Agriculture is one of the biggest sources of pollution flowing into the nation's waterways. Looking for solutions, a goat farm in Virginia is using a new technology to help improve water and soil.

A powerful solar storm brought spectacular Northern Light displays to much of the U.S. Friday night, with vibrant colors witnessed as far south as Florida. And with the historic storm came the threat ...

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Terry Griffin has been talking about how weather in space could impact agriculture technology for years. And on May 10, 2024, a solar storm not only illuminated the sky with stunning aurora borealis — ...

The growing file of comments at the FCC on whether or not the network of 40,000 cell towers planned by start-up mobile broadband company LightSquared will interfere with GPS receivers contains ...

Over the last few days, heightened solar activity (and those heady geomagnetic storms) led to outages in the GPS navigation systems that guide some modern tractors from John Deere and other brands.

Editor’s note: The following was written by Luke Fuhrer, precision ag engineer with the Iowa State University Digital Ag Innovation Lab, and Doug Houser, digital agriculture Extension specialist, for ...

WARSAW — A course on GPS applications for precision farming will be conducted in March. The course is part of the Dairy Skills Training modules offered through the Wyoming County Dairy Institute and ...

BADGER, Iowa (AP) -- Mark Thompson knows how difficult it is to drive a straight line across a field by headlight, especially after working an eight-hour day off the farm. He also knows the importance ...

If GPS-guided tractors led the previous revolution in agriculture, the next generation of farming is likely to be marked by unmanned drones with onboard sensors that can spot weeds and decide when and ...