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FarmQA and Planet Labs Combine Satellite Imagery With AI to Deliver Field-Level Yield Intelligence to Enterprise Farms

FarmQA and Planet Labs are combining daily satellite imagery with AI agronomic models to give enterprise farms predictive yield intelligence at field-by-field resolution — closing a data gap that ground sensors and drones cannot fill at scale.

Hector Herrera · Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

Eva Live Launches EvaFarmSight AI Precision Agriculture Platform Targeting $38.8 Billion Market

Nasdaq-listed Eva Live (GOAI) launched EvaFarmSight, combining AI aerial imaging and crop disease detection to target a precision farming market projected to reach $38.8 billion by 2033.

Hector Herrera · Oct 31, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

Niqo Robotics Launches F50 AI Weeding Robot With 46-Foot Working Width for Large-Scale Farms

Niqo Robotics launched the F50, an AI precision weeding robot with a 46-foot working width — the widest in its class — bringing herbicide-free weed control to commodity-scale corn and soy operations.

Hector Herrera · Oct 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

FarmBot Tech Launches Voice-First AI Platform to Close the Technology Gap for Small Farms

FarmBot Tech launched a voice-first AI platform on October 25, letting small farm operators ask questions about their own operational data in plain English — the first accessibility-first ag AI platform.

Hector Herrera · Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

AGCO Tech Day Demos AI Weed Targeting, Autonomous Harvest Fleets, and Mixed-Fleet Farm Management

AGCO's 2026 Tech Day near Chicago demonstrated AI precision weed control, autonomous grain cart harvest logistics, and Aurora — an AI assistant that coordinates mixed-brand farm fleets in a single platform.

Hector Herrera · Oct 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

AI Precision Farming Reaches Commercial Scale — Three Breakthroughs Define September 2026

Three AI-driven precision agriculture technologies hit commercial deployment in September 2026. Satellite crop mapping, autonomous sprayers, and AI yield models are operating on real farms — and mainstream investment is following.

Hector Herrera · Oct 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

AI Camera System Scores Every Dairy Cow Daily, Bringing Precision Analytics to Small Farms

A new in-parlor AI monitoring system scores every dairy cow's body condition daily after milking, making herd health analytics previously available only to large industrial dairies accessible to small and mid-size operations.

Hector Herrera · Oct 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

FBN and Google Build an AI That Knows Your Farm, Not Just Farming

Farmers Business Network and Google have partnered to build an AI system that grounds agricultural advice in farm-specific data — soil, crop history, local weather, input prices — rather than generic internet-trained knowledge.

Hector Herrera · Oct 3, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

Cambridge Satellite AI Maps Senegal Crops With 84% Accuracy on Minimal Ground Data

A University of Cambridge team has built a satellite-based AI model that identifies crop types across Senegal with 84% accuracy—using far less ground-truth data than conventional approaches, potentially unlocking precision agriculture for millions of smallholder farmers.

Hector Herrera · Oct 2, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

AI Precision Farming Drops Below $15K, Finally Within Reach for Small Farm Operators

AI-powered drone systems for crop analysis have dropped below $15,000 all-in for small farm operators, crossing a cost threshold that previously confined precision agriculture to large commercial operations.

Hector Herrera · Oct 1, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

U.S. Farm Bill 2026 Draft Directs USDA and NIST to Build National AI Precision-Ag Standards

The House Agriculture Committee's draft 2026 Farm Bill directs USDA, NIST, and FCC to build the first federal AI governance framework for precision agriculture — a move that could reshape platform interoperability requirements across the industry.

Hector Herrera · Sep 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

Precision Agriculture Market Doubles to $17 Billion by 2031 as Investors Demand Per-Acre ROI

Global precision agriculture is on track to nearly double to $17.29 billion by 2031, with AI-powered variable-rate tools and drone sensing displacing broad smart-farming platforms that failed to prove per-acre returns.

Hector Herrera · Sep 29, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

Agriculture 2026: AI Moves From Hype to Measurable ROI — and Farmers Are Demanding Proof

Variable-rate technology, AI yield prediction, and smart irrigation are delivering quantified savings in documented cases — though climate volatility and the digital divide challenge global adoption.

Hector Herrera · Jun 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

2026 Farm Bill Quietly Hands Big Tech Control Over AI-Driven Precision Agriculture Subsidies

The 2026 Farm Bill routes federal precision agriculture subsidies through AI platforms controlled by major tech companies — raising concerns about long-term data lock-in for American farmers.

Hector Herrera · Jun 8, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

AI Precision Agriculture Is Booming — But 80% of the World's Farmers Could Be Left Behind

AI precision agriculture tools are delivering real gains on commercial farms, but the 80% of the world's farmers who operate smallholder plots face structural barriers the technology wasn't designed to address.

Hector Herrera · Jun 7, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

AI Is Managing 70 Million Hectares of Farmland Across 30 Countries. The Pilot Phase Is Over.

AI-powered precision agriculture platforms are no longer experimental — they're actively managing 70 million hectares of cropland across 30 countries, confirmed by $15 billion in AgTech investment in 2025.

Hector Herrera · Jun 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

2026 Is the Proof Year for Precision Agriculture AI — Farmers Are Demanding Real ROI

The global AI-in-agriculture market hit $3.37 billion in 2026, up 24.5% — and farm operators are done accepting pilot results. They want documented ROI, and vendors are now under pressure to deliver it.

Hector Herrera · May 16, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

World Agri-Tech 2026: Investors Shift from AI Hype to ROI as Robotics and Precision Genetics Reshape Farm Investment

Capital is shifting from AI ag hype to measurable farm-level ROI, with AI combined with precision genetics emerging as the highest-conviction investment theme at World Agri-Tech 2026.

Hector Herrera · May 15, 2026 · 4 min read

Agriculture & Food

Precision Farming Tools Are Outrunning Rural Broadband — And the Gap Is Becoming an Equity Problem

AI-connected farm equipment is generating data demands rural broadband cannot meet. The Fiber Broadband Association says existing rural network standards must be fundamentally updated.

Hector Herrera · May 14, 2026 · 3 min read

Agriculture & Food

$3.15 Billion Flows Into AI-Powered Crop Micronutrients as Precision Agriculture Scales

More than $3 billion has flowed into AI-powered precision agriculture for crop micronutrients. John Deere covers 5 million acres. Syngenta manages 70 million hectares. Smallholder farmers are being left behind.

Hector Herrera · May 13, 2026 · 4 min read