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Startup Ground Control Robotics has created a bio-inspired centipede that uses sensors and motor-actuated limbs to control weeds.

This Robotic Centipede Crawls Farms to Kill Weeds — and Might Join the Military

By Victor Tangermann

Around the world, on separate continents with no contact with each other, multiple groups of ancient humans invented farming simultaneously.

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The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of People With Zero Contact With One Another

By Noor Al-Sibai

Solar particles have wreaked havoc with satellites in our planet's orbit, messing with tractors and other farming equipment that rely on GPS.

Farmers Say Intelligent Tractors “Acted Like They Were Demon Possessed” After Signal Out of Space

By Victor Tangermann

As Donald Trump's second presidential transition hurdles ever forward, his mass deportation plan is freaking farmers out.

Farmers Beg Trump Not to Deport the Immigrants They Use for Cheap Labor

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billions of male chicks are culled each year, so scientists have approached this grisly reality by limiting the amount of males born via gene-editing.

Scientists Gene Edit Hens To Lay Eggs That Can Stop Developing Into Male Embryos

By Frank Landymore

Bill Gates reportedly owns more farmland than anyone else in the United States. He recently tried to explain why, and it was a little hard to follow.

Bill Gates Attempts to Explain Why He Bought More Farmland Than Anyone Else in America

By Jon Christian

The idea of deep space explorers growing their own food just became more feasible with the discovery that worms can still hunt pests in microgravity.

Scientists: Worms Could Kill Pests on Space Vegetables

By Dan Robitzski

Russian farmers strapped VR headsets onto their cows to see if pleasant virtual worlds would improve their milk. So far, all they know is the cows liked it.

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Russian Farmers Are Strapping VR Headsets to Dairy Cows

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists figured out how to breed hornless bulls by editing their genes, providing a painless alternative to horn-removing procedures.

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Scientists Use Gene-Hacking to Breed Hornless Bulls

By Dan Robitzski

A number of millennial farmers in the U.S. are making more money talking about farming on their YouTube channels than from farming itself.

Millennial Farmers Make More Money on YouTube Than From Farming

By Victor Tangermann

Farmers in New Zealand have a new tool to herd sheep and cows, according to Radio New Zealand: drones outfitted with speakers so they can bark like dogs.

New Zealand Farmers Are Using Drones to Herd Sheep

By Jon Christian

A Startup’s Bold Plan to Open Robot Farms Near U.S. Cities

A Startup’s Bold Plan to Open Robot Farms Near U.S. Cities

By Jon Christian

French spacetech startup Kinéis says it will vastly expand the reach of the satellites that track livestock and wildlife animals.

How a Tiny Satellite Fleet Will Track Millions of Animals

By Jon Christian

“Cow FitBits” Won’t Make Cows Happier Because They’re Not Milk Robots

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“Cow FitBits” Won’t Make Cows Happier Because They’re Not Milk Robots

By Victor Tangermann

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Crops Are Harvested Without Human Input, Teasing the Future of Agriculture

Chinese Farmers Are Using AI to Track and Monitor Pigs

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Chinese Farmers Are Using AI to Track and Monitor Pigs

By Kristin Houser