Farming

Growing your own veggies doesn't necessarily mean getting your hands dirty. We've seen a number of indoor gardening devices over the years, the most recent being from LG. Bace has launched its take on year-round growing with the Rotofarm.

While the electrification of cars and buses generate a lot of the headlines around these parts, there are plenty of niche vehicles that are also being steered away from fossil fuels, including the backhoe loader.

Kubota’s fully-electric X tractor concept vehicle is designed to autonomously navigate fields as well as keep an eye on weather and the growth rate of crops using an artificial intelligence-based guidance and monitoring system.

LG has leveraged its expertise in producing home appliances to create its first indoor vegetable cultivator, which is intended to give urban dwellers without a backyard or even a balcony the ability to raise their own crops year-round.

Keeping on top of weed growth can be an onerous task for farmers raising large-scale crops for harvest. A new robot could help them keep on top of things, however, by hunting down and killing unwanted plants with zaps of electricity.

In a move that could help feed the world's ever-growing population, researchers at MIT have developed a silk covering that is treated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to allow seeds to grow in high-salinity soils not currently suitable for crops.

By 2050, the UN thinks there will be nearly 10 billion people on planet Earth, with 68 percent living in urban areas. New research explores whether Aztec farming techniques could hold one answer to feeding the cities of the future.

A new laser "scarecrow" is helping farmers to protect their sweetcorn crops from marauding birds.

​Russia's largest agricultural holding company has joined forces with AI development firm Cognitive Technologies to pilot autonomous crop management on 665,000 hectares of land. It is hoped that the technology will help reduce crop losses while also improving farming efficiency.​

​Imagine being able to harvest fresh veggies precisely when you need them without leaving the house. That's the promise of indoor gardens like the OGarden Smart and the Cell One. Now IGWorks is making a bid for your living space with a vertical hydroponics garden called the iHarvest.​

One of the most important transitions in human history was when we stopped hunting and gathering for food and settled down to become farmers. Now, to reconstruct the history of one particular archaeological site in Turkey, scientists have examined the salts left behind from human and animal pee.

​Not everyone has access to enough land for growing veggies, making indoor garden devices quite attractive prospects for those looking for year-round fresh produce. The latest is a multi-tier setup called the Cell One.​