In St. Charles, Illinois, the late-August heat wave was less than enjoyable for local cows. They were too hot, and their appetites dwindled. Sarah and Andy Lenkaitis, two farmers, didn't need to see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAES professor Glen Rains holds the control panel to the “Little Red Rover.” The rover is a multipurpose robotic tool that can be ...

Farming is one of the oldest industries in the world, with evidence of agriculture being found as far back as 21,000 BC. However, with an increasing population and environmental disruption through ...

Devices such as smart ear tags and collars help farmers protect animals’ well-being — and that helps everyone. Getty Images/iStockphoto To most Americans, farmers remain unseen figures behind the food ...

A review of digital technologies in the International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology suggests that integration of mobile, 5G, wireless and the so-called metaverse could be a ...

For more than 150 years, Iowa State University scientists have helped support agricultural production. It’s a foundational mission, present from the start and persisting to this day. In a broad sense, ...

Farm Journal’s Smart Farming Week is an annual week-long emphasis on innovation in agriculture. The goal is to encourage you to explore and prioritize the technology, tools and practices that will ...

The World Food Program warns that droughts, fires and storms could endanger food security for billions of people. To adapt, farmers need current, local and reliable information to help them choose the ...

Zemua Baptista had dreamed his whole life of becoming a farmer. In late 2019, while still in college, he was able to get a contract and a beginning farmer loan to build eight chicken houses to raise ...

To most Americans, farmers remain unseen figures behind the food on their dinner tables - handwritten records, calloused hands and long days of physical labor. But that image is long outdated. Today, ...