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
15 October, 2026https://www.ucd.ie/innovation/news-and-events/2026/launch-new-ucd-ai-institute/ Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless, TD today launched the UCD AI Institute, Ireland’s first university-led Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute to empower researchers across all disciplines, accelerate scientific discovery and impact policy and regulation. At the heart of the new UCD AI Institute will be an AI
Beef Central | 15/10/2026https://www.beefcentral.com/news/new-tool-hopes-to-increase-the-uptake-of-ai-on-farms/ NSW Central West Cotton, Beef and Sheep farmer Andrew Gill is one of the farmers using the technology and says this new tool has allowed him maximise hidden data of his farm including being able to drag and drop mops of sheep to show which paddock they are in and overlaying
