Technological advancements are constantly changing sectors of the economy, and agriculture is no different. While innovations like the Haber-Bosch process and the cotton gin forever changed the ...

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Across China’s vast agricultural regions from greenhouse belts near major cities to expansive grain-producing provinces AI-powered farming robots are rapidly ...

Companies like 80 Acres Farms are really shaking things up with their indoor growing setups. They started small, like in a shipping container, and now they’re building these huge, high-tech farms.

Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb nutrients Modern corn, wheat, and beans have dramatically different root systems ...

Human health in the modern world is a conundrum. On the surface, we should be healthier than ever. We have more access to food and clean water than at any time in history. Doctors are more capable ...

It has many names: multi-story cropping, agroforestry, forest farming. All of these refer to farming within treed land. It’s a great way to seamlessly integrate the farm into the landscape and ...

I love springtime on the farm. Everything is fresh and green. Everywhere you look, you see life. It’s a time of renewal, of regeneration. Really that is what modern agriculture is about year-round.

Thinking about how we grow food these days is pretty interesting. Traditional farming has been around forever, ...

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