Laser Robotics and NVIDIA Enable Chemical-Free Farming
Laser Weeding Revolution: Carbon #Robotics and NVIDIA Redefine Chemical-Free Farming by @kimmonismus #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/sASQ68ypFS
Fewer Plants, Less Nitrogen, Same or Better Yields
Wheat or corn doesn’t matter the less plants you have to “feed” the less Nitrogen it takes because the ☀️ does more of the work. The biohack is going well below the “optimal” plants per acre for a monocrop to be...
108‑Arm Robot Harvests Cotton 120× Faster Than Humans
108-Armed Cotton Picking #Robot Harvests 120× Faster Than Humans via @ZappyZappy7 #AgriTech #Robotics #Innovation #Technology #TechForGood https://t.co/dtBjyXkefI
Urea Prices Jump 87% as Middle East Supplies Halt
Fertilizer flows from the Middle East remain blocked. Urea fertilizer prices have SURGED 87% YTD to $720 per ton, the highest level in nearly 3 years. FARMERS SHOULD SEND A BILL FOR DAMAGES TO TRUMP AND NETANYAHU. https://t.co/8GGpcsbTMb
Global Fertilizer Shortages Will Worsen Before Easing.
Energy & fertilizer shortages will likely still become greater before they ease, with prices needing to bring down demand to the new supply levels after damage assessments. We'll likely see lower fertilizer levels globally over the coming year, although it...
Robots Harvest 2000 Broccoli per Hour, Human‑Free
These #Robots Harvest 2000 Broccolis an Hour—No Humans Needed by @lukas_m_ziegler #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/4phAABcjoc
Experts Train on New World Screwworm Identification and Response
The Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology held an important training workshop focused on New World Screwworm identification and response. Experts from @OklahomaAg and @USDA_ARS shared valuable insights surrounding this serious issue to help keep us informed and prepared. https://t.co/6eSJgrmDbx
Early Corn Hybrids Avoid Late‑season Losses and Delays
I was asked how much yield we give up with early 🌽 hybrids. This is why we do it. I don’t like harvest past mid-October it gets cold and wet and I start making more compaction… and the...
Minimal N+S Boosts Wheat Yield via Residue Cycling
Our relay wheat is greener than our solid wheat we have as a 💩 mngmt safety plan (in case we can’t make it till late fall. I break down how we intentionally break down 🌽 residue to nutrient cycle it. ...
China's Food Security Policy Fuels Global Fertilizer Scarcity
China is prioritizing food security over producer profitability That keeps fertilizer cheap at home while exporting scarcity to global markets. China has a strategy The US hauls Bessent into a WH press conference to make false promises about $3 gas by September
Relay Cropping Boosts Corn Yield and Soil Health
Same field behind my house. Last year 75 bu wheat with 25% seeding rate and 75 bushel soybeans. This year going to 104 day corn… to set it back up for next year. If you do the math 75/75...
French Corn Acreage May Drop 10‑15% Amid Cost Surge
🇫🇷Corn area in France could fall 10-15% on the year amid high fertilizer and energy costs. France's annual corn plantings are only about 4% of what the USA plants, but it plays an important role regionally, accounting for around one-fifth of...
Science Enables Viable Alternative to Inefficient Meat Production
For 12,000 years, we've been cycling crops through animals to make meat. It's one of the least efficient production systems on Earth, and also one of the most consequential: climate, deforestation, antibiotic resistance, pandemic risk. @BruceGFriedrich has spent a decade building the...
US Soy Crush Hits 2nd Highest March
🇺🇸NOPA U.S. crush, March 2026: ▪️226.161 mln bu of soybeans ▪️2nd highest for any month; +16% YOY ▪️Below avg trade est (229.978M) ▪️Soyoil stocks 2.039 bln lbs ▪️Below all trade estimates (avg 2.173B) ▪️Stocks at 13yr high for March https://t.co/eWZRN9BEi2
CF Industries Prioritizes US Farmers Over Profitable Exports
One of the big US fertilizer companies, CF Industries, has said it's "foregoing" more profitable exports, in favor of keeping nitrogen at home for US farmers this spring: https://t.co/Ch3Nd83bNR https://t.co/JwPgaISLb6
Interplanting Dual Crops Boosts Yield and Margins
What is the phi philosophy? Plant sequencing is the understanding of plant phenotyping (expressions) created with lower plant densities overlayed with the equity of interplanting. Together 2 different crops create more margin through dual revenues and the synergies created. Eliminating the...
