The Bovine Butler

The Bovine Butler

Ranch Rover, Ranch Rover, send feed rations on over. Tech company Smooth Ag is creating a butler for cattle of sorts. The company has developed V1 Ranch Rover, a fully autonomous feeder, aimed to help with higher input costs and decreased labor availability. How now,...
NASA’s AgTech Agenda

NASA’s AgTech Agenda

NASA and farming? Not your everyday combination. A new space-age technology for agriculture is here. GEO-CropSim is a “useful decision-making tool to help monitor and improve crop production while simultaneously analyzing water consumption.” Developed by...
Elanco Elevates Carbon Capturing

Elanco Elevates Carbon Capturing

In case you’ve been distracted by recent headlines (Olympics, Super Bowl, Russia and Ukraine… it’s been a busy month), we’re bringing back some news on a hot topic (pun intended): climate change. Specifically, the challenges of curbing emissions and increasing proper...
Sensing Something Big

Sensing Something Big

A long time ago, in a field far, far away, a farmer earned a premium for the higher quality grain found to be growing in the center of his field. It’s not science fiction…It’s not a pipe dream…And it’s not far off.  Space-age sensors: Researchers at Kansas State...
Food Chain Meets Blockchain

Food Chain Meets Blockchain

Blockchain technology isn’t just for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies: applying it to food traceability is closer than you think. How close? Try November, when the FDA is scheduled to finish writing the rule requiring the food industry to keep and update records on supply...