Farmer Bir Virk tapped the iPad mounted beside his tractor’s steering wheel and switched the vehicle to automatic mode. The ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and farming is facing a bunch of necessities. There’s a major worker shortage. Farm land is shrinking while world population growth calls for higher food ...

Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the rest of us. A new "smart lighting" system for indoor vertical farms grants ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Farm animals, butter sculptures, and great food aren't the only things you can enjoy at the Farm Show. A few hundred feet from the food court sit thousands of tons of farm equipment.

George van Vlaanderen used to spend hours each day moving fences so his dairy goats could graze on fresh forage. Now an app does the job. Van Vlaanderen, who makes cheese and kefir at Does’ Leap Farm ...

"Boy, it must be hard selling to farmers. They HATE technology." When I hear this, I smile and explain that farmers are actually incredible innovators before quickly changing topics. People who say ...

As the world population continues to grow and the human population becomes more urbanized, there is an increasing demand for food. This has led to a rise in the use of agricultural technology and ...

March 11-15 marks Farm Journal’s Smart Farming Week, an annual week-long emphasis on innovation in agriculture. Visit AgWeb often during the week, watch “AgDay” every day and “U.S. Farm Report” on the ...

The startup says the TerraScout can collect ultra-high-resolution imagery across an entire field and convert the data into plans which can be executed by existing farm equipment.

McArthur Ag Ventures is a multigenerational family grain farm in east-central Saskatchewan growing canola, wheat, barley, oats, peas and lentils. McArthur Ag Ventures (MAV) is a 112-year-old, ...

Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers future tech, sustainability and the social impact of technology. He is co-host of CNET's "What The Future" series and Executive ...

On a farm in Phoenix, one person with an iPad can weed a field of vegetables that once required 20 workers on their hands and knees under a hot sun. The Duncan Family Farms employee controls the ...