01 Smart agriculture is a concept that focuses on providing the infrastructure for the agricultural industry to use advanced technology. Additionally, wireless sensors, low-power wide-area networks, WiFi, Zigbee, and other connected technologies are a few of the tools that farmers can use to efficiently carry out tasks related to agriculture like harvesting, buying, planting, and inventory control.Furthermore, farmers' increased adoption of IoT and artificial intelligence aid in crop field monitoring and irrigation automation. It provides farmers with cost-effective and optimal solutions with minimal manual intervention, boosting the growth of the smart agriculture market. From a service and product standpoint, smart agriculture is undergoing rapid transformation. The transformation of business models, technological disruptions, and organizational changes create an exciting but challenging opportunity. As a result, the global smart agriculture market is growing in value sales due to the increasing technology revolution in smart agriculture.
May 2026 AGCO completed the acquisition of Trimble's agricultural business through the PTx joint venture, strengthening its precision agriculture, autonomous farming, and smart farming technology portfolio.
February 2026 John Deere acquired Sentera, expanding its precision agriculture capabilities by integrating drone-based crop scouting, imagery, and analytics into its smart farming ecosystem.
September 2025 CNH partnered with Starlink to provide satellite connectivity for precision agriculture equipment, enhancing real-time data transfer and connected smart farming operations.
May 2025 Bosch BASF Smart Farming expanded the commercial rollout of its Smart Spraying technology across Europe, enabling AI-powered precision herbicide application to improve efficiency and reduce chemical usage.