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Rice, the staple crop that feeds more than half of humanity, has a persistent and well-documented problem: it accumulates arsenic from flooded paddy soils with alarming efficiency, delivering one of the largest dietary sources of this carcinogenic metalloid to people who eat it regularly. For years, the most celebrated agronomic fix has been silicon. Rice […]

arXiv:2609.06740v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Smart agriculture platforms usually bundle AI diagnosis, IoT sensing and decision push into a single package, so the green benefit attributable to each component remains unclear and resource-allocation decisions lack quantitative evidence. Building on a previous platform-level Monte Carlo assessment, this paper makes the components explicit and runs two controlled simulation experiments. Experiment 1 follows the chain from AI capability to farmer behavior to agrochemical input reduction, modeling pesticide/fertilizer reduction as avoidable blind-application share times prescription effectiveness times decision-touch coverage times adoption rate, and compares an experienced-extension mode with the AI mode: the probability of reaching 20% pesticide reduction is essentially zero in the extension mode but 20.7% at baseline, up to 49% with diagnosis accuracy 0.95 and adoption 0.85 under AI; the probability of 15% fertilizer reduction rises

High above the fields of the Morven Sustainability Lab, drones equipped with heat and light sensors are changing

Researchers in China have developed and field-tested an intelligent obstacle avoidance system that allows large agricultural machinery, such as tractors, to detect, track, predict, and smoothly avoid moving obstacles in complex field environments. The system, described in a study published in the open-access journal Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, combines data from a 3D LiDAR sensor […]

In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about gut microbes, methane emissions, and the health of the world’s dairy herds, researchers have produced the first comprehensive map of the viral communities living in the guts of dairy cattle across four distinct life stages. The study, published in the journal Microbiome, reveals an enormous […]

National polling shows Americans increasingly oppose local AI data centers, citing concerns over water, electricity costs, land use, and community impacts.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Gaps in broadband, mobile, and radio connectivity continue to create significant challenges for first responders in rural Pennsylvania, according to new research released by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.  The report, Broadband Connectivity Among Rural First Responders in Pennsylvania, was conducted by Christopher Ali, Ph.D., Abigail Simmerman, and DongWook Jeong of  Pennsylvania […] The post New Research Examines Communication Challenges Facing Rural Pennsylvania First Responders appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three years of working in Penn State’s Dairy Barns have been impactful for Hannah Mansfield, a spring 2026 College of Agricultural Sciences graduate who is pursuing a master’s degree in animal science. The Greenville, North Carolina, native did not grow up on a farm. But, she said, by living and working on the University dairy farm […] The post Penn State Dairy Barns Made Animal Science Student ‘Feel at Home' appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

EarthDaily’s Territory Insights transforms satellite imagery into actionable intelligence, helping agribusinesses identify risks, optimize resources, and make smarter decisions. The post Tech Talk: Scaling Agricultural Intelligence With Territory Insights appeared first on CropLife.

GROWMARK’s AI-powered agronomy tools help retailers and agronomists turn years of farm data into faster insights, customized reports, and stronger grower outcomes. The post From Data Overload to Actionable Insights: How AI Is Transforming Agronomy appeared first on CropLife.

Ancient books reveal 3,700-year sheep pox history. Continue reading Ancient DNA hidden in old books solves a livestock virus mystery on Tech Explorist.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Innovative farmers and ranchers often try new production practices and management strategies. But change can involve significant risk, requiring producers to carefully test and research their ideas before making big decisions. SARE’s newest bulletin, 10 Steps for Conducting Research on Your Farm or Ranch, provides a practical framework that can help producers […] The post 10 Steps for Conducting Research on Your Farm or Ranch appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

COBLESKILL, N.Y.  – SUNY Cobleskill Ag & Tech has received a $30,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to build a prototype virtual reality (VR) course in agricultural engineering and lay the groundwork to test it with students, a step toward giving rural and place-bound farmers a way […] The post SUNY Cobleskill Ag & Tech Awarded USDA Grant to Develop Virtual Reality Course in Agricultural Engineering appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Small mammals called plateau pikas are often treated as pests because they compete with livestock for food, but research from China shows they can improve the quality of vegetation for grazing yaks.

