IAgrE Conference 2025 to Examine AI’s Role Across UK Farming Machinery & Engineering
The Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) will host its online IAgrE Conference 2025 on Wednesday 22 October, 10:00-14:30, under the theme “Will Artificial Intelligence revolutionise Agriculture?”. Aimed at engineers, technologists, researchers and decision makers in agriculture and allied land-based industries, the day will explore how AI is reshaping everything from machine autonomy to sensory detection […]
Automation Specialist Acquisition
John Deere announced the full acquisition of GUSS Automation, LLC, a globally recognized leader in supervised high-value crop autonomy, headquartered in Kingsburg, California. The acquisition builds on an existing joint venture established in 2022 and advances John Deere’s commitment to helping high-value crop growers address their biggest challenges around labour availability, input costs and crop protection. “Fully […]
European Engineers Invited to AGRITECH DAY 2025
Clermont-Ferrand, France — October 15, 2025 — AXEMA is pleased to invite European engineers, academics, researchers, and industry professionals to the 8th AGRITECH DAY, an annual international conference dedicated to showcasing the latest technologies and solutions for efficient and sustainable agriculture AGRITECH DAYeurageng.eu. Hosted at the scenic Casino de Royat near Clermont-Ferrand, the one-day event will feature plenary sessions, parallel thematic […]
AI Model Trains Real Time Weed Recognition
Czech startup Skymaps has launched “Zoneye”, an AI model that detects crops and weeds from drone images, trains on local species, and helps farmers cut input costs by 50 percent while boosting yields 20 percent. Crop counting and germination detection also included – system to be presented at Agritechnica 2025. Czech startup Skymaps has launched […]
Biosystems Engineering Volume 258, September 2025, 104255 - A Recent Paper
Modelling machine-induced soil deformation in forest soils using stump proximity and machine learning Gunta Grube a b, Stefano Grigolato a b, Jari Ala-Ilomäki c, Johanna Routa d, Harri Lindeman e, Rasmus Astrup f, Bruce Talbot b a Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy […]
82nd International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, LAND.TECHNIK – AgEng 2025
Will be held in Hannover (Germany) on November 07-08, as one of the prelude events to AGRITECHNICA, the most important agricultural engineering fair worldwide. The programme committee presents a programme that will cover the latest innovations, machine developments and technical concepts and methods. Listen to innovative presentations 2025: Participate in discussions with experts from […]
EU Project to Examine Digital Innovation in Livestock Sector
A new multinational project will highlight how digital technologies – and other innovative ways to collect livestock and environmental data – could be better tailored to the needs of livestock managers and wider communities in moorland areas. Known as rangeland outwith the UK and Ireland, moorland covers over a third of the globe and provides the […]
Potato Pest Management Project
A project which aims to revolutionise pest management strategies has been supported by the UK Agri-Tech Centre following a two-year journey. The aim of the project, named ‘DeCyst’, was to improve on the current knowledge of solanaceous trap crops and how they are best utilised for Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN) control by potato growers in the UK. […]
Young Talent Awards - Outstanding Papers Wanted
The department Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik (VDI-MEG) announced the Max-Eyth-Nachwuchsförderungspreis again for 2026. It is awarded to two authors of the best agricultural bachelor's, master's or diploma theses. The winners will receive a cash prize of €1,000 each. This is provided by the Max-Eyth-Stiftung. University lecturers who represent the field of agricultural technology or supervise an agricultural topic of […]
CIOSTA and CIGR International Section V Conference: Advancing Agricultural Engineering in the AI Era
The 41st CIOSTA International Conference is set to convene from October 20–23, 2025, at the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya, Israel. Organized by the Agricultural Research Organization – Volcani Institute, this biennial event will focus on "Agricultural Production and Management in the Era of AI, Robotics, and Advanced Technologies." CIOSTA 2025 aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration […]