AI being used to run world’s first indoor vertical berry farm

“CyberGuy”: New technology comes to fruition The first indoor vertical berry farm opens in Virginia and uses AI to grow 4 million pounds per year. Technology expert Kurt Knutson breaks down the 'growing' trends. In a groundbreaking development for sustainable agriculture, the world's first large-scale indoor vertical strawberry farm has opened in Richmond, Virginia. The […]

Lawmakers race to avoid farm bill disaster

A stopgap farm bill is set to expire next week, but the Congressional coalition that the massive bill has relied on for half a century is on the verge of collapse. Now, negotiators in Congress are fighting hard, through long odds, to minimize the damage before benefits run out at the end of the year. […]

Trump threatens farm equipment supplier with 200% tariff

Former President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on farm equipment supplier John Deere if the company goes ahead with plans to move some production to Mexico. “I love the company, but as you know, a few days ago they announced they were moving much of their manufacturing operations to Mexico,” Trump said […]

Michigan Farm Bureau Endorses Mike Rogers over Elissa Slotkin

The Michigan Farm Bureau's AgriPAC has endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) over Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in the race for the vacant Michigan Senate seat. The Michigan Farm Bureau supported retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) in the 2012 and 2018 Senate elections, but has not endorsed a Republican in a Senate election since 2006. […]

WI Farm Recalls Eggs amid Salmonella Outbreak That Hospitalized 24

A farm in Bonduel, Wisconsin, is recalling two brands of eggs after a number of people became sick with a salmonella infection. Milo's chicken farm remember Some of the company's eggs bear its name and some are sold under the Tony's Fresh Market name, Fox Business reported Sunday. The media continued: According to the Centers […]

Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Shot Hundreds Of Rounds, Killing 80 Farm Animals

A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team arrested a man on California's Pacific coast after he allegedly used a variety of firearms to slaughter about 80 livestock over a period of about three hours, according to a statement released on Tuesday. According to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), the suspect, Vicente Joseph Arroyo, 39, […]

NY pot farm moves 100,000 economical ‘dime bags’ under legalization

Talk about a bargain. Hudson Cannabis, a 500-acre “seed-to-smoke” cannabis farm in the Hudson Valley, has reached the milestone of delivering more than 100,000 bags of affordable, legal cannabis for sale at or below the retail price of $10 at licensed cannabis retail stores across the state. Since legalization, many dispensaries and growers have preferred […]

Michigan Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin’s family farm is growing trouble for her

Rep. Elissa Slotkin is using her family's eastern Michigan farm as a way to show she understands hardworking voters in the Great Lakes state. Instead, she's reaping a bitter harvest: Holly's estate, 50 miles northwest of Detroit, has become a bone of contention in a hotly contested battleground state Senate race. Recently, the Democrat exaggerated […]