Data Farming

In 2017, plant scientist, Nadia Shakoor developed the PheNode device, a solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops. Sensors and cameras on the tool take real-time measurements of everything from humidity to soil pH. And this past summer, she won a $1.4 million federal grant to enhance the platform by adding an autonomous drone. It’s called FieldDock. And it just might be a game-changer.

There's a pretty good chance that the jar of horseradish you have in the refrigerator has its origins in farms located just across the river from St.…

Monsanto Corporation has reported a security breach in its Precision Planting unit, putting some farmers’ credit card and tax information at risk.The…

Farmers have been collecting data about their farms for decades.Now all those data are going high tech. Major agricultural companies like Monsanto, John…

The American Farm Bureau Federation met Thursday with Monsanto and several other agribusiness companies, such as DuPont and John Deere, to talk about the…

Is there any aspect of life that technology hasn’t touched?While I’m sure people can cite examples in the non-digital sphere, agriculture is not one of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 4, 2010 - As we shake out the bugs from our transition to an upgraded CMS (Content Management…