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Someone Figured Out How to Put Tomatoes on a Blockchain

The technology is being put to use in more prosaic fields like agriculture.

Meet the “connected cow”

Dairy herds are being connected to sensors and mobile phones

How Data Science and Gene Editing Will Transform Farming

A vision of the agricultural future from top officials at Monsanto and DowDuPont.

This Startup Is Engineering Crops That Can Fertilize Themselves

Nitrogen fertilizer created an agricultural boom that changed the course of history. But it takes a huge amount of energy to produce. What if the plants could just make it themselves?

Technology Is Closing the Generational Gap in Agriculture

Technology can be the link to bringing the younger generation back to the farm.

Improving Water Management: Can Silicon Valley Help?

Though very much-needed, technological solutions must be cost-effective and industry appropriate.