In agriculture, the "last mile" often refers to whether a new technology actually reaches the field and is used by farmers.

LAS VEGAS – When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn't own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives through his expansive orchard, spraying ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and farming is facing a bunch of necessities. There’s a major worker shortage. Farm land is shrinking while world population growth calls for higher food ...

On a farm in Phoenix, one person with an iPad can weed a field of vegetables that once required 20 workers on their hands and knees under a hot sun. The Duncan Family Farms employee controls the ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn’t own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives through his expansive orchard, ...

Farming has come a long way in the last few years. We know, from the last census of agriculture, that farm life is changing. The number of farms is dropping, while the size of the average farm is ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered ...

HOMESTEAD - Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on ...

A bold, new era marked by mass adoption of autonomous machines is nearing realization. Farmers are more interested than ever in the shift to full automation. Ohio State University professor John ...