Competitive Virtual Farming Is an Actual Thing
But the newest is something very different. Last week, GIANTS Software announced the formation of an esports championship league for its signature game: Farming Simulator 19. Farming Simulator 19 is...
View ArticleNew “Speed Cloning” Could Help Genetically Engineer Disease-Resistant Crops...
By using techniques like CRISPR gene editing, agricultural scientists can create GMO crops for all kinds of scenarios: sure, mostly enhanced yield or resistance to pesticides, but also the capability...
View ArticleCan High-Tech Tools Solve Beehive Thefts?
When 100-plus stolen beehives were found in an almond orchard in Fresno County, California, detectives arrested the beekeeper tending the hives but struggled to return them to their rightful owners....
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The Online Beef Between Farmers And Vegans
For the past two years, Derrick Josi has been a daily target for vegans and animal rights activists online. The fourth generation dairy farmer says he’s been active on social media platforms for years,...
View ArticleNew Research Shows Farms Are the Best Land For Solar Panels
When Byron Kominek returned home to his family farm in Colorado in 2016, he decided it was time to do more than produce hay. The former U.S. diplomat saw opportunity in the 24 acres his grandfather...
View ArticleSeven High-Tech Scarecrows
Modern scarecrows are a drastic departure from the straw buddy from The Wizard of Oz. An upscale array of intimidating devices deters more than just, well, crows. Cats, raccoons and other tricky...
View ArticleArkansas Taps Teens’ Social Media Savvy to Advocate for $6 Billion Rice Industry
Seventeen-year-old Belle Richardson has spent her summer visiting rice farms, taking rice-centric cooking classes and learning everything she can about about growing and producing the grain — and, she...
View ArticleFive Farm-Themed Dating Websites for Humans and Other Animals
A new breed of Tinder-style apps aims to relieve rural loneliness. While the main market is farmers, cattle seeking love have an app to tap. Here are five digital dating options. Farmers Dating Farmers...
View Article25% of American Farms Don’t Have Access to the Internet
Every two years, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service releases a report on computer use and ownership on American farms. Having an internet connection and access to some kind of device...
View ArticleJapanese Scientists’ Discovery Could Prevent Tractor Tipping
Japanese scientists may have figured out the key to preventing tractor-tipping accidents—a leading cause of death for farmers around the world. Their report, published in the journal Biosystems...
View ArticleNew App Aims To Help Farmers Deal With Climate Change
As climate change brings even more unpredictability to farming across the world, a new mobile app is trying to help farmers in developing countries navigate through this new reality. FarmBetter...
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This French Startup Wants to be the Future of Foie Gras
In 2010, Rémy Burcelin was mulling over research results in his laboratory when he made a discovery that could revolutionize the way foie gras is made. Burcelin, a medical scientist based in France,...
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Kickstarting the Modern Farm
Our semi-regular round-up of interesting food and farming Kickstarter campaigns has returned. Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective is a documentary made by...
View ArticleFuturistic Farming Has Arrived with Weeding Robots
For sustainable farmers, hand-weeding can be laborious, backbreaking work and can cost upwards of $300 an acre in labor costs. A French startup called Naïo Technologies is hoping to solve this problem...
View ArticleThis Great Tool Can Show You Exactly What’s Grown Anywhere In The Country
In these very weird and awful times, when nobody can leave their own property, it can be nice to look at some maps. One of the best maps you can look at right now is CropScape, an agricultural map...
View ArticleGoing Green: Can Electric Tractors Overtake Diesel?
Stephen Heckeroth’s desire to help the planet has seeped into the world of agriculture. The California designer has devoted his life’s work to finding alternatives to fossil fuels. He’s spent more than...
View ArticleThis New Tool Breaks Down Lost Food Production Due to COVID-19
The situation with the effects of COVID-19 on the agriculture industry moves so quickly that it can be difficult to get a broader view of things. We see news stories about individual plant shutdowns or...
View ArticleGood Old-Fashioned Earth Soil Will Be Heading to Space for the First Time
Growing plants—especially edible plants—in space has a long history. But those plants have been grown in various non-soil-based media, from hydroponic systems to clay-based formulas. That’s set to...
View ArticleLiquid Gold: How Stronger Food Systems Can Start In Your Toilet
Multiple times a day, when nature calls, people routinely flush their excrement into an abyss of murky wastewater. It’s a widely unquestioned, common practice. But there could come a time when we’re...
View ArticleWhite House Says Executive Order on Right to Repair Is Coming
Over the past few decades, as farm equipment has become more expensive and computerized, it’s also become harder to fix. Farmers, who shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars for tractors, combines,...
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