Canada, marking the organisation’s transition towards

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

Mystic, Connecticut | 13 October 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/ag-tech-research-news/enko-chem-uses-ai-platform-to-identify-new-fungicide-and-insecticide-modes-of-action 13 October 2026, Mystic, Connecticut: Enko Chem has used its ENKOMPASS artificial intelligence (AI) platform to identify new modes of action for fungicides and insecticides, expanding the technology’s application across all three major crop protection categories. According to the company, ENKOMPASS can identify new modes of action and lead molecules up

Hemendra Mathur | October 12, 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/mechanization-technology/will-ai-work-for-smallholder-farmers 12 October 2026, New Delhi: Somewhere in Nagpur district, a farmer picks up a basic phone, dials a toll-free number and asks – in his own words, in his own dialect – whether he should spray today or wait for the rain to pass. He gets an answer in seconds.

核桃運算股份有限公司 | 2026/10/10https://news.taiwannet.com.tw/news/223216/bigobject-wins-2026-asocio-ai-in-smart-agriculture-award.html Agent-Ready data foundation connects fragmented public data, giving early warning of cabbage price swings about 90 days ahead.  TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 10, 2026 — BigObject Inc., a Taiwan-based data and AI company, has won the 2026 ASOCIO AI in Smart Agriculture Award for “AI Public Decision Infrastructure for Smart Agriculture,” a project