James Johnson has witnessed the wrath of industrial agriculture. For decades, he and his family used fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide to achieve optimal yields on their 3,100-acre farm in New ...

TULARE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FarmWise launched its next-generation weeding implement, Vulcan, at the World Ag Expo® today. Now available for pre-order, Vulcan was named to the World ...

The Future Farming Field Robot Catalogue has been expanded with eight new machines that together provide a clear snapshot of ...

For the past three years, Terry Aberhart has watched the spindly, fixed-wing drones zip across the big skies over his farm in Canada’s Saskatchewan province, testing a technology that could be the ...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing problem for farmers across the country. Luckily some new technologies are on the horizon to help battle the bullies of the plant world. The Weed Zapper is ...

Is a laser beam the future of farming? A raised rectangular vehicle, slightly smaller than a compact sedan, rolls across farmland and shoots concentrated bursts of infrared light into the rows.

Anybody who has pulled weeds in a garden knows that it’s a tedious task. Scale it up to farm-sized jobs, and it becomes a nightmare. The most efficient industrial alternative, herbicides, have ...

International and indigenous engineers engaged by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIATA)-led Cassava Weed Management Project have made significant progress in the adaptation of ...