America’s farms don’t just run on corn and cattle. They also run on cash from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Every year, the USDA spends billions of dollars to keep farmers in business. It hands ...

The data revolution is underway in agriculture, writes the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in a 2023 report titled “Smart Farming: the transformative potential of data-driven ...

Oishii raises $150M to expand Smart Farm operations, advance automation, and scale product innovation across major global ...

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 ...

Funding for growth: Oishii secured $150 million to scale its indoor strawberry operations, enhance automation, and expand into more markets. Tech-led efficiency: Robotics and precision farming will be ...

Farming doesn’t have to be low-tech. Two of the biggest challenges family farmers face are competition with larger, more high-tech farms and keeping the next generations interested in farming. Smart ...

Smart agriculture refers to the use of technologies such as IoT, sensors, location systems, automation, robotics and AI/ML on farms. The main goal of smart agriculture is greater efficiency and ...

Cities around the world are getting smarter. Already, street lights in places like San Diego are turning off, and conserving energy, when vehicles and pedestrians aren’t around. Soon, connected ...

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 ...

The Biden administration’s signature program for tackling climate change through agriculture could be upended next year. President-elect Donald Trump’s next Agriculture secretary will inherit a $3.1 ...

Many agricultural facilities need to make immense efforts to monitor their crops, and the technological age can offer a lot of options to help. For example, Internet of Things (IoT) technology for ...