Posts Tagged: 'sustainability'