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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Technology”
Cathy Isom tells us how the astronauts will soon be doing more than just growing their food in space. The next fresh food astronauts may soon be able to enjoy from afar. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. For astronauts aboard the International Space Station, meal choices have been pretty basic and bland, like freeze-dried veggies and meat …
The last few years have been a challenge in the precision farming industry. Precision Farming Dealer reports that dealers all over the country have been navigating the instability in commodity prices and cautious buying habits of their customers. The fifth annual Precision Dealers Benchmark Study has a more optimistic tone to it than recent years. Retailers are more optimistic about …
The president promised to improve broadband service to rural areas as part of his nationwide infrastructure plan. Bloomberg says it would take roughly $80 billion to expand broadband to all rural areas in America that need it. However, Trump’s most recent spending proposals only set aside $25 million over the next ten years on rural infrastructure needs. Only 55 percent …
Everett Griner talks about how automation and technology advances have caused job losses in today’s Agri View. More and more farming is becoming an automated industry. It speeds up production and increases overall output. Driverless tractors, milking machines, drone aircraft, just to name a few. It keeps growing. But, there is a downside to all of this advancing …
On the way to Iowa this week, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told a White House press pool that broadband internet has become the infrastructure of necessity in rural areas. His comments came as President Trump toured agriculture education facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to learn more about agriculture technology, and to pledge a focus on rural broadband in his infrastructure …
President Donald Trump pledged to include rural broadband in his infrastructure plan while in Iowa Wednesday. The President visited Kirkwood University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to talk agricultural technology, and held a rally in downtown Cedar Rapids. Trump was joined by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross while highlighting the need to expand rural broadband to give …
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida wants to remind farmers, ranchers and private landowners in the state, they can conduct business with NRCS direct from their home or farm office. This can all be done through their secure online portal called Conservation Client Gateway.
Research hydrologist Dr. Michael H. Cosh with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, was honored with an Arthur S. Flemming Award for using satellites to improve soil moisture measurements. The enhanced accuracy stemming from Cosh’s work allows for better crop yield projections. It also improves weather forecasting, drought and flood predictions, and wildfire …
From News Service of Florida Nearly 500 people may have had their Social Security numbers obtained in a data breach at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Also, the names of 16,190 concealed-weapon license holders — out of more than 1.75 million in the state — may have been acquired in the hack. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam has …
Everett Griner talks about how farm technology has, and is, changing in today’s Agri View. I couldn’t even guess how many times I have devoted this daily report to farm technology. Anything new that helps a man produce a bigger and better crop quickly finds a place in agriculture. It is an industry that consistently under change and …
