Smart Farming Week: March 10 - 16, 2025
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 help you farm smarter.
From drones and data to sensors and science, Smart Farming is a persistent management strategy that empowers farmers to collect, visualize and confidently act upon relevant insights. In turn, farmers can optimize efficiency and resources despite environmental uncertainties and remain resilient in the production of food, feed and fiber.
With today’s tech-packed harvesting equipment costing up to $1 million or more, ensuring you’re not leaving kernels on the ground can help pay the bills. Hear how one farmer is outfitting his combine with aftermarket technology to drive profits higher.
With an aim to bring new tools to advance regenerative agriculture, these companies see microbiome soil tests as complements to traditional soil testing.
Are crop biologicals poised for a parabolic growth spurt? Pam Marrone, co-founder of Invasive Species Corp., dove deeper into the topic with certified crop advisers during a recent webinar hosted by the Science Societies.
The tax credit unlocks new value in your grain. But the ticket to entry is getting on-farm data ready to share
Company says RNA technology can directly target pests and potentially slash application frequency.
Pam Marrone says today’s industry supports products coming to market with a win rate no less than 80% and at least a 7% yield increase — anything else is just noise.
In a proof of concept moment, AgLaunch and 42 of its farmer network members, announce they have cashed out an early investment in an irrigation technology startup.
Despite being outside the optimum window for tar spot control, this Wisconsin field trial yielded strong results.
These space weather events can disturb the Earth’s magnetic field and at this severe level cause “more frequent and longer periods of GPS degradation.”
Learn how this first-generation Ohio farmer changed his in-season nitrogen management program to boost yields.