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Precision farming has been around since the '90s to help farmers monitor their yields.

In our modern age of biotechnology, new tools are constantly being developed for agricultural improvement.

Currently, food is generally imported. For example, 70% of food in Sweden is imported, and 40% of leafy greens are wasted.

A group of maize farmers stands huddled around an agronomist and his computer on the side of an irrigation pivot in central South Africa.

Thanks to a new research study by the Soil Heath Institute, new insights are emerging into the vital role that soil organic carbon levels can play in improving soil health and helping crops fight drought.  

Slowly but surely, a spidery machine about the size of a golf cart swings an electrode over a tray of plants.