Items Tagged with 'autonomous electric smart tractors'

Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry.

The FIRA USA robotics connected innovators with farmers to find new approaches for designing and marketing the next generation of tech for specialty crops.

DPR Director Julie Henderson discusses her first year in the role, engaging stakeholders on controversial issues and emerging policies to watch.

California’s workplace safety regulator has rejected a petition to allow driverless tractors on farms throughout the state, despite pleas from farm groups to support widescale adoption.

Despite rising costs for water and food safety—labor is the top challenge for farmers these days, for both availability and cost. A new event in October aims to connect specialty crop growers, agtech startups, investors and leaders in workforce development in an attempt to address this issue.

California’s workplace regulator is considering measures to allow the use of autonomous smart tractors on farms, which could ease labor costs for agricultural operations. But labor interests are pushing back against the approval of innovative technologies.