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.
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.
There are 400,000 agricultural drones applying product to 300 crop types in over 100 countries around the globe today, helping farmers save money and steward a brighter future.
While relationships remain the foundation of the farmer business ecosystem, technology is bringing a new structure to how everyday business is done.
The ribbon cutting took place on March 20 for the facility focused on demonstrating new technologies at scale.
The past 15+ years have brought two developments that have changed the dynamic for farmland investment.
Your farm is generating data that’s being collected without any necessary consent
Many farmers keep a record of their planting intentions by field in a notebook or on a USB drive. Automation can make both of those practices obsolete and improve corn and soybean seed placement accuracy in the process, the companies report.