Self-driving electric tractor promises eco-friendly, hands-off farming
There's also the 'first' tractor that can run on manure gases.
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Hitting the Books: Lab-grown meat is the future, just as Winston Churchill predicted
'The Genesis Machine' examines synthetic biology's impact on the world of tomorrow.
Hitting the Books: 'Miracle Rice' fed China's revolution but endangered its crop diversity
Now researchers are working to revitalize landrace varieties to nourish our ever-growing population.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
John Deere says its autonomous tractor is ready for production
The self-driving Deere 8R can operate without a pilot when covering a field.
Alphabet's Mineral moonshot wants to help farmers with robotic plant buggies
The tech could lead to more sustainable farming practices.
Amazon bans foreign sales of plants in US after mysterious seed deliveries
There are concerns it's a coordinated threat to agriculture.
Watch a Boston Dynamics robot herd sheep in New Zealand
Robotics company Rocos shows how Spot might advance precision agriculture.
FCC rolls out a $9 billion fund for rural 5G connectivity
It will replace the $4.5 billion Mobility Fund Phase II to bring 4G LTE to rural areas.
UN: Misuse of land and agriculture is driving climate change
Emissions from agricultural production is causing the planet harm.
Robot 'duck' keeps weeds out of rice paddies
Think of it as a Roomba for grains.
FCC task force will help connect farms and ranches
The Precision Ag Connectivity Task Force will work with the USDA on policy recommendations.
FarmWise and Roush are making autonomous vegetable weeders
The companies will create prototypes this year.
The future of indoor agriculture is vertical farms run by robots
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Robots are learning to carefully peel lettuce leaves
It's a random but important engineering advancement.
America can't solve its migrant labor crisis with automation
Don't expect autonomous robot farmers to toil US farmlands anytime soon.
Gene-edited rice plants could boost the world's food supply
So long as the potential ethical issues are addressed, at least.
Alphabet's X lab explores using AI to improve food production
Automation could reduce food shortages and boost crop quality.
4Arable's Mark crop sensors give farmers a data-driven edge
Just stick one in your cornfields and let the information flow in.
John Deere bought an AI company to optimize crop spraying
Machine learning could lead to smarter farming.
The Future IRL: Robot farmers do the dirty work
Oh, you didn't know farming Robots as a Service (RaaS) was a thing?
