Agriculture stories

New Zealand’s GrowPay launches a digital platform offering farmers flexible loans and payments to match seasonal cash flows and ease financial stress.

NZ small businesses saw 1.9% sales growth year-on-year, but jobs fell 1.2%, with sectors like construction and hospitality facing ongoing challenges.

The Choctaw Nation uses Oracle AI to boost efficiency, automate services, and preserve their language, benefiting over 250,000 tribal members in Oklahoma.

Industry leaders warn New Zealand faces losing billions in GDP unless government acts to develop clear blockchain policy and regulatory frameworks.

FedEx has launched new weekly air routes linking South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan to speed up deliveries and boost regional trade efficiency across Asia.

AI adoption is forecast to widen the gender skills gap in the UK’s GBP £1 trillion tech sector, raising concerns over equality in emerging industries.

Oracle has launched an AI-powered platform offering governments real-time data and insights to enhance agricultural performance and food security resilience.

Indonesia partners with China’s Tsinghua University and ITA to launch an AI centre, boosting education, healthcare, and agriculture to support digital growth.

Job ads in New Zealand rose 0.6% in July, marking a spring recruitment surge as tourism and IT sectors prepare for a busy summer season.

Melbourne’s Akula Tech has launched Australia’s most advanced AI-powered smart satellite, Nexus-01, enabling real-time data analysis from orbit.

Lincoln University’s genomic study aims to cut chemical use in New Zealand vineyards by up to 80%, boosting sustainable wine production and reducing costs.

Onside has launched PCBU Enterprise, a digital platform designed to enhance safety coordination across agriculture supply chains in Australia and New Zealand.

DAS launches a new climate dataset to help insurers, banks and property firms manage long-term climate risks affecting rural Australia.

M2M One has launched a satellite IoT service in Australia and New Zealand, offering bundled data and hardware for remote industry connectivity needs.

Myriota boosts Southeast Asia satellite IoT expansion with AUD $25m funding to address remote connectivity challenges across agriculture, logistics, and water sectors.

A Forrester report finds 78% of automation leaders plan to implement aerial drone automation within a year, boosting efficiency across industries.

Castilla-La Mancha government adopts Red Hat's AI tools to speed up environmental impact assessments, cutting processing times by two months.

Directed Technologies and KPMG Australia have launched an automated Fuel Tax Credit solution, easing claims for heavy vehicle fleets in key Australian industries.

Version 1 has secured a GBP £95 million contract to upgrade and support digital services for Scotland’s rural Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate over seven years.

Kilcoy Global Foods has expanded its partnership with DecisionNext to enhance AI-driven pricing and forecasting, boosting agility in volatile global markets.