Smart Farming Week: March 10 - 16, 2025
Farm Journal’s Smart Farming Week is an annual week-long emphasis on innovation in agriculture. The goal is to encourage you to explore and prioritize the technology, tools and practices that will help you farm smarter.
From variable-rate and selective spraying to AI-enable prescriptions, Smart Farming is a strategy and mindset to optimize every acre. This focus simultaneously drives an understanding of return on investment and deepens the customer’s trust to produce more bushels more efficiently every crop year.
Shrinking equity, rising nitrogen costs and continued global upheaval signal a reckoning for corn growers and a shift to soybeans — especially if higher biomass-based blending diesel mandates come through.
Centuro A-PRO is a more concentrated formulation of the original Centuro, containing a higher concentration of the active ingredient, Pronitridine.
With clear benefits in a pilot program, Syngenta and Taranis are expanding the footprint for a new sustainability project.
Industry leaders shed light on the reality of the 45Z tax credit and how it is already reshaping supply sheds.
Temple Rhodes explains how moving away from front-loaded fertilizer use to what he calls a “layered, systematic approach” — using nitrogen, phosphorus and biologicals — is helping him build corn yields despite increased regulatory demands.
Four ways artificial intelligence helps these farmers manage their business.
University of Illinois researcher details scenarios in corn and soybeans where biological products can provide value.
By partnering with Intelinair and Anthropic, Growmark is “disrupting itself” to build a technology-core for the next generation of farming.
Agtonomy is tapping into the gaming generation to solve the ag labor crisis. Screen-based expertise replaces in-seat experience to offer Gen Z a high-tech alternative to traditional manual labor.
Corn growers and agronomists share their top five strategies for staying ahead of problems such as northern corn leaf blight, tar spot and the much-dreaded southern rust.
An intentional integration strategy brings telematics into a clearer view for ag retailers.
From collaborative beginnings to field-proven reliability, artificial intelligence ultimately needs to be a practical, profitable tool for producers.
New technology from Syngenta can pinpoint the microscopic pests in your fields with 90% accuracy.
One industry pilot program illustrates how tech tools improve shrink and elevate inventory management.
This artificial intelligence-boosted workflow could double your team’s white-collar productivity.
Fifth-generation farmer Justin Wylie is testing algae to rebuild soil health in orchards. By boosting soil microbes through irrigation, he hopes to improve water infiltration, reduce inputs and build resilience in high-cost Central Valley agriculture.
As Pioneer marks 100 years, leaders say gene editing and advanced data tools are poised to drive the next leap in corn yield, building on a century of gains from hybrids, biotech and management strides by farmers.
John Deere’s Deanna Kovar details how the company is cutting parts costs, adjusting production and responding to EPA moves on Right to Repair and DEF as farm income pressure keeps the ag equipment market in a downturn.
Bigger roots, higher populations, and easier in-season access mean fertility programs should look different for these new hybrids.
In 2025, according to the American Spray Drone Coalition, about 10.3 million acres were sprayed by uncrewed aircraft.
Before the 2025 growing season, Kevin Kalb had tried more than 30 biological products. And he had all but written off the entire product category.
A new multi-year AI partnership between Syngenta and SAP SE aims to modernize supply chains and speed up product development to help farmers better navigate production and market volatility.
Artificial intelligence, and other developments since its first draft five years ago, spurred Ag Data Transparent to review its industry standard contract.
The Federal Communications Commission designation does not prohibit import, sale or use of existing models previously authorized, and drones previously purchased legally can continued to be used.
A first-of-its-kind academic analysis looks at labor rates and current autonomous solutions to spur a discussion on the tipping point for when the tech pays.
Space weather is monitored for its effects on activities on Earth, including GPS reliability
After testing thousands of varieties and a decade of trials, a new variety of winter wheat is on its way. Next season, in 2026, South Dakota producers will be able to plant SD Vivan – made with strong resistance to the state’s agronomic challenges.
Having your information compromised is a matter of when, not if, says Chris Sherman from Tech Support Farm.