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Sensors, AI and new nutrient-delivery technologies are pushing crop nutrition toward greater precision. Zinc and field diagnostics are gaining attention.
Read the original →John Deere has committed 10 million over three years to Reservoir through a research and development partnership announced in August 2026. The partnership targets real-world development and commercialization of rugged AI technologies for high-value crop agriculture.
Read the original →Husker AI, built by KNUST students, won the 2026 Pan-African AI Summit hackathon. It is an offline platform that helps cocoa farmers turn husk waste into extra income.
Read the original →Hamburg-based Soilytix has launched LOAM, a genomic AI platform to help crop-protection companies narrow the many potential biological products discovered in soil before costly laboratory and field testing. It analyzes 15,640 microbial genomes and uses agronomic data, microbiology, genomics and AI to identify the most promising biologicals. The company is also investigating why biological products perform inconsistently across different soils.
Read the original →Euromonitor says Chobani's functional benefits, product information and meal-planning relevance make it easier for AI to recommend. This is given as the reason the brand performs well in AI shopping.
Read the original →The government plans to train and prepare 2,000 farmers to become exporters by March 2027.
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