The World Food Programme, a humanitarian organization that provides food assistance to millions throughout the world, billed 2022 as “a year of unprecedented hunger.” Topping the list of reasons the organization blames for...
Jim Dollard has an extensive background in codes and standards. Send questions about the National Electrical Code (NEC) to Jim at codefaqs@gmail.com. Answers are based on the 2020 NEC. Agricultural building wiring We are...
In agricultural facilities, voltage gradients can be present in the earth. Neutral-to-earth stray current can affect farm animals and cause significant behavior problems, loss of production and death. These stray currents, or...
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...
