Agriculture Technology

The spread of Xf bacteria is a huge threat to global agriculture, but research is enhancing our capacity to detect it in crops using airborne monitoring

A University of Melbourne researcher has invented a device that uses microwaves to control weeds, reducing the need for herbicides

Wine vintages can be ruined by smoke contamination from nearby bushfires, but new digital agriculture tools could help both large and small winemakers reduce the damage

From drones to machine learning, new technologies are helping winemakers improve both the quantity and quality of their wine

Overuse of agricultural chemicals is taking a toll on health and the environment in China, and small farm size is a big part of the problem

We visit the University of Melbourne’s Dookie campus to find out how science is helping improve agricultural practice

From microwaves and robots, to ancient seeds and drones, a once experimental farm is still innovating after 140 years, but these days the agricultural challenges are global

Watch our video of the University of Melbourne’s robotic dairy, where the cows decide when they’re milked

Kenny Oluboyede’s serendipitous journey from rural Nigeria to the University of Melbourne’s robotic research dairy in Dookie has made him the University’s own cow whisperer

Building technology so farms will think for themselves