Precision agriculture – using computers to manage farm inputs and yields down to the micro-level – certainly holds strong promise for farmers. The problem is that the experience of using it often ...

Precision agriculture provides many benefits for farmers and can help suppliers manage food. But with a myriad of issues, including regulation and farmer adoption, will we ever see widespread use?

Many of us mindlessly shop for food, fuel, clothing, home goods and more without thinking much about where it all comes from, forgetting that in most cases it all started on a farm. Most people are ...

A recent report issued by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers outlines how precision agriculture has played a key role in boosting yields over the past two decades. The report is an update on a ...

Once only accessible to large commercial farms, technological innovation is beginning to bring the benefits of precision agriculture to everyone else. Photo: artiemedvedev/iStock / Getty Images ...

In an era where agriculture must meet the twin demands of higher productivity and environmental sustainability, precision farming technologies are reshaping the way crops are grown. Data from the ...

ST. LOUIS – For 20 years, Pablo Sobron sought a better way to learn exactly what was in the soil, rock or any other substance on Mars. Instead of sampling and laboratory analysis — the old way of soil ...

The study identifies Precision Livestock Farming as a major force behind the modernization of feedlot operations. This ...

Lee Nunn has the first tractor his grandfather ever bought sitting at his farm in Madison, about an hour east of Atlanta: a 1968 John Deere 4020 that's gleaming green and still runs like a dream. At ...

The prospect of precision agriculture has existed for decades, but many of the technologies and techniques that will enable it have been slow to catch on. For 20 years, Pablo Sobron sought a better ...

Farming is truly a special walk of life. As the saying goes, “Man – despite artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and accomplishments, owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact ...