AGROTECHNOLOGY

Imagine a day when a farmer can stand in a field, wave a handheld device over a tomato and detect...

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently announced a $2.4 million grant through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to fund an...

The California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement‘s (LGMA) hand washing app is now available for download on Android phones. The...

Researchers in China and United Kingdom studied the effects of LED light combinations on lettuce grown in hydroponic systems to determine whether...

It’s no secret that water is a must for produce processing plants. Whether the source is rural or municipal, the water...

Cornell University’s new Sutton Road Solar Farm, a 2-megawatt energy facility that will offset nearly 40 percent of the annual...

French agribot start-up Naïo Technologies is launching an international market expansion for its line of weeding robots for market gardening,...

Digi International has introduced Digi Honeycomb, a service that continuously and wirelessly monitors the temperature of perishable goods. The monitoring system provides alerts...

Two scientists have filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). California Berry Cultivars, a company co-founded...

Decreasing soil pH, also called soil acidification, is a growing concern in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Researchers and farmers have...