Category: Technology
Applications open for 2025 World Ag Expo seminars, new product contest
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 World Ag Expo’s annual Top-10 New Products competition and Seminar Series. This show runs from Feb. 11-13, 2025 and showcases the latest in agricultural innovation and education.
Global Produce and Floral Show attendees have the opportunity to obtain free cyber insights
ZAG Technical Services will be offering free Cyber Insights Reports at the Global Produce and Floral Show.
Editor’s Letter: Food safety, harvest and a new focus are all in the forefront
Welcome to Vegetable Growers News’ (VGN) food safety issue, which highlights postharvest steps growers are taking to ensure the crop safety.
Presidential candidates provide positions to American Farm Bureau
For more than 40 years, Farm Bureau has asked every presidential candidate to provide responses to issues likely to impact and affect farmers and ranchers and rural communities in the next 4 years.
Kubota buys robotics AI startup
Global tractor manufacturer Kubota is buying a robotics AI startup.
Pop Vriend Seeds-KWS changes name
Plant breeder Pop Vriend Seeds gains a new name. On Oct. 1, the Netherlands-based Pop Vriend plans to officially change its name to KWS Vegetables Netherlands B.V.
October to bring growers, tech leaders to FIRA USA ag robotics show
This fall is bringing the third edition FIRA USA’s ag robotics show in northern California.
FIRA USA 2024 offers live in-field demonstrations
This October, FIRA USA 2024 will provide live demonstrations of the lasted technological innovations for fruit, vegetables, field crops.
Harvesting equipment partnership between Oxbo, Fresno State
Oxbo, which supplies growers of grapes, berries, tomatoes and pistachios harvesters and other specialty equipment, is partnering with Fresno State University and introducing pistachio harvesting machinery.
New tractor introduced by AGCO
A new generation tractor is being released.
NCAE ag labor forum to tackle key ag employer topics
Key topics affecting agricultural employers will be covered at an upcoming yearly Ag Employer Labor Forum in Nevada.
Georgia Plant Protection honored by National Plant Board
Georgia Department of Agriculture’s (GDA) Plant Protection Division has won recognition from a national plant protection board.
Explore cutting-edge practices, specialty crop research and more at the Great Lakes EXPO
The Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO and Michigan Greenhouse Growers EXPO provide ample opportunities to connect with key decision-makers on the show floor.
Ecorobotix adds CEO
Ecorobotix Inc. has announced that Cameron Holbrook has joined its team as the its new CEO of the North America business sector.
Fresh Inset brings shelf life tech to U.S.
Fresh Inset, a European food-tech company, has introduced its Vidre+ Complex technology to the U.S.
New AI tool could help strawberries talk
What could companies do if their strawberries or other fruits and vegetables could talk. That’s a question posed by an Internet tech firm.
California strawberry industry marks 10 years of Strawberry Center contributions
California’s strawberry industry recently marked contributions made by its industry research facility.
BioConsortia releases latest bionematicide product results
BioConsortia Inc. has released the latest results of bionematicide field testing that could control nematodes.
USDA awards UNH climate resilient ag funds
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the University of New Hampshire (UNH) $10 million for climate resilient agriculture studies.
Editor’s Letter: Growers benefit from new apps, spraying tech
The Vegetable Growers News (VGN) Editor’s Letter in the July/August issues discusses how growers can benefit from new apps, spraying tech.