Dog walkers distracted by their phones, conversations or other demands can fail to notice their pets defecating, disturbing wildlife or approaching livestock, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

Packaged food usually sits in plastic-lined bags designed to keep air, moisture and contaminants out. That same protection can also increase the chances of chemicals from the packaging seeping into the food. When a chemical raises health concerns, industries often swap it for a molecular cousin, a substitution that may either be genuinely safer or simply be too understudied to know whether it is harmful. With thousands of chemicals in use, one-by-one regulation can't keep pace, so untested replacements can slide through unchecked.

Several chronic diseases—obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers—have been linked to lifestyles and diets high in calories, based on processed foods and lacking diversity and nutritional value.

Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.

Avian influenza viruses are continuing to circulate widely in the environments where humans and poultry intersect in China, even as the country’s aggressive vaccination and culling strategy has suppressed the most dangerous H5 and H7 lineages in recent years. That is the central finding of a new surveillance study published in Virology Journal, in which […]

Researchers have unveiled a comprehensive new blueprint for the future of agriculture, introducing a concept called the Farming of Things (FoT) — a five-layer cyber-physical architecture that promises to transform farms into intelligent, self-regulating ecosystems where sensors, smartphones, edge servers, and cloud-hosted artificial intelligence work in seamless concert. The study, published in Smart Agricultural Technology […]

In the peri-urban farming communities that ring Niamey, the capital of Niger, climate change is not an abstract future threat but a lived, seasonal reality. Rainfall in the city has collapsed from 458.87 mm in 1997 to just 141.71 mm in 2020, and the West African Sahel is projected to warm faster than the global […]

Eggplant, one of the world’s most beloved vegetables and a staple of cuisines from South Asia to the Mediterranean, is getting a twenty-first-century makeover. A sweeping new review published in the journal Discover Plants synthesizes a decade of breakthroughs in eggplant genetics, genomics, and biotechnology, arguing that the combined power of genome-wide association studies, quantitative […]

This summer, 115 participants in Leiden and The Hague worked with scientists from Leiden University to investigate the soil life in their community garden plots. With mangetout peas, a taste test, a buried pair of underpants and a harvest festival, they helped scientists better understand the connection between soil, plants and people.

Biologists studying how bacteria break down a new generation of plant-based bioplastics -- long-chain aliphatic polyesters -- have discovered an enzyme that can dismantle both plastic and antibiotics. The post Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

What makes more sense when farming wheat—strips of wildflowers along fields or organic farming? Both options provide financial support via the European Union as environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices. An international research team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, has compared the ecological and economic benefits of these two farming methods in fields planted with winter wheat.

A viral video showing a Greater Manchester Police officer allegedly punching a man during an arrest has sparked concerns over police conduct. The incident involved injuries to two officers.

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A Mesopotamian culture’s decorated ceramics show some early roots of math, researchers argued.

Meghan Markle's new Cotswolds neighbour Josie Irons jokes about bumping into the Duchess at Daylesford and reveals what she would say to her.

In the sprawling medicinal herb plantations of Bozhou, in China’s Anhui Province, a quiet technological revolution is taking root. Researchers have unveiled a new artificial intelligence system that allows weeding robots to distinguish crops from weeds with unprecedented accuracy in one of agriculture’s most visually chaotic environments—dense, mature fields of Paeonia lactiflora, a prized traditional […]

99.9 per cent of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning. The post “A great result:” 26 turbines from first commercial wind farm almost completely recycled and reused appeared first on Renew Economy.

