How to reduce vibrations in agricultural machinery
The presence of the cab is generally a decisive element in limiting a tractor’s noise exposure. For vibrations, on the other hand, the measures to be implemented may be different and there is…
Calculating Sustainability in Real Time
The xFarm platform acquires new functions to make the agri-food supply chain more transparent Maria Luisa Doldi Digital technology is increasingly making its way into agriculture. This is also affirmed in the…
Water for arable land
For the farm today, it is essential to have management models capable of increasing and preserving water in the soil. Lorenzo Benvenuti Without water, there is no agriculture. In fact, water must be…
Robotic equipment and autonomous tractors
The major agricultural machinery manufacturers are mostly oriented towards the development of autonomous tractors, machines that can emulate the conventional tractor without human intervention, and equipment that, although connected to a conventional tractor,…
How to ensile fibrous fodder
Silage is by far the most widespread method of storing energy fodder, i.e. all cereals, with both summer and winter cycle, harvested at the waxing stage Ensiling is a technique that can also…
Horticulture also has its robot
It is called HORTObot and promises to help horticulture in the realization of new sustainable, zero-mile and welfare business models Urban and peri-urban farms, new emerging models of city farming, corporate gardens, solidarity…
Robots for large crops
Slowly but surely, agricultural robots are appearing in many shapes, sizes and functionalities in the offerings of different companies. What drives innovation in this direction and why this growing interest in robotics…
Fast and precise
Seeding machines that work at high speed represent an important technological development not so much and not only because they reduce labour requirements, but above all because they improve the agronomic timeliness of…
Choices according to forage type
Several aspects have to be considered when making choices for haymaking in the field… The technical and technological choices for field haymaking are consequent to the agronomic choices made in the cultivation…
Galileo at the service of agriculture
European satellite navigation system Galileo supports European agriculture in its 4.0 journey Galileo is a civil satellite navigation and positioning system (in English GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite System), developed in Europe as…
