Opinion
The 2026 farm bill quietly hands big tech control over American farmland. Here’s the fine print
The 2026 Farm Bill would reimburse farmers 90 cents on the dollar for adopting Big Tech AI tools — while letting the private sector write the rules.
Farmers have long depended on experience, local knowledge and common sense to produce food, feed and fiber. But the way they are doing it is continuously evolving. Digital agriculture is providing ...
The value of drones on the farm, as high as it is today,” says Russell Hedrick, “will soon go up to levels not even imagined yet.” ...
Why have tech heavyweights, including Google and Microsoft, become so deeply integrated in agriculture? And who benefits from ...
Dairy cows wear their ear tags while eating feed at Vale Wood Farms in Loretto. Mirror photo by Colette Costlow About 4,000 farms operate in Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Centre and Huntingdon ...
Farming is changing from manual, experience-led observation to data-driven decision-making powered by advanced sensing systems and artificial intelligence. A new research paper titled “Fast Forward ...
John Deere’s top finance chief pushed back gently on President Trump’s claim that regulations alone are driving up tractor prices, saying the true path to lowering costs for America’s farmers lies in ...
The International Potato Technology Expo in Charlottetown is showing the latest advancements in potato farming. Maria Sarrouh reports.
The pace of new ag technology introduction can be dizzying. Whether it's planting, spraying, harvesting or other farm activities, technology continues to change the game. Many of the new technologies ...
New farming technology can help farmers be more efficient and maximize crop yields. But as Jana Rose Schleis reports, keeping up with the evolving technology can be useful but costly.
Dairy cows wear their ear tags while eating feed at Vale Wood Farms in Loretto. Mirror photo by Colette Costlow About 4,000 farms operate in Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Centre and Huntingdon ...
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