CNH invests €21M in R&D simulation hub to cut tractor dev time
CNH inaugurated a €21M dual R&D facility in Modena combining virtual simulation and automated logistics to compress agricultural equipment development cycles and scale precision farming tech.
Kentucky farmer plants 850 acres with no one in the seat
Quint Pottinger became the first Kentucky farmer to autonomously plant his entire crop, joining fewer than 50 U.S. farms using driverless equipment, and slashing capital costs by 70 percent.
Ag Leader embeds row guidance into display, removing hardware barrier
Ag Leader Technology integrates corn head guidance natively into InCommand Go displays, collapsing add-on hardware into software and lowering adoption friction for precision harvesting.
Reservoir opens free agtech testing to cut $50M commercialization barrier
Reservoir Farms expands its on-farm robotics incubator with free Associate tier access, lowering entry barriers for specialty crop agtech startups by sharing 24 acres of commercial test fields and equipment.
Salin 247 plants autonomous machine in certified-organic corn at Rodale
Salin 247 deployed an autonomous planting machine in certified-organic corn trials at Rodale Institute, marking the first time autonomous row-crop equipment has operated under organic certification constraints.
Agtech shifts from data collection to autonomous farm action
Agtech startups raised $1.4B YTD as AI deployment moves from predictive to agentic, autonomous systems closing the loop between digital insight and physical farm action, signaling consolidation over IPOs as the exit path.
Canada commits $30M to clean agtech as VC capital tightens
Six Canadian nonprofits will distribute $30 million in government grants over two years to accelerate clean agriculture technology deployment, arriving as private agtech venture funding contracts.
USDA launches national proving grounds network for agtech validation
USDA announced the National Proving Grounds Network for AgTech on April 7, 2026, with $2M seed funding and Grand Farm as national program manager — a federal infrastructure play to validate AI and digital agriculture tools before farmers invest.
USDA Creates Federal Farm-Testing Network for AgTech
USDA launched the National Proving Grounds Network for AgTech on April 7, 2026, with Grand Farm as operator and $11M in secured funding. It is the first federally-backed proving ground system for precision agriculture in U.S. history.
Carbon Robotics Crosses $100M Revenue on AI Laser-Weeding Platform
Carbon Robotics surpassed $100 million in annual revenue for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, making it the first commercial field-robotics agtech company built around herbicide elimination to reach nine-figure revenue.