U.S.: Sustainability and New Technology Highlighted at AFBF 2020

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 101st Annual Convention and Trade Show is underway in Austin, TX. In keeping with the theme of this year’s convention, “Sustaining America’s Agriculture,” workshops focused on steps farmers and ranchers can take to enhance soil health and improve water quality. Many other workshops featured precision agriculture technology’s role in helping with labor shortages; increasing competition; mitigating risk and protecting food safety.

Here are the highlights from the first day of AFBF 2020:

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Blockchain Breaking Through

As consumers want to know more about where their food comes from and companies want to mitigate risk, blockchain is emerging as a solution. This technology, which is moving out of testing and into the market, has the potential to track products back to the exact field it was grown in. In September of 2019, Wal-Mart started requiring all of its leafy green suppliers to upload data tracking produce back to the farm lot.

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