A relatively newer term is making the rounds these days – “upskilling.” What does it mean? It’s essentially that as digital technologies like automation and artificial intelligence creep into every corner of the economy, everyone in the workplace hierarchy...

Editor's note: This article is part of a series focused on digital farming. These articles represent the body of interest that Michael Collins has witnessed and collected. Please let him know what you think of this topic, or if...

This last week I had the pleasure of visiting a variety of growers and agronomists in South Australia. With 100-plus degree temperatures, 20-plus mph winds and enough flies to drive me crazy, I witnessed one of South Australia’s earliest...

Precision agriculture and digital farming are on the march around the world. Technologies abound, each with a special claim of revolutionizing the way food crops are grown. But how does one make sense of it all? This is our special challenge...

Agriculture technology is hitting an inflection point where data storage, connectivity, interoperability, affordability, and ease of use are ushering in practical changes for crop production systems. PrecisionAg® has been monitoring innovation and its impact on the marketplace for the past...

Adoption curves of various technologies vary by region because of infrastructure and available service providers. In many parts of Asia, service providers are leapfrogging to cutting-edge application methods. Here’s why Asian agriculture is primed for adoption of precision ag...

Microsoft Research (MSR) has high hopes for digital farming. Microsoft Research's Kenneth Tran (second from left) led Team Sonoma, which won the first International Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge by successfully growing greenhouse cucumbers in the Netherlands for...

BASF Venture Capital and Canada’s TELUS Ventures are among the lead investors in a series B investment round for British startup Hummingbird Technologies, a global leader in advanced crop analytics, according to a release at Globe Newswire. Other main...

Technical debt is like any form of debt. It originates from any action taken now that requires a future action to cancel or mitigate it.  Technical debt appears in every product approaching obsolescence. It impacts every stage of the...

Radar AgTech 2019 is the largest study of the Brazilian ag innovation ecosystem. This year's study was conducted by Embrapa, SP Ventures, and consulting firm Homo Ludens, with the support of StartAgro, ACE, and the FEI University Center. Radar AgTech...

Have you struggled with selecting a farm management system? That's understandable, and you're not alone. Lots of farmers like you need a tech platform that supports their business, but with so many different types of software options out there...

If we are to believe the literature, all innovations have an S–Curve that models and describes their market acceptance.  The S-Curve is a generalized model that plots product acceptance over time. This S-Curve also integrates to a normal curve. The...

Winegrape production – with its relatively smaller tracts of highly manageable land and potentially monstrous returns on investment – is especially fertile ground for precision agriculture technology. Dr. Russell Smithyman, Director of Viticulture, Ste. Michelle Wine...

Since the Great Farming Revolution in the 1960s, the global population has doubled in size. This has resulted in more pressure and strain on the agriculture industry to supply the necessary demand the current population requires. In recent years,...

The digital age has brought many partnerships in agriculture with new access to technology and tools. These strategic partnerships have become a daily discussion in precision agriculture, and for good reason. Partnerships are shaping a new model of business,...

By now anyone who knows me is aware that I’m a fan of Moneyball and Sabermetrics. The ability to grind through a lot of data and have that data make sense by bringing it down to 1 number has...

I recently read an interesting article about Brazilian ag tech startups and what they are bringing to the table for South American producers. The article focuses on seven companies that are developing products to help farmers in different ways,...

Earlier this year scientists revealed the first-ever image captured of a black hole. Thought to be impossible, the feat required the collaboration of more than 350 astronomers over several years, and their efforts recently earned them the Breakthrough Prize...

By 2050, 10 billion people would require a 70% increase in global food production. In order to satisfy the global food demand, there is a strong need for sustainable agriculture solutions. For that reason, agricultural technology is one of the...

We in agriculture tend to talk about technology companies that don’t understand us and don’t really bother to invest the time and effort to do so. It’s nice every once in a while to talk about those that do....