• A Hidden Crop for Corporate Tech: Farm Data0

    Precision farming technologies gather data from a variety of points, such as GPS coordinates from tractors, seeding rates from planters, pesticide volumes from sprayers, moisture readings from soil probes, and yield estimates from combines. The services—from Bayer, Deere, Corteva, Trimble, and others in the ag-tech sector—increasingly use artificial intelligence to detect patterns, weaving together farmers’

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  • Fertilizer Companies Face Congressional Scrutiny Over Potential Price Fixing0

    In a bipartisan effort to address farmers’ economic woes, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) introduced a bill Thursday that would provide farmers with more detailed information on fertilizer pricing, while Klobuchar also joined with Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) to introduce a bill to expand domestic fertilizer production. Senator

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  • Congress Responds to César Chavez Sexual Abuse Allegations0

    Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) in 1962 and died in 1993 at the age of 66. His work as a union leader and civil rights activist is remembered through César Chavez Day on March 31, and in the names of countless streets, government buildings, and more. On Wednesday, a New York Times investigation

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