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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Climate Robotics, a developer of mobile biochar production systems, won the 2023 AgSharks Pitch Competition, earning an equity investment offer of $250,000 at the Western Growers annual meeting.
Biotech startups could fetch up to $30 billion from investors this year, while new autonomous and precision sprayers can change the pest control conversation for PCAs.
Specialty crop growers anticipate labor costs, which already represent more than 50% of their production costs, to grow 10-30% over the next three to five years. They’re increasingly turning to automation as a solution, according to a new specialty crop automation report released by the Western Growers.
If your primary vision of a family farmer is someone dressed in overalls and working with a pitchfork, you are in for a stark awakening on March 21-22.
Grape breeders across the country are working to develop varieties that won't fall victim to powdery mildew, a fungus that threatens grapes just about anywhere they are grown, and now artificial intelligence is speeding up the process, a USDA scientist says.
