LIC's SPACE product is out of this world
June 14, 2019
LIC has an exciting innovation which is literally out of this world - it allows farmers to monitor their farm from space.The Country's Jamie Mackay caught up with LIC Chief Executive Wayne McNee to find out about more about SPACE, at Fieldays 2019."SPACE is a product that me...
Agri-innovations on show at Fieldays
June 14, 2019
Some of the best new agri-innovations have been recognised at National Agricultral Fieldays near Hamilton.Winners at the Fieldays Innovation Awards included a 'fit bit' for rivers, which monitors water quality, an online service to help orchardists find seasonal workers, and...
Agribusiness students wow with unique farm invention
June 13, 2019
A group of teenage Agribusiness students have been turning heads at the annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek, with an invention they hope to take to market.'Bobble Trough' is a 24/7 automated trough float with a small submerged electrode, which releases small amounts of copper i...
Robotics coming for New Zealand's asparagus industry
June 12, 2019
Robotic technology developed by Waikato University may one day end the back breaking, labour intensive task of harvesting asparagus.The university has developed a conceptual robot, which is on display at their site at this years Fieldays at Mystery Creek that ...
NZ tech company announces global plans
June 12, 2019
New Zealand fresh produce software company Radfords is extending its global reach with the help of international business development agency New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE).Radfords was announced as an NZTE focus customer in April, which Chief Exe...
Across the board, New Zealand businesses are taking advantage of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud computing to rapidly scale and enter global markets. Our local agritech&n...
Helping farmers see the future
June 10, 2019
AgResearch is “helping farmers see the future” thanks to a new partnership with Animation Research Limited (ARL), the Kiwi company that revolutionised America’s Cup sports broadcasting.The partnership is part of a cutting-edge research programme – the New Zealand Bio...
New machine to help export traceability
June 1, 2019
AgResearch is developing a method of giving New Zealand exports a “unique fingerprint” that scientifically proves their provenance and could be used to deter supply-chain fraud. The technology is so accurate that it can differentiate New Zealand, English and Welsh l...
Waikato students win big at NZ Startup Bootcamp
May 29, 2019
After 48 hours of innovation and hard work, two University of Waikato teams came out on top of the NZ Startup Bootcamp, each taking home $10,000.The winner of the ASB Best Startup category was agri tech team RH Innovation.The team was made up of Waikato students: Rahat Hasan...
Four industry-changing companies and the Māori innovators behind them have been recognised at the 2019 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards (24 May), with Robotics Plus taking top honours and being named Hi-Tech Kamupene Māori o te Tau and Most Innovative Hi-Tech Agritech Solut...
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