TECHNOLOGY
Robbing crop seed or smuggling pathogens, the most devastating raid of ag tech in U.S. history continues at a blistering pace.
New state laws and a county-wide broadband network are turning science fiction into reality, allowing autonomous tractors and drones to revolutionize the nation’s leafy green production.
A father-son duo turned a 3D-printed project into an autonomous solution that levels grain and breaks up crust in grain bins.
Adron Belk uses data to cut costs, improve yields and make every decision, from fertilizer usage to what tire pressure he uses when planting. The precision-driven strategy is what’s helping drive profitability.
“The value of drones on the farm, as high as it is today,” says Russell Hedrick, “will soon go up to levels not even imagined yet.”
A new AI-driven platform, Acre Almanac, decodes any number of years of your private farm data to help you separate environmental luck from high-impact agronomic choices.
John Deere is testing a 350-hp E98 ethanol tractor across the Midwest. Early trials show promise, but infrastructure might decide how fast farmer-grown fuel can power the future of farm equipment.
Amid the highest copper prices in history, thieves now must tangle with a watchman that never sleeps.