AGRICULTURE

One of SweGreen's eight vertical farm units that it operates across Sweden. Credit: SweGreen

Spectral growth inside vertical farms

Automation, lighting regimes, and hyperspectral imaging are unlocking vertical farming’s full potential, finds Benjamin Skuse

Seaweed is grown on ropes, the moorings and position of which can be tracked by a vision system. Credit: PEBL

Fishful thinking

Tim Reynolds on some of the ways imaging is used to farm fish

Outfield analyses aerial images of orchards using machine learning to predict crop yield

Sowing the seeds of digital tech

Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out

Every grain counts

How will the world feed 10 billion people by 2050 with no new land for agriculture? Greg Blackman speaks to machine builder Bühler about how optical sensing can maximise yield in grain processing

The Harvesters (1565), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Wheat breeding gains from 3D data

Greg Blackman speaks to Dr Richard Dudley about the National Physical Laboratory’s 3D imaging rig, which will be scanning wheat in crop breeding trials this summer

Food for thought

The agri-food industry is on the verge of a revolution thanks to advances in precision farming. Machine vision plays a crucial role in these advances, as Keely Portway finds out

High-tech harvesting

The harvesting process could be on the verge of a complete overhaul thanks to machine vision, finds Matthew Dale

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