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SIU Students Competing in International Agricultural Robotics Competition
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (1082+ words) PUBLISHED ON July 8, 2026 CARBONDALE, Ill. " The old agricultural adage goes, "knee-high by the 4thof July." It's a visual cue indicating whether farmers will have a bountiful harvest in the fall based on the height of their corn stalks. This July, members of…...
FAO Launches Crop Suit App to Help Farmers Grow the Right Crops In the Right Places
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (578+ words) PUBLISHED ON July 4, 2026 ROME'Farmers, extension workers and governments now have a powerful new tool to help identify the crops best suited to specific parcels of land, enabling more efficient use of resources and greater resilience to climate change. The Food…...
AI Designs the Ideal Burger for Taste, Health, and Planet
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (549+ words) PUBLISHED ON July 2, 2026 STANFORD, Calif. " Stanford researcher Ellen Kuhl estimates that there are some 1043potential burger recipes in the world. And with Burger AI, a new tool developed in her lab, artificial intelligence can now design the best one for you…...
Undergrads" Weed-Killing Robot Wins Top Prize
1+ week, 5+ day ago (798+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 26, 2026 ITHACA, N. Y. " A team of Cornell undergraduates beat out 95 other teams to take the grand prize at The Farm Robotics Challenge with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity. Their robot can travel through a…...
4-H Survey: Young People Recognize AI Skills are Essential for Future Careers, Many Feel Unprepared
2+ week, 5+ day ago (786+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 18, 2026 WASHINGTON " As artificial intelligence reshapes the future of work, young people are already adjusting their career plans. A new national survey from 4-H shows that 41% of youth have changed the jobs they want because of AI. At…...
AGMRI AI Agent Now in Use for Field-Level Agronomic Decisions
2+ week, 5+ day ago (227+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 18, 2026 What the AGMRI AI Agent does Agronomic advisors and growers are using the AGMRI AI Agent across five core use cases: The AGMRI AI Agent is live now and integrated directly into the AGMRI platform for all…...
AI Use in Agriculture Is Broad, As Is Skepticism
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (473+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 16, 2026 WAUKESHA, Wis. " Are farmers and ranchers using AI? The technology's potential to advance agriculture is easy to see, but how many producers are actually putting it to use? Agriculture has long served as a testing ground for…...
K-State Expert Says Drones Can Improve Crop Scouting, Reduce Labor
3+ week, 4+ day ago (671+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 12, 2026 MANHATTAN, Kan. " Drones are becoming an increasingly important tool for farmers seeking to improve efficiency and crop management, according to a Kansas State University precision agriculture expert. Deepak Joshi, a faculty member in K-State's Department of Agronomy,…...
When the Field Becomes the Laboratory
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1520+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 11, 2026 "For a long time, agronomic experiments lived on research stations," says Takashi Tanaka, Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University. "But farmers have always experimented. They just didn't call it research." That…...
We Ran 100, 000 Computer Simulations of the World Cup. And the Winner Will Be "
4+ week, 1+ day ago (796+ words) PUBLISHED ON June 9, 2026 INNSBRUCK, Austria " In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus…...