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New Zealand farmers are using drones to herd livestock

Mar 10, 2019

Farmers in New Zealand are using drones for livestock herding and monitoring, roles which have traditionally been filled by dogs, according to a report from Radio New Zealand via the Washington Post. Central...

Farming of The Future Is Here

Editorial Board

Jun 4, 2018

Innovation

British entrepreneur and fourth-generation farmer Sam Watson-Jones believes that the robots his company has created will farm up to 5 percent of the UK’s wheat crops in the next five years. This may seem like a...

Food giants and advocates to explore livestock reforms at UK conference

West Side Story

Oct 5, 2017

Business, Environment, Science

The upcoming Extinction and Livestock Conference in the UK will bring together a wide range of interests to consider how changes to the global livestock industry can transition to more sustainable practices. Sp...

Plant breeders create “open-source” seeds for food crops

West Side Story

Jun 15, 2017

Innovation, Science

German plant breeders from Göttingen University and Dottenfelderhof Agricultural School are taking an idea from the playbook of software engineers: open-source seeds. Many people are surprised to find that s...

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