FranceAgriMer Keeps Soft Wheat Export Forecast Unchanged
JUST IN: FranceAgriMer maintains its forecast for soft wheat exports outside the EU without adjustments.
Smart Rice Factories Revolutionize Farming in Ganzhou
Smart Rice Factories Transform Farming in Ganzhou by @XueJia24682 #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/kVD17Swpkp
Guardian SC1 Revolutionizes Large-Scale Aerial Crop Protection
GUARDIAN SC1: Advanced Aerial Crop Protection System Transforming Large-Scale Farming via @WevolverApp #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/lnT5SlaQmG
Genetically Switched Microbes Aim to Cut Synthetic Nitrogen Use
Nitrogen fertilizer feeds 4 billion people. It also uses 2% of global energy to produce and loses nearly half of what's applied to runoff. Biology has promised a fix for decades. The problem: engineered microbes that make nitrogen can't also compete...
China’s March Soybean Imports Slump Far Below Expectations
🇨🇳China imported 4.02 million metric tons of soybeans in March, well below expectations and the month's average (both ~6 mmt). Halfway through 2025/26, total imports were a 3-yr high BUT below the 5-yr avg on minimal US arrivals. 10+ mmt per...
High‑speed Liquid Manure Application Integrates Cover Crops
How could you sidedress liquid 💩 at a much higher scale with high speeds, lower rates, Just in Time…while integrating cover crops for water and soil quality? We parlay what we learned with our “602” bu footprint corn and set up...
AI-Built Plant Journal Goes Live in Under an Hour
On Sunday, in under an hour we built a plant journal and it works so well on my computer or phone. I blabbered on to Antigravity about what I wanted and then asked the agent manager to ask me questions one...
AI Robot Boosts Safety in Hazardous Grain Warehouses
Chinese #AI-Powered #Robot Revolutionizing Safety in Hazardous Grain #Warehouses by @tweetciiiim #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/trQkCBKkY1
Texas Winter Wheat Faces Catastrophic Failure, Harvest Doubtful
The latest crop ratings from @usda_nass shows just how tough things are in Texas with 54% of winter wheat rated poor to very poor. Another 31% is considered fair. I saw it firsthand last week in the Southern Plains. Wheat barely...
US Soybeans Plant Faster
🇺🇸U.S. soybeans are 6% planted, above expectations and historically quick. Corn is 5% planted, slightly ahead of last year. Winter wheat conditions dropped another point this week. https://t.co/Yy2wWIzMud
China-Bound Soybean Inspections Top at 12.7M Bu
Export inspections in the week ending April 9 for shipment to China specifically (mln bu): #corn 0.0, grain sorghum 8.0, #soybeans 12.7, #wheat 0.0 #oatt
Biostimulant Market Shifts to Asia, Embraces Single Molecules
DunhamTrimmer Biostimulant Report Highlights and Analysis ◼︎◼︎◼︎ The global biostimulant market hit $4.47B in 2024 and is projected to reach $7.88B by 2030. But the headline number obscures what's actually happening structurally in the category. Latin America and Asia-Pacific have overtaken Europe as the...
Hormuz Blockage Fuels Fertilizer Crisis; Policy Aid Needed
Ships still aren’t moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Fertilizer delays are forcing farmers to pay more or cut use. They need timebound, targeted help. With right policy and diplomacy, nations can still avert a global food crisis. Watch our...
Twin Wheat Rows to Scalable Corn Manure S
Relay crop schematics today. What we’re doing this year is primarily twin 45” on center wheat with an interior tram line and outer tram line for the combine and sprayer In the future I want to go to a...
Rising Fuel, Fertilizer Costs Threaten Crops and Prices
A farmer in Western Australia was playing sports with colleagues when news of the Iran war broke. Minutes later they were on their phones, scrambling to secure fuel. Read how surging fuel and fertilizer costs are forcing tough crop decisions and...
Rail Grain Shipments Hit 1993 Peak, Driven by Exports
Rail grain shipments have surged this year, hitting the highest levels since 1993, all thanks to exports.