Micoplastics may be invisible to the naked eye, but their effects on the smallest inhabitants of the soil are proving impossible to ignore. A new study from researchers at Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology in the Philippines has revealed that microscopic particles of polystyrene can dramatically shrink populations and stunt the growth of common […]

Ghana’s cocoa farmers, the backbone of an industry that anchors the West African nation’s economy, are far less ready for climate change than they believe themselves to be, according to a new study that applied a sophisticated econometric technique known as the Cragg double hurdle model to one of the most detailed datasets yet assembled […]

Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus  The GuardianThe Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop  The New YorkerWhy restaurants are facing backlash for fake food pictures  CNNApparently ‘Photography Is All Fake Anyway’  PetaPixelSide of slop? Bizarre AI food images jump from online to IRL menus  NBC News

Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus  The GuardianThe Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop  The New YorkerWhy restaurants are facing backlash for fake food pictures  CNNApparently ‘Photography Is All Fake Anyway’  PetaPixelSide of slop? Bizarre AI food images jump from online to IRL menus  NBC News

Microplastics have become one of the most ubiquitous contaminants on Earth, and a new study suggests that in the world’s salt-stressed soils, these tiny particles may be quietly rewiring the microbial machinery that governs one of the planet’s most important carbon reservoirs. Writing in the journal Microbial Ecology, a research team led by Jiali Sun […]

The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced the conclusion of the official visit of a delegation from China’s Ministry of Water Resources to Egypt, held from 2 to 4 September 2026.  The delegation, led by Zhang Hongxing, Director of Water Resources Administration, included six senior officials and experts. Minister Hani Swailem received on Sunday a detailed report on […] The post Egypt, China conclude plan to advance water management, smart irrigation links appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

In the rugged karst landscapes of Southwest China, where limestone and dolomite bedrock jut through thin soils and fissures slice deep into the planet’s critical zone, the question of how trees survive has long fascinated scientists. Plants rooting in these terrains face one of the most water-constrained environments in the humid subtropics, not because rainfall […]

The National Council for Women (NCW) has launched a new phase of its agricultural waste recycling project to produce compost, which is organic fertilizer, in Giza Governorate. The initiative aims to support the economic empowerment of rural women and convert agricultural waste into high-value products, thereby enhancing their participation in the green economy. Project experts … The post NCW launches new agricultural waste recycling phase appeared first on Egypt Independent.

The invisible world of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms living in the soil around plant roots may hold one of the keys to feeding a growing planet without exhausting the land that feeds us. A new study published in the journal MicrobiologyOpen has used cutting-edge DNA sequencing to reveal, in remarkable detail, how different fertilization […]

Artificial intelligence is often celebrated for its ability to predict things: yields, droughts, outbreaks, prices. But a sweeping new systematic review of research on sub-Saharan Africa argues that prediction alone is the wrong benchmark for judging what AI can do for the continent’s farmers. What matters, the authors contend, is whether machine intelligence can build […]

JD helps farmers turn years of field, machine, and operational data into practical insights while keeping farmers in control at every step. The post John Deere Introduces JD, the AI Assistant That Helps Farmers Put Their Data to Work appeared first on CropLife.

Discover how data, sustainability programs, and trusted relationships are coming together to create new opportunities across agriculture. The post Tech Talk: How Agriculture’s Most Trusted Distributors Become Its AI Infrastructure appeared first on CropLife.

California agriculture is at a crossroads. Water infrastructure, labor availability, rising production costs, regulations and international competition are making it increasingly difficult for growers to remain competitive. Danny Bernstein believes ... Read More The post Danny Bernstein: Ag Tech Could Help Save California Farms appeared first on AgNet West.

Deep beneath the recovering forests of subtropical China, a quiet chemical partnership between microbes and iron-rich minerals appears to be locking away carbon more effectively than scientists had fully appreciated. A new study published in the journal Plant and Soil reports that as degraded red soils undergo natural vegetation restoration, the way carbon is stored […]

A livestock-associated superbug that was never supposed to thrive inside hospital wards is now firmly established in a tertiary care center in northeastern Iran, according to a new surveillance study that documents the continued co-circulation of two dramatically different methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages under one roof. The research, conducted at Imam Reza Hospital in Bojnurd, […]

The biting midges that transmit some of Europe’s most damaging livestock viruses do not simply vanish when winter arrives, according to one of the most extensive vector surveillance studies ever conducted in Germany. But the same research delivers a reassuring counterpoint: even during an active bluetongue outbreak, the midges carried almost no virus, suggesting that […]

Something strange is happening in the way humanity talks about its greatest crisis. While greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere and global temperatures continue their relentless climb, researchers across multiple disciplines are documenting an equally significant phenomenon: the words, metaphors, and narrative frames we use to comprehend climate change are proving inadequate to the task. […]

Labor-intensive harvesting and complex processing make macadamias among the most expensive nuts in the world. This makes it all the more important to protect the trees from pests.

Blitzscaling relies on an investor base to support the next round and the next round, says William Bao Bean. "And the only thing that is for sure in emerging markets is that the capital is going to disappear on a regular basis." The post Orbit Ventures on innovation theater, AI to turbocharge emerging markets, and the risks of Blitzscaling appeared first on AgFunderNews.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

On today’s episode of the AgNet News Hour, Danny Bernstein, CEO and managing partner of Reservoir and Reservoir Farms, returned for Part 2 of his conversation about the future of ... Read More The post John Deere Makes $10 Million Investment in California Ag Tech appeared first on AgNet West.

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The world’s farmers apply staggering quantities of fertilizer to their fields every growing season, yet a large share of those nutrients never reaches the crops they are meant to feed. Nitrogen washes out of soils as nitrate and escapes into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases; phosphorus becomes locked into mineral forms that plant roots cannot […]

Biodegradable plastics were supposed to be agriculture’s answer to the microplastic problem, but a new study reveals that the very methods scientists use to hunt for these materials in soil may be destroying them before they can be counted. In research published in the journal Microplastics and Nanoplastics, a team led by Grace Davies of […]

When a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, tore through U.S. poultry farms in early 2025, farmers culled tens of millions of birds, and egg prices soared.

There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There's also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading as brains, and other masonry-adjacent cuisine. I don't even know how to begin describing this monstrous attempt of a burger, and the less said about the trypophobic burrito from hell, grubs and all, the better. There are lumps. And holes. So many holes. "Diffusion mo … Read the full story at The Verge.

In a development that could reshape how the textile and materials industries think about sustainable fibers, researchers at Cornell University, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the Georgia Institute of Technology have succeeded in spinning fully biobased fibers made almost entirely of lignin extracted from corn stover, one […]

LIMA, Ohio — The Ohio State University at Lima will soon offer the foundational coursework for Horticulture and Crop Science to students interested in working in one of the state’s top fields. The 1+3 program pathway through the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences will launch in autumn semester 2027 at the Lima campus. […] The post Ohio State Lima Announces 1+3 Horticulture and Crop Science Pathway appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A mule has helped researchers build the most complete reference genomes to date for horses and donkeys, giving scientists access to complex regions of DNA that earlier versions could not fully capture. Led by researchers in the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) and published in Cell […] The post Mule Helps Scientists Build Clearest Horse and Donkey Genomes Yet appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

arXiv:2609.03895v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dust in agriculture presents a significant challenge for autonomous agricultural machinery. Dust can impair the performance of sensors and algorithms. This work, therefore, presents a concept for a proving ground consisting of an indoor and outdoor area. The indoor area comprises a laboratory test bench where dust circulates in a closed system and a test hall where life-size objects can be placed. The outdoor area features dedicated test setups that enable reproducible data to be recorded with and without dust during real-world agriculture work. The proving ground and the setups are visualized in 3D.

arXiv:2609.03680v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Labelling vision datasets, especially for segmentation tasks, is a laborious and costly process that stymies novel developments in agricultural robotics. In this paper, we present DropClick, a click-guided segmentation tool that simplifies the annotation process. Our system utilises single-click inputs on objects to generate pseudo-labels, which can replace manual annotations. DropClick stands out as it is a semi-automated approach and does not require a click for every object in the scene. It can therefore further reduce the required amount of user input drastically. We evaluate our method on two challenging agricultural robotic datasets, SB20 and BUP20 for plant and fruit segmentation, respectively. DropClick is first trained on a small subset of just 5 images from the original training data. This DropClick model can then be deployed as a one-click segmentation system and achieves comparable or higher performance than other one-click

Norway’s energy company Equinor has awarded Proserv with a contract for the deployment of cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Proserv’s ECG Business Unit will deploy its advanced monitoring technology to provide continuous visibility of cable and terminati

In a discovery that could reshape how scientists think about biological invasions, researchers in China have shown that the notorious invasive plant Ageratina adenophora—widely known as crofton weed—does not simply overwhelm native ecosystems through chemical warfare or sheer competitive vigor. Instead, it appears to selectively recruit microbes from the very native plants and soils it […]

Scientists from Leeds' School of Food Science and Nutrition have developed an advanced AI process that can rapidly identify plant proteins capable of acting as emulsifiers from tens of millions of initial candidates. To date, it has identified nearly 800. The discovery will cut years of costly trial-and-error research and bring the next generation of plant-based foods and cosmetics closer.

Biodegradable plastics should be tough enough for use yet able to break down at an appropriate rate afterward. Researchers at the University of Osaka show that changing the size of rings threaded onto a biodegradable polymer can tune both its toughness and enzymatic degradation, offering a way to design material lifetimes. The study is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Researchers have demonstrated a series of biological tests that could serve as "proxies" for measuring how different regenerative agriculture practices could improve soil carbon—years before it would be possible to measure the carbon directly. The technique offers new insights into how effective various regenerative practices are at improving soil health.

Biofuel and farm groups are praising the Trump administration’s latest biofuel policy decision while cautioning against any future setbacks.

None The relationship between soil organic matter and crop performance deserves closer examination, because it sits at the heart of the argument that managing crop health begins below ground. Soil organic matter functions as a reservoir of plant-available nutrients, a binding agent for soil aggregates, and a substrate for the microbial communities that mediate nutrient […]

For children born with cleft lip and palate, repairing gaps in the jawbone often means waiting until they are 10 to 12 years old before undergoing invasive bone graft surgery.

Billions of disposable respirators were consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearly all of them shared two stubborn traits: they depended on fragile electrostatic charges to trap particles, and they were made of polypropylene that will persist in landfills for centuries. A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Advanced Functional […]

Synthetic pesticides have long been the default weapon against the insects, fungi, weeds, and nematodes that erode global crop yields, but their environmental costs are mounting. A comprehensive review published in the journal Blue Biotechnology argues that an unlikely group of organisms—microalgae and cyanobacteria—could reshape pest management from the ground up. Written by Adeline Juanita […]

MOA Foodtech grows non-GMO yeast strains that convert a wide variety of food and ag side streams into high-value ingredients. The post MOA Foodtech nets $3.8m to scale AI-powered biomass fermentation platform appeared first on AgFunderNews.

Plus: Defra grans and more farmland funding around the world The post AgriFood Signals: Remembering Wendell Berry, Farmland LP’s new fund, Dairy Queen robots appeared first on AgFunderNews.

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The giant panda, one of the world’s most intensively protected and closely monitored species, has long been studied through the lens of bamboo diets, habitat corridors, and reproductive biology. Now, an invisible dimension of its life in the wild is coming into focus: the vast community of viruses circulating around pandas, the wildlife that shares […]

Every year, nearly eight million metric tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans, and the packaging industry remains one of the largest contributors to this mounting environmental crisis. As regulators tighten restrictions on single-use plastics and consumers demand greener alternatives, researchers are increasingly turning to agricultural waste for solutions. A comprehensive review published in Discover […]

Applications are now open for the University of California’s Agricultural Natural Resources Connect program, a grower-informed commercialization initiative operated by UC ANR Innovate. The program is designed to help agricultural ... Read More The post UC ANR Opens Applications for Grower-Focused Ag Technology Program appeared first on AgNet West.

A multidisciplinary study has answered key questions about how agricultural practices diffused into ancient Gansu from Eurasia, as well as described population movements and burial practices in the Gansu region thousands of years ago.

Canada's capital, Ottawa, was bombarded with 167 millimeters (6.6 inches) of rain in five hours earlier this summer in what the city called a 1-in-200-year event. Close to 5,800 reports of basement flooding followed, and the worst of it hit the city's west end, including the Crystal Beach neighborhood.

The sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius, is arguably the most destructive enemy of one of the world’s most important staple crops, and a new comprehensive review published in the journal Crop Health argues that the key to controlling it may lie not in stronger insecticides but in the insect’s own chemical language. The review, authored […]

In a hypothetical 2026 scenario, American farmers face $31 billion in losses due to a prolonged Iran War, leading to economic strain and potential political shifts as midterm elections approach.

On today’s episode of the AgNet News Hour, Danny Bernstein, CEO and managing partner of Reservoir and Reservoir Farms, joined the show to discuss an ambitious effort to bring more ... Read More The post Ag Tech Hub Coming to Merced College as Reservoir Expands in California appeared first on AgNet West.

More than 80% of North American forests could face greater threats from pests and diseases by midcentury, a University of British Columbia-led study finds. If global emissions continue unchecked, rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could amplify tree pests and diseases across more than 80% of North American forests within decades, jeopardizing critical carbon sinks, air quality and the forestry economy.

For people living with anxiety, depression and exhaustion disorder, recovery often stalls despite years of medication and talk-based therapy. A new qualitative study from Sweden now offers one of the most detailed explanations yet of why a very different kind of treatment — spending structured time on a farm, in forests and with horses — […]

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot Digital harms have become the defining fear of American parents. In response, they’re increasingly turning to content-monitoring apps that scan their children’s texts, photos, emails,…

Norway’s energy company Equinor has awarded Proserv with a contract for the deployment of […]

Restaurant menus with AI-generated food images are going viral for their off-putting aesthetic. But AI’s impact on modern menus runs even deeper.

How much light do plants emit, and what can this light emission tell us about the health of the plants? The new European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission FLEX, standing for “Fluorescence Explorer,” scheduled to launch in mid-September, will address this question. At the heart of the satellite will be the “Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer,” or FLORIS for short. The ESA’s FLEX mission aims to provide global maps of plant fluorescence. Courtesy of ESA. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have developed and manufactured a silicon-based double-slit assembly as well as two high-precision mirrors for the spectrometer on board the satellite. The...

If you’ve had to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank or buy a plane ticket lately, you’ve probably felt the effects of rising fossil-fuel prices. But farmers buying fertilizer for their crops are especially aware of just how far the ripple effects of the conflict in Iran have spread. Fertilizer prices have been on a…

Farmers around the world are struggling with the impact of climate change, financial pressures and depleted soil—and industry experts say bringing consumers closer to the people who produce their food could provide a solution.

arXiv:2609.01667v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial Intelligence has shown to help improve agricultural practices, yet adoption remains limited: 69% of U.S. farmers have privacy concerns with sharing their data, and these concerns must be addressed before adoption is widespread. While Federated Learning has been demonstrated to protect privacy at scale for other sectors, deploying a system for agriculture comes with its own set of challenges; the problem necessitates a system that can protect farmer data and identities while preserving model utility, runs on commodity hardware, and is resilient to fragile rural infrastructure. To address these concerns, we introduce the Private Computation Space (PCS), a deployed, open-source Machine Learning system to provision and process farmer data securely. We design a system tailored to an agricultural setting, with multi-cluster orchestration for reliability in rural areas with asynchronous Federated Learning (FL), Differential Privacy

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Solinftec, a global leader in artificial intelligence and robotics for agriculture, will showcase the continued expansion of its Solix autonomous farming platform at the 2026 Farm Progress Show, Sept. 1–3 in Boone, Iowa. Following its largest U.S. commercial season to date, Solinftec will launch an Amazon store for Solix replacement parts, share new […] The post Solinftec to Launch Ag Robotics’ First Amazon Parts Store appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

For children born with cleft lip and palate, repairing gaps in the jawbone often means waiting until they are 10 to 12 years old before undergoing invasive bone graft surgery. University of Sydney researchers have developed a biodegradable "nanobone" material that allows the body to harness its own healing properties to regrow bone, offering a potential future alternative to procedures that have changed little in more than 50 years.

Learn how 1,000 years of animal bones reveal when cattle powered farms, sheep fueled the wool trade, and horses took over more fieldwork.