Danone teams up with a start-up to explore artificial intelligence in the dairy industry. Can a FitBit for cows keep farmers happy and cows healthy with long-term benefits to the conglomerate’s supply chain?
Precision Agriculture
Smart Farming – How One Company is Doubling Down on its Commitment to Precision Agriculture
Applying machine learning to agriculture, John Deere is committed to innovation.
Taking a byte out of the supply chain: How Winfield can win in the next Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural retailers, in an ever-competitive landscape, have yet to prove whether they can transition from distributor to partner. The question that will be debated in the next decade is whether they can make themselves essential in the digitized supply chain. If not, can we expect an “Amazon” for seed and crop-protections? And data-driven insights from a cloud-platform rather than a local agronomist?
iSow and iReap – the automation and digitization of farming
The times they are a-changin’ In Interstellar, a futuristic movie, Cooper the farmer tends to driverless automated farming machines that sow, fertilize and harvest crop – all guided by GPS, sensors and drones. Take a look at videos of John […]
Started from the Plow now we’re Deere: John Deere’s Transformation from an Equipment Manufacturer to a Tech Firm
Farming is no longer about big, steel machines and farmers' intuition. Technology is transforming agriculture as we know it, and manufacturers of heavy equipment, like Deere, are forced the rethink their business model to transition into…wait for it… a tech company. (Cue gasp.)
Digital Farming
How advanced technology and big data are combining to help farmers grow more with less.
Farming the Data
What was once the most labor-intensive industry may now be one of the most data-intensive…
Stress-Tolerant Rice: Securing Bangladeshi Livelihoods from Consequences of Climate Change
Climate change has caused an onslaught of cyclones and flash floods and Bangladesh, and the development of stress-tolerant rice is one adaptation the country can implement to protect millions of livelihoods.