An AI-enabled mobile app could warn farmers of future pest infestations
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An FMC patent application covers the use of artificial intelligence to see how vulnerable crop fields are to pests.
USDA, University of Melbourne patenting biofortified wheat that improves gut health
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A patent application says grains biofortified with a compound called nicotianamine can increase the crops’ absorbable or bioavailable iron, which is essential to gut health.
LG wants to patent a smart farming platform that cuts food waste along with the middlemen
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Inventors from LG Electronics have designed a smart platform that helps small farmers optimize their production, and enables consumers to directly purchase produce. The Seoul-based company’s patent application discloses a method to minimize agricultural product and food waste by offering an approach based on information and communication technology (ICT) to smaller players in agriculture. ICT […]