Farm and Ranch Report

Vertical farming has largely fallen out of favor, but there is another segment of indoor agriculture that continues to grow steadily year after year.

There's an art to designing these tools more to be simple, durable and user-friendly for farmers.

What makes sense for one farm may be completely unrealistic for another.

More and more farmers are finding uses for drones in their operations. But if you haven't yet tried drones out on your operation how should you start?

Farms today are collecting more data than ever before, but that doesn't always mean that information can be utilized and trusted.

Todd Kirwan says when he wanted to implement AgWorld software in the farming operation he managed, he could see exactly when they went from skeptical to excited.

A lot of agtech is expensive, but farming without technology can be pretty expensive as well.

Agrivoltaics are starting to move beyond just using sheep grazing under solar panels to include cash crops.

One big benefit to precision spray technology: less phytotoxicity on the crop itself.

In recent years, a number of viable precision spray technologies have hit the agricultural market, with several of them targeting vegetable crops.

Possibly the type of autonomy making the most inroads in our industry are smart implements, especially those offering precision spraying in vegetable crops.

In these challenging times for the farm economy, there's not a lot of funding left for capital improvements like modernizing an irrigation pivot.

when it comes to experimenting with regenerative farming practices, Dr. Erin Silva says you don't have to go it alone.

Regenerative agriculture is not just for small scale farmers and homesteaders. Dr. Erin Silva works with producers across Wisconsin of all different sizes and goals.

Joe Whitworth of Freshwater Trust says they've now made it easier for growers to access public funds through technology.

While this science takes time, it gets further complicated when a field is treated as a complex system instead of just a medium for producing yield.

Farmers and ranchers are stewards of the land, so they are often the target when watersheds show signs of depletion or pollution.

Technology seems to be transforming many aspects of the agriculture industry and ag journalism is no exception.

In agricultural journalism, accurate reporting is essential to maintaining trust with farmers and others in the industry.

Brazil Potash is developing significantly more mining capacity for potash in the South American country.

Despite the demanding challenges of agricultural journalism, Todd Fitchette remains deeply committed to the field.

Domestic farmers are reliant on trade relationships and foreign suppliers of critical ag inputs like potash.

Economist Dr. Jada Thompson highlights how much cheaper disease prevention is rather than trying to manage a disease that has already arrived.

Beyond the higher consumer prices and animal losses, outbreaks are also very costly to monitor and contain.

Dr. Thompson says that the effects of this poultry disease reach far beyond farms, impacting consumer prices.

Founded in 2016 in northwest Washington, Cairnspring Mills is part of a growing movement of regenerative agriculture companies.

You may have even heard people say they can't eat bread in the U.S. but they can in Europe. Why would that be?

Autonomy replaces the lack of farm labor, giving farmers back their valuable time.

It's on agtech providers to show up with data of how well their products work, but it's always difficult to know how something will work on YOUR specific field.

Kevin Morse, CEO and Founder of Cairnspring Mills, says the potential for milling these grains has been untapped, until now.

Regenerative farming practices are being talked about from the farm coffee shops to the agribusiness boardrooms.

The promise of regenerative agriculture to work with nature rather than against it is enticing. But is that how it plays out?

Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more integrated into everyday work, and the ag industry is no exception.

The problem with a lot of agtech tools, is they are only partial solutions.

Lumo's smart valve lets growers can control and track how much water their crops get, right down to the smallest detail.

FarmBlox moves across the country to be a part of Reservoir Farms, the first on-farm startup incubator in California.

With trade relationships in flux, strong markets for many ag commodities can be difficult to come by.

International demand for many U.S. agricultural products is down. Could the answer be to look internally to try to replace it with domestic demand?

Exports of some American agricultural products to key markets like China are a fraction of what they were just a few short years ago.

Farmblox wants to offer the basic building blocks for your farm that could ultimately lead you to more automation and relief from high labor tasks.

The farm automation system provider that connects equipment and in-field sensors to the internet now calls California home.