Airbus and Agri Technovation have partnered to integrate Airbus' Verde crop analytics tool into Agri Technovation's digital farming platform MYFARMWEB to support farmers. The FarmBeats team has developed solutions using smartphone Wi-Fi chips and helium balloons with attached smartphones to collect soil and aerial data. Chinese agriculture drone companies have seen increased demand during the coronavirus outbreak while other industries have struggled, and Arable is advancing agriculture technology with new Internet of Things tools using sensors, networks, and machine learning to improve crop yields.

1. ▪ Airbus and Agri Technovation join forces to
support farmers; Agri Technovation has
announced the integration of Airbus’ Verde
crop analytics tool with its digital platform
MYFARMWEB.
▪ The FarmBeats team has created a solution
that uses a smartphone's Wi-Fi chip to get data
from the soil. The team came up also with a
solution called “Tethered Eye”, which replaces
drones with helium filled balloons and a
smartphone with its camera facing down,
flying at a height of 200 feet.
▪ Chinese Agriculture Drone Makers see
demand rise amid coronavirus outbreak; while
the coronavirus outbreak in China has hit
many industries hard, some technology start-
ups in agriculture are seeing demand rise.
▪ Arable is moving agriculture tech forward with
a new generation of IoT tools that enable
farmers to take advantage of advanced
sensors, wireless networks & machine
learning recommendations to improve crop
growth.
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