Welcome to the rise of Fruit Farming 4.0. There are a variety of accessible apps on the market — and technology doesn’t ...

Ultra-precise planting has long focused on three factors: accurate planting depth, consistent seed spacing and reliable ...

Drainage tile is one of the few infrastructure moves that qualifies as an “offensive play” in an otherwise defensive year for on-farm investments, ag economists say. Leading agricultural economists ...

Automation and robots are becoming mainstays in many industries, but researchers and farmers in China are taking innovation ...

Machine connectivity has evolved from a “nice to have” to an absolute necessity as farmers embrace digital agriculture, or Smart Farming, in greater numbers. “In rural America there are areas without ...

Tools that offer early and accurate insight into plant health—and allow individual plant interventions—are key to increasing crop yields as environmental pressures increasingly impact horticulture and ...

Destructive wildfires continue to threaten lives, property and the environment throughout the world. Around 10% of all fires globally occur on agricultural land, causing damage to crops, ...

Across China’s vast agricultural regions from greenhouse belts near major cities to expansive grain-producing provinces AI-powered farming robots are rapidly ...

Since 2021, EQIP contracts for "climate-smart" practices have increased above general practices in all 12 Midwest states with help from IRA funding  Summary ...

Roughly 11 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — mostly nitrous oxide and methane — can be traced to the nation’s agricultural sector. A range of ‘climate-smart’ farming practices have the ...

There's a surprising amount of intersection between farming and cars, but it usually has to do with cars being turned into farming equipment or vice versa. Rarely do we ever see farming occur in a car ...

The techniques are a cornerstone of the Agriculture Department’s approach to addressing a warming planet, but it is unclear whether more widespread deployment of such methods can truly reverse the ...