Respondents rated improving animal health as particularly important and, with an average score of 1.63, it once again clearly tops the list of areas where innovation is desired.
For decentralized energy supply, EU farmers place their greatest hopes in energy storage, flexible biogas plants, and agrivoltaics (Agri-PV) as key technologies for the energy transition.
Politicians, business leaders and academics all say that the agriculture of the future will be digital. But even a thousand sensors, a hundred apps and ten platforms do not in themselves make for “Agriculture 4.0”. Farmers on the ground use whatever they actually need on their farms.
At the German-Ukrainian Agricultural Entrepreneurs Forum 2026 hosted by DLG in Frankfurt, partnerships for a resilient agricultural sector took center stage—from reconstruction and financing to EU integration.
Participants in the Agrifuture Insights survey in spring 2025 were asked what innovations they would like to see for their farms in the future. The current graphic of the month shows the most frequent responses.
Tu Nguyen is an engineer, entrepreneur, and climate advocate with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of automation, renewable energy, and sustainable development.
