For Pete Zimmerman, a Minnesota farmer, the age of gene-edited foods has arrived. While he couldn’t be happier, the hi-tech soybeans he’s now harvesting are at the crux of a long-running debate about a frankenfood future.

The tough economic conditions in recent months have impacted on the daily lives of all South Africans and have been of great concern to government. The rise in the oil price, change in sentiment towards emerging markets and deteriorating international trade relations have been among the contributing factors. 

Using drone technology and data analytics among other technologies, SA start-up Aerobotics is helping farmers manage disease and pest control at the touch of a button.

Since its introduction, Enogen® corn enzyme technology has provided corn growers with the opportunity to be enzyme suppliers for participating ethanol plants and earn a per-bushel premium. Syngenta reports that premiums-to-date paid to Enogen corn growers are expected to surpass $100 million during 2018. 

While some farmers are struggling with the drought, others are seeing their profits increase – and their farms

You may have seen robotic dairies where cows approach a machine to be milked when they want. You likely have seen "rotary" parlors that put more than 100 cows on a merry-go-round to be milked by people.
In April, the family installed a "robotic, rotary" dairy parlor — only the fourth in North America and the 15th in the world.