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AgrotechA digital twin of a Grimme potato harvester, used through VR headsets or tablets, lets operators learn the machine before the season; PepsiCo says pilots raised bruise-free potatoes by 87%.
VegetablesUS start-up Heritable Agriculture will run Kagome's tomato germplasm and breeding data through its AI genomics platform to find genes for resistance to a major, undisclosed tomato disease, then breed them into Kagome varieties.
AgrotechChina's agriculture ministry will groom 100 leading, 1,000 fast-growing and 10,000 high-potential agricultural technology companies and set 11 research priorities under the 15th Five-Year Plan, with AI to change how research is done.
AgribusinessElite Agro Holding announced AED660m ($180m) of farm investments over more than 9,300 hectares, led by a $120m, 8,900-hectare project in Mauritania aimed at about 244,000 tonnes of produce for local and regional markets.
FisheriesA Japanese start-up has built an indoor aquaponics system that raises trout and strawberries together, using a specially formulated fish feed so the crop needs no added fertiliser.
LivestockAgscent has launched in the UK with a system that pairs methane sensors with in-paddock weighing, so farmers can see which cattle turn feed into weight most efficiently as drought squeezes grass and forage.
LivestockChina's new National Livestock and Veterinary Industry Development Plan sets 15 targets but none for total meat output, and calls for faster use of artificial intelligence and smart livestock farming.
CropsResearchers mapped 210 rare haplotypes linked to rice yield, grain quality and stress tolerance, and one of them, DEP1-H2, raised yields by up to 9.87% when bred into the Indian variety Swarna.
AgribusinessThe Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell from 135 to 123, and only 48% of farmers said the country was heading in the right direction, the lowest since the question was first asked in July 2025.
CropsDeep Science Ventures says declines of roughly 20-50% in several nutrients have been recorded in cereals and vegetables, and models a UK scenario in which GLP-1 drugs and falling nutrient density push five million adults below key thresholds.
AgrotechThe new models, from 19.3 to 23.9 gross horsepower, carry heavier loaders, side-by-side pedals and 54- or 60-inch mower decks, and reach US and Canadian dealers early next year.
Berlin start-up Hexafarms has raised €4.8 million to grow a platform that reads greenhouse crops with wireless sensors and cameras and uses machine learning to tell growers how to reach the best harvest.
FisheriesChina's agriculture ministry will merge its marine ranching and deep-sea aquaculture equipment projects into a single category of offshore ranching projects under the 15th Five-Year Plan.
