A tractor on the O'Connor Family Farm in Blooming Prairie sits under the northern lights. Patrick O'Connor says he was unable to use his tractor after the solar storm responsible for the northern ...

The shift towards precision agriculture is promising a major boon for farmers and their businesses. Now self-driving tractors are adding to this smart farm effort, allowing farmers to find even more ...

The powerful solar storm that made those dazzling northern lights visible across the U.S. also reportedly caused some headaches for North America's farmers. And it couldn't have come at a worse time.

MOULTRIE, Ga. -- Darrell Williams spent part of his childhood behind a mule, plowing the fields on his family's tobacco farm. "It was hot," he said. "I had to follow that plow and that mule. There was ...

Farmers with GPS equipment on farm machinery to be extremely cautious following reports of recent thefts across Northern ...

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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 — ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A recent upgrade of the United States' global positioning system (GPS) will do little to assist farmers in their fields, says a Purdue University expert. Mark Morgan, assistant ...

The earliest article about GPS and agriculture that I found in my collection of this magazine(*) is from the July/August 1992 issue: “Using GPS in Agricultural Remote Sensing,” by Eileen M. Perry of ...

MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) - Darrell Williams spent part of his childhood behind a mule, plowing the fields on his family's tobacco farm. "It was hot," he said. "I had to follow that plow and that mule. There ...