AGRICULTURE

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

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

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

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

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

Rob Ashwell examines the growing use of hyperspectral imaging in food production

Jessica Rowbury looks at how imaging technology is allowing farmers to reduce their environmental impact while improving profitability

Greg Blackman looks at the relatively recent introduction of vision in farming, from measuring vigour in vineyards to grading cherries

Greg Blackman looks at where machine vision is finding uses in agriculture and for grading and sorting foodstuffs