The prospect of precision agriculture has existed for decades, but many of the technologies and techniques that will enable it have been slow to catch on. For 20 years, Pablo Sobron sought a better ...

At SAP Leonardo Live last month, the most interesting presentation was by Cristiano Buss, the CIO of Stara S/A. Stara is a Brazilian manufacturer of farm equipment. The company has gone through two ...

Whether it comes from rain or dew or a farmer's sprayer, water forms droplets on the waxy surfaces of plants A farmer programming the GPS control unit on his tractor before planting corn. This widely ...

Food is perhaps the best known consumable product, and the economic laws of supply and demand are pointing to an emerging pain point unlike any we have seen in recent history. To combat this looming ...

Precision agriculture involves the use of use of new technologies for greater efficiency. Through the use of cutting edge technology, farmers are now using precision agriculture to improve their ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) holds the potential to transform the way we live and to disrupt every industry by offering real-time monitoring and the ability to control devices remotely. We live in a ...

Many of us mindlessly shop for food, fuel, clothing, home goods and more without thinking much about where it all comes from, forgetting that in most cases it all started on a farm. Most people are ...

New farming methods, such as vertical farms, are helping to grow food in cities and reduce the need for large areas of land.

No audio available for this content. (Image: CHC Navigation) The earliest article about GPS and agriculture that I found in my collection of this magazine(*) is from the July/August 1992 issue: “Using ...