A century ago, the industry changed when farming became mechanized. Another transformation is happening now as farms become digitized to make them more productive, sustainable and resilient in a changing climate. To ensure...
LEDs have helped transform lighting across the spectrum. Now, add indoor farming to the growing list of technologies that are undergoing change. Advances in LED technology, combined with a number of other trends, are putting...
Oregon State University’s Nexus of Energy Water and Agriculture Laboratory (NEWAg), Corvallis, Ore., is partnering with the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative to build an agrivoltaics research farm that will co-develop land for...
Through sensors, receivers and big data, the smart farm is taking shape. In the 1980s, GPS cracked the door. Mobile communication, artificial intelligence and a multitude of sensors have blown it wide open. To get it done...
Farmers across the United States are eyeing a new crop. Unlike corn or wheat, this commodity requires no fertilizer and little irrigation (though some weeding is required). And, while trade tariffs are slowing some efforts to...
Old McDonald may have a farm, but these days you don’t have to leave the city to find it. Urban agriculture is bringing farm-to-table in the purest sense to metropolitan customers while rewriting crop yields and farming...
