Technology is transforming agriculture, creating high-tech, high-paying jobs and attracting a diverse workforce to farming.

While comprehensive farm bills are typically passed every five years, Congress hasn't passed a comprehensive farm bill since ...

Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and farming is facing a bunch of necessities. There’s a major worker shortage. Farm land is shrinking while world population growth calls for higher food ...

People view a demonstration of the KATR robot designed to work in agriculture and construction at the Kubota booth during the CES tech show Tuesday in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS — When Russell Maichel ...

The 2026 Farm Bill would reimburse farmers 90 cents on the dollar for adopting Big Tech AI tools — while letting the private ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Russell Maichel ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn’t own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives through his expansive orchard, ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Grist. HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, ...