It’s called indoor agriculture, and this company, Plenty, is doing some really cool stuff with strawberries. Forget waiting ...

Although these challenges make it difficult for small-scale farmers to benefit from autonomous technologies, cooperative farming emerges as a promising strategy to unlock access to autonomous ...

How does climate change affect where and how we live? The energy used to operate buildings results in more than a fourth of global carbon dioxide pollution. And climate change threatens communities ...

James Dyson, known mainly for his innovative vacuum cleaner technology company, has taken on a new challenge: transforming the way we farm. With the acquisition of a vast expanse of English farmland, ...

Thad Becker uses precision agriculture to harvest soybeans Oct. 7 in Mexico, Mo. He’s spent thousands of dollars on high-tech farming tools that help him make farm management decisions, “We fixed so ...

Discover more about the CP Pinggu Egg Complex, a futuristic, automatic egg production facility near Beijing, China.

Elon Musk’s high-flying SpaceX is expanding into a partnership with a decidedly grounded company: John Deere. Deere, one of the biggest names in American farming, plans to start offering ...

Jan. 11—Hamilton students learning about ancient farming techniques got a lesson from an expert overseeing a world-famous and local futuristic, indoor agriculture company during a guest lecture at the ...

Just above and to the right of farmer Thad Becker’s steering wheel in his John Deere combine is a screen about the size of an iPad. “I've got readouts on yield, current yield and current moisture of ...

Farming might be a lot more fun if you could fly drones to monitor your fields. Students at Waipahu High School have shown a lot more interest in agricultural and environmental studies this year since ...

A shift from bare hands, rusty hoes, and machetes—along with outdated farming techniques—to modern methods using mechanized equipment and smart technologies would be the ace of spades in ...