Emergent Connext, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to build out a rural Internet of Things (IoT) network that extends reliable connectivity across thousands of square miles of unconnected farmland in rural California. Emergent will work with Microsoft’s Airband program and their ISP partner Cal.net to provide access to reliable connectivity to drive Smart Farming and IoT adoption across the region’s farming communities.
May 21, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Veea has partnered with Mainstream Fiber Networks, Microclimates and AmeriCrew LLC to deploy Climate Smart Agriculture solutions at Cyr Farm in Fowler, Indiana. The installation of the Veea’s Edge Platform’s connectivity technology is aimed at improving resource management, sustainability and productivity in farming operations. (more…)
December 3, 2024
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Atlanta, United States – KORE, a global provider in Internet of Things solutions, and provider of IoT connectivity, solutions and analytics, has announced its role in providing scalable, global IoT connectivity to Syngenta to power a large-scale biodiversity project. (more…)
April 25, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
In efforts to enhance agricultural productivity, improve farmers’ profits, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the sector regionwide, an Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) announced the designation of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation (NARO) of Japan as its new centre of excellence on climate-smart agriculture (COE on CSA). This is a result of the long-term partnership between the two institutions in disseminating know-how in the focus area of the new COE. (more…)
March 31, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Lisbon, Portugal – Ceres Imaging, a data analytics company that builds precision agriculture solutions to reduce risk and improve sustainability outcomes, is announcing its expansion into Portugal and Spain.
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March 14, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 25 January 2023 – The University of Windsor (UWindsor) and TELUS have announced launch of 5G connected campus and commercial lab to support research with 5G technology and establish the university as a go-to centre for innovation. TELUS, a communications technology company, is investing $5 million (€4.59 million) as part of a multi-year agreement that began in 2020 to fuel the development of new applications for 5G technology. The collaboration will not only support multidisciplinary research in the agriculture, manufacturing, and connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) sectors, it will transform UWindsor campuses to enhance teaching, innovation and collaboration. (more…)
February 3, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Alexandria, United States – Agrology, a seed-stage climate technology start-up, has announced that the company is one of six partners awarded approximately $5M in funding from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative. Together the partners will further develop the capacity for growers to quantify climate-smart practices. Agrology was chosen as the partner to quantify regenerative practices in real time due to their MRV platform, ground-truth measurements, and monitoring of greenhouse gasses and soil carbon respiration. (more…)
January 9, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Redlands, United States – Extreme weather events linked to climate change are increasingly threatening the security of food and water supply across the globe. Africa, already struggling with low agricultural production and heavily degraded soils, is disproportionally affected. To help support government and nonprofit organisations on the continent address these challenges, Esri, the global provider in location intelligence, has collaborated with Microsoft on a sustainable agriculture development initiative in Africa. (more…)
November 16, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Ingersoll Rand Inc, a global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions, has acquired Dosatron International L.L.C. and Dilution Solutions L.L.C. (collectively, “Dosatron International”) for an all-cash upfront purchase price of approximately $90 million, with additional future consideration of up to $15 million. (more…)
October 7, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
A Dorset project has been awarded funding to conduct cutting edge research with the wireless technology provider. (more…)
July 14, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban