FarmTech
FarmTech is the RFD NEWS hub for the best and brightest new inventions and technology in the agriculture community. We want to showcase the operations, big and small, that are tinkering, assembling, and producing the future of farming and making the lives of Rural America easier.
From new ways to use AI in agriculture to advancements in GPS and drone technology to custom-built, one-off solutions devised by farmers working in their own shops to address everyday problems in crop and livestock production.
Rayburn Electric Cooperative’s Chris Anderson discusses rapid AI data center expansion, mounting pressure on the electric grid, and impacts on agriculture and rural communities.
As AI-driven data centers expand in rural South Texas, local officials and economists debate water use, farmland impacts, and the balance between technology growth and agriculture preservation.
Southern farms are deepening online engagement for cost savings and market access, while higher-cost precision technologies face renewed scrutiny amid tight budgets.
Chris McGovern from Connected Nation joined us Tuesday to break down the findings and discuss their implications for rural America.
The German company Constellr is part of the John Deere Start-Up Collaborator Program in 2024. It plans to launch a geothermal satellite next year that will give farmers and ranchers better tools to monitor surface temperature from space.
The work could apply to ready-to-eat meals and delicate foods such as freeze-dried berries.
Commissioner Sid Miller says productive farmland, water resources, and rural infrastructure are increasingly under pressure as data centers continue growing across Texas.
Farms and major food companies use AI to improve efficiency and forecast demand. Still, developers said that training AI for different uses is only possible with support from knowledgeable workers.
