China Unveils AI-Powered Robot for Automated Wheat Breeding
Chinese researchers have developed an autonomous robot that uses AI to select superior wheat plants, mark them, and generate digital data for breeding purposes.

Chinese researchers have developed an autonomous robot that uses AI to select superior wheat plants, mark them, and generate digital data for breeding purposes.

Russian robotics firm Wheelies has launched a drone-based monitoring system that uses NDVI data to provide high-precision analysis of agricultural fields for better operational management.
MTS reports a ninefold increase in demand for IoT technologies in the Kursk region's agricultural sector during the first nine months of 2026.
Researchers have tested how low gravity affects fluid behavior to develop reliable irrigation systems for future lunar plant cultivation.

NASA and international partners have launched a collaborative project to develop lunar agriculture technologies for long-term space exploration.

Wheelies has unveiled a drone-based monitoring system designed to digitize vineyard management and integrate aerial data into daily agricultural workflows.
China has initiated the development of its first commercial satellite specifically designed for aerospace breeding, moving away from relying on piggyback experiments.

Analysis reveals a 680-fold discrepancy between the physical nitrogen output of Green Lightning's machines and the company's claims regarding conventional fertilizer replacement.

China's agricultural drone fleet performed roughly 203 million hectare-treatments in 2025, outpacing U.S. operations by a factor of 30 despite comparable land sizes.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google are investing $100 million into AI tools to provide localized agricultural guidance for smallholder farmers in Africa and South Asia.

Sberbank and the Leningrad Region government are launching Russia's first pilot project to integrate generative AI into the management of the local agricultural sector.

A developer is building a mobile strawberry-harvesting robot that uses a grid-based navigation system and ROS2 to automate movement and picking tasks.

GoSun has unveiled the Moonrider 27, an all-electric tractor featuring a 24 kWh battery and an optional solar charging system for extended field operation.

Dutch AgTech startup Gravity Gardens has secured €2.6 million in seed funding to scale its chemical-free seed activation technology, bringing its total raised capital to over €3 million.

Google has signed its largest carbon credit deal to date, agreeing to purchase 1 million credits from Indian startup Mitti Labs to offset methane emissions in rice farming through 2030.

Arya.ag is testing a blockchain-based system on Avalanche to tokenize warehouse receipts for agricultural commodities.

McKinsey reports that 17% of global farmers now use generative AI, while John Deere has launched a new AI-powered assistant for its agricultural platform.

The Chinese intelligent breeding robot 'Ji'er' has been upgraded with embodied AI capabilities to perform autonomous pollination and phenotypic data collection.