James Johnson has witnessed the wrath of industrial agriculture. For decades, he and his family used fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide to achieve optimal yields on their 3,100-acre farm in New ...

TULARE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FarmWise launched its next-generation weeding implement, Vulcan, at the World Ag Expo® today. Now available for pre-order, Vulcan was named to the World ...

When it comes to sustainable agriculture, the challenge of finding effective weed management has led to some groundbreaking technologies. Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder stands out among them, using ...

For the past three years, Terry Aberhart has watched the spindly, fixed-wing drones zip across the big skies over his farm in Canada’s Saskatchewan province, testing a technology that could be the ...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing problem for farmers across the country. Luckily some new technologies are on the horizon to help battle the bullies of the plant world. The Weed Zapper is ...

Is a laser beam the future of farming? A raised rectangular vehicle, slightly smaller than a compact sedan, rolls across farmland and shoots concentrated bursts of infrared light into the rows.

A P.E.I. researcher and a biologist have developed a machine that crushes weeds at the Harrington research farm with the ...

Anybody who has pulled weeds in a garden knows that it’s a tedious task. Scale it up to farm-sized jobs, and it becomes a nightmare. The most efficient industrial alternative, herbicides, have ...