3 skills tomorrow's farmer will need

Mike Wilson for Farm Futures: When IBM and Silicon Valley invest in ag, you know its not your daddys farm anymore.

A Tale of Two Sciences-Artificial Intelligence Meets Agronomy

If 29-year-old me were here in the present day looking at whats going on in agriculture, I cant help but wonder what would be going through my mind-"Do I believe what I am seeing?" or "Am I inside a Sci-Fi movie?"

Two Pore Guys Announces Global Licensing Agreement With Monsanto for Its Rapid Detection Technology Platform

Announcement marks 2PGs first agriculture agreement; Initial assays will target biomolecule detection in crops, pests and pathogens to improve lab and in-field testing efficiencies

Mouser Electronics and Grant Imahara Present Final Video of Shaping Smarter Cities Series

In the final video from Mouser Electronics Shaping Smarter Cities project, celebrity engineer Grant Imahara returns to WIRED Brand Lab to talk about what hes seen and learned after traveling the world to see how technology is shaping smarter cities.

Farmers Edge and Planet Partner to Change Global Agriculture Using Daily Satellite Imagery and Real-Time Big Data Insights

Landmark deal delivers Planets global daily imagery directly to Farmers Edge users, enabling growers to improve crop yields, quickly react to crop stress and boost profitability

How Field-Centric Weather Data Improves Crop Staging Accuracy

Today, companies like Farmers Edge are installing weather stations in their customers fields to acquire accurate, site-specific data. And having a dense network of weather stations enables detailed analyses of regional trends.

2017 Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes Focus on Drone Data Integration & Workflow

Speakers to Offer Collective Roadmap for Asset Owners/Large Enterprises

3 Ways to Reduce Grain Losses at Harvest Time

While crop producers lay out their best plans for success early in the season before planting begins, inevitably some combination of crop pests, unpredictable weather, and even the neighbors livestock or wildlife in the area can wreak havoc on those plans -- resulting in an accumulation of setbacks at harvest.

Free, On-site Image Stitching for AgVault Users

Private beta will showcase cost-effective in-field mosaic insights

Trimble Begins Construction on Campus Expansion in Westminster, Colorado

Contractors, Surveyors, Architects and Designers Will Use More than 50 Trimble Solutions on the Project

This Drone Business Is a Flying Success. Find out Why.

Drones can be used in many different ways, but not all of them lead to a high ROI. Heres the story of Caribe Drones, a company which discovered the full potential of drones by using Agremo to help farmers gain more insights into their plants and crops.

Plastomics is growing the next generation of crops with agtech

Christine McGuigan for Silicon Prairie News: Plastomics chloroplast engineering is a platform that can efficiently introduce multiple traits into the chloroplast and enable simple, more predictable breeding of traits.

Is Ag Tech Adoption an Issue?

Lets not forget that farmers themselves are very innovative and willing to try new things - still, they proceed with caution. So, technology adoption will most likely continue to be a pain point in agriculture, but having awareness of these principles may help developers smooth the path moving forward.

Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement Launches 2018 Scholarship Application

Applications for the 2018 Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement scholarship program will be accepted through January 12, 2018.

Inaugural Agtech Nexus event talks smart capital investments

Event sponsor and agtech venture pioneer Finistere Ventures will elaborate on its recent launch of the €20 million Ireland AgTech Fund (IAF), partnering with the €8.5 billion Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, which is indicative of the potential held by the Irish agtech market.

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