Koppert Biological Systems has expanded its Horiver sticky trap range with four new traps for monitoring and trapping pests such as leaf miners, whiteflies, thrips and other harmful insects in a wide variety of crops. 

Biobest, active in biocontrol and pollination, is deepening its relationship with ecoation, a pioneer in robotics and artificial intelligence technologies for horticulture. 

Based in the Netherlands, Certhon and its Japanese partner DENSO, are launching the Certhon Harvest Robot. This multifunctional robot can detect, cut and transport greenhouse-grown tomatoes to boxes without human help. 

Based in Leamington, Ontario, South Essex Fabricating has signed a partnership agreement with Robovision for the research and development of deep-learning software and enhanced AI robotics for the agriculture industry.

Situated in the Niagara peninsula, Vineland’s horticulture research and innovation laboratory spans 218 acres. A drone captured the spectacular views during August 2021.  

Montreal-based Sollum Technologies announces that its smart LED lighting system has been honoured with the prestigious 2021 Sapphire Award in the horticultural lighting category by LEDs Magazine.

The BC-based ag tech company will receive up to $3.9 million in repayable contributions to accelerate development of its system to limit crop losses in greenhouses. Ecoation’s tag line is “human knowledge plus machine precision.” 

The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is pursuing four horticultural projects with federal financial assistance. One of those is $1.8 million to support the on-the-vine breeding program to produce high-yielding greenhouse tomatoes with improved flavour and production traits.

A California robotics company which focussed on apple harvesting has put up its intellectual property and assets for sale.