Veterinarian Dr. Shari van de Pol and her team at Cattleytics are redefining how AI is used in dairy production. No, van de Pol doesn't have any plans to reconceive artificial insemination, but her agricultural technology firm is tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to enhance the dairy management services it delivers to dairy... Read More
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Whether you're a grower, agronomist, or ag retailer, Westfield, Indiana-based Taranis believes its crop intelligence platform can play a key role in helping make the right crop management decisions throughout the growing season. The foundation of the Taranis program is artificial intelligence (AI). Cory Edge, the company's customer success influencer, is a big believer in... Read More
With a single cab-mounted camera, Case IH SenseApply offers adjust-on-the-fly variable rate application of herbicide, fungicide, and fertilizer. In this interview from Commodity Classic 2025 with Case IH crop application marketing manager Alex Caldwell, RealAgriculture's Bern Tobin gets the low-down on how SenseApply handles green-on-brown spot spraying, VR fungicide, VR nitrogen, the burnd0wn pass and... Read More
Startup culture meets farming culture, at scale. Getting on farms to do in-field testing and due diligence is often one of the largest costs for startup companies in the agtech space. A network of farmers that started in Tennessee and has since expanded to other regions across the U.S. is working to provide an efficient,... Read More
Understanding the prevalence of flea beetles in a canola field can make a big difference when it comes to management decisions in that field. This number-one insect pest of canola can quickly multiply in number and — with the right environmental conditions — move from below to well-above an economic threshold in a single day.... Read More
Autonomous farming technology has been a buzzword in agriculture for years, but is it finally ready to revolutionize the industry? Nic Dubuc, an avid machinery trend follower and farmer from Quebec, shares his insights on John Deere’s latest announcements at CES 2025 and the broader implications for autonomy in farming in the interview below. Moving... Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) has generated significant buzz in agriculture, promising to transform the industry in so many ways. Whether you are talking equipment, agronomy, daily management tasks or livestock production, AI is a staple in any discussion. Even for the most optimistic of people like myself, I can see the dangers of AI promising too... Read More
There are plenty of jobs to do on the farm and there's never enough time or resources to get it all done. There’s plenty of work to tackle in the office, from bookkeeping to crop planning, along with making input decisions for every field across the farm. Once spring fieldwork begins, a season-long to-do list—from... Read More
Google and ChatGPT have been giving farmers the answers to many of their agronomy questions for a while now. Artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT use information that is publicly available on the internet to answer questions that are typed into the prompt. The better the prompt, the better answers a person is likely... Read More
While policy leaders around the world are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an unprecedented speed, the science is still working to catch up, at least when it comes to measuring carbon sequestration rates and emissions at the farm level. The conventional way of measuring carbon is to look at what is currently... Read More