The landscape of agriculture is becoming more digital by the day. A USDA study in 2016 found growers across several crops adopted GPS yield monitoring and variable-rate input application technologies at a rate of 8% and 15%, respectively, in...

Are geographical silos impacting our ability to communicate a unified vision in precision agriculture? It’s a loaded question, for sure, with no simple answer. But it’s one that technology-focused leaders should ask themselves if they truly want to make...

While New Zealand’s agricultural sector is very different from that in other countries, the needs of growers in respect to digital ag are very similar. What are the big challenges that farmers and agronomists in New...

From ox and plow to the advent of autonomous tractors, farmers have always sought new and more efficient ways to grow crops. The demand for high-quality, protein and nutrient-rich food increases annually as the global population is on pace...

https://youtu.be/jcfcVNd7E4I Since spinning off from Los Alamos National Labs in 2014, Descartes Labs has been focused on applying its defense-oriented technologies to commercial industries, including agriculture. It made a name for itself in the industry in 2015 when it was...

You know the line, “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help”? In 20 Nebraska counties, work the USDA is doing this season has the potential to positively impact 95% of American producers within five years, based...

The mechanization of agriculture is an old story. In the U.S., writes Bruce Posner for MIT Sloan Management Review, bigger and more automated tractors are planting and harvesting thousands of acres of megacrops like corn, wheat, and soybeans, using...

Popped over to Internet of Things World in Silicon Valley, CA, last week, and during one talk on heavy equipment, I couldn’t help think about the many concerns I’ve heard from large fruit, nut, and vegetable producers here in...

A senior engineer at John Deere has been honored with a prestigious prize in recognition of his contribution to advancing digital farming technologies, reports IVT International. Receiving the Grashof Commemorative Medal from the Association of German Engineers (VDI), Dr-Ing habil....

IBM is hoping Watson can improve the future of food and crop years as it launched a global version of its cognitive tools for agriculture, ZDNet reports. Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture aims to combine predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, weather data,...

With India’s population increasing leaps and bounds every year, the day is not too far when it will surpass China to become the most populated country in the world. This population explosion in the country has put tremendous pressure...

FFA members across the country will have access to some of the latest on-farm technology as part of a new effort backed by computer software giant Microsoft, reports Matthew Weaver at Capital Press. The Microsoft FarmBeats Student Kit includes preconfigured...

Already established on North America, Europe and Asia, Google’s artificial intelligence research program is now being rolled out in Africa: Ghana and Google have cooperated to open the first African AI laboratory, according to an article at Leaders League. The...

Hello Tractor, a firm in sub-Saharan Africa that connects tractor owners with farmers, is benefiting from several powerful new technologies maturing such as the IoT, cloud, and AI, reports Ryan Daws for IoT Tech News. “We start by informing the...

Australian commodity management platform AgriDigital has handled over AUD$1.2 billion (US$861 million) of grain transactions to date, representing over six million tonnes, reports Eco-Business. The company is expanding into cotton and other commodities, and has begun exploring the U.S....

Every year I attend Brazil's main agribusiness fairs to keep myself up-to-date on the latest agricultural technologies. This year I made a point to visit Indigo Ag, which made its first appearance at fairs in Mato Grosso. [caption id="attachment_62901" align="alignright"...

It's easy to get lost in all the new technology on the market and lose the “signal” amid all the noise.

Irrespective of which agricultural website, magazine, or newspaper you read at the moment, it is clear that there is a heavy focus on data in our industry. Collecting and storing data is pretty straightforward for most but, depending on...

Contributing writer Nathan Faleide offers a unique perspective in how medicine is practiced compared to how technology is applied to ag production systems.

The VISION Conference has become established as the definitive precision agriculture and digital farming conference for North America. Pictured: Meister Media Worldwide Group Editor Paul Schrimpf moderates a session at the 2019 VISION Conference in...