Claude AI Grows Tomatoes Autonomously for 100+ Days
Anthropic’s Claude #AI #Autonomously Grows Tomatoes for 100+ Days in Groundbreaking Experiment by @d33v33d0 #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/lhMuLS70zA
Tree‑Climbing Pruning Robot Outpaces Monkeys
Faster Than a Monkey: This Tree-Climbing Pruning #Robot Is Wild by @IntEngineering #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/7Hldaa6bJU
Rising Costs Force Southeast Asian Rice Farmers to Skip Planting
The war in the Middle East hits food staples ⚠️ 🌾 Rice farmers in Southeast Asia are deciding to skip planting for the next season due to rising fuel & fertilizer costs Some Thai farmers are leaving the crop in the ground...
USDA Confirms 2025/26 Soybean Meal, Corn Export Deals
USDA confirms the following U.S. export sales for delivery in 2025/26: ▪️100,000 metric tons of soybean meal to Italy ▪️125,640 metric tons of corn to unknown destinations
USDA Holds South American Crop Forecast Amid Agency Updates
USDA left South American production alone this month. Interesting after seeing some increases from other agencies on Argentina's corn and Brazil's soybean crops. Conab will be out with its estimates on April 14. https://t.co/2Up1v7VTJr
Right‑to‑Repair Settlement Shows Interoperability Beats Antitrust Breakups
Interoperability wins come in all shapes and sizes. This week's shape is... tractor? John Deere just agreed to a $99 million right-to-repair settlement that includes a 10-year court-supervised mandate to open its diagnostic tooling to farmers and independent repair shops. The...
Brazil Hikes Ethanol Blend; Argentina Lifts Corn Forecast
In case you missed it, some pertinent news came out of South America Wednesday afternoon. 🇧🇷Brazil wants to raise ethanol's mix in gasoline to 32% from 30% by the end of June 🇦🇷Argentina's Rosario exchange raised the 25/26 corn crop to 67...
Biologicals Deliver Proven Performance You Can Trust
🤜🤛 If you have reservations about the performance of biologicals, here is one you can have confidence in.
USDA Confirms 136,000 Tons U.S. Corn Sale to South Korea
USDA confirms the sale of 136,000 metric tons of U.S. corn for delivery to South Korea in 2025/26.
155 Million Rural Africans Face Cooling Crisis, Solutions Emerging
The Chilling Prospects Report by @SEforALLorg shows that 155 million rural people across #Africa are at high risk due to a lack of access to #cooling. Find out how we are promoting sustainable cooling access for #agriculture and fisheries in this...
Relay Cropping Wheat & Soybeans Cuts Costs, Boosts Resilience
A living farm system weather that’s relay cropping, alley cropping, or @stockcropper means we don’t kill anything. The wheat here we will keep… and harvest it. Between harvest and saving the $ in glyphosate… that’s a $500/ac difference. The math becomes...
Renewables Could Avert Australia's Fertiliser Supply Crisis
The fertiliser gap is Australia’s next supply chain crisis. With low cost renewables, it doesn’t have to be #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/cXJfzQ1i3d https://t.co/TOo24Jw8Pn
Controlled-Traffic Farming Should Be the New Normal
Year #11 of #farmweird Tram stamps for controlled traffic, planting green, and letting it all live agriculture… if our goal is to turn 💧 and ☀️ into food why isn’t this normal? https://t.co/JoL79vPQXl
Fertilizer Price Surge Hits Government Budgets, Not Food Security
The spike in fertiliser costs is not a food security problem in many nations (and particularly, in developing Asian countries). Instead, it's a fiscal shock problem for the governments subsidizing their consumption.
AI-Driven Dairy Startup Halter Hits $2B Valuation
Halter now manages nearly 650,000 cows, and is currently raising at a $2B valuation. Half the world's habitable land is farmland. This is AI being applied to one of the oldest industries on earth and I think we're going to see...
AI Cow Collars Turn Farming Into Billion-Dollar Industry
An AI cow collar just created a billion-dollar company. Farmers draw boundaries on a phone app, and the collars guide cows using sound and vibration. It works by collecting over 6,000 data points per min, feeding ML models that track grazing patterns,...
Brazil Soybean Exports Dip, China Share Hits 7‑year Low
🇧🇷Brazil's March soybean exports hit 14.5 million metric tons, *down* 1% from last March. But the more interesting story might be the unusually large non-China share. Only 69% of Brazil's March exports went to China, the month's lowest in 7 years...
Wind-Powered Irrigation Revolutionizes Sustainable Farming
This Wind-Powered Watering System Is Farming Genius by @IntEngineering #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/mS3Cla6xBg