Over the past three decades, agricultural robotics and AI have evolved from experimental prototypes to field-ready systems ...

Farming has always involved risk. Risk of pestilence, water shortages or excess, and weather events are only a few of the conditions affecting successful crop growth. Applied nutrients and crop ...

Smart farming technologies, like smart irrigation and targeted spraying systems, are helping farms reduce water use, burn less fuel and optimize fertilizer and pesticide applications. Those gains have ...

The UN projects that the world's population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, which will cause global agricultural production to rise 69% between 2010 and 2050. To meet the growing demand, farmers and ...

Responsible innovation that considers the wider impacts on society is key to smart farming, according to academics. Scientists argue that the concept of responsible innovation should underpin the ...

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is seeking applicants for their latest cohort of students interested in smart farming and innovative agricultural technologies. The AgTech Research and Extension ...

Farm Journal’s Smart Farming Week is an annual week-long emphasis on innovation in agriculture. The goal is to encourage you to explore and prioritize the technology, tools and practices that will ...

As the global human population continues to grow towards a predicted high of 11.2 billion by the end of the century – according to United Nations (UN) estimates – specialist internet of things (IoT) ...

FILE- In this March 11, 2009, photo, a line of Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a dairy farm outside Jerome, Idaho. The University of Idaho’s plan to build the nation’s largest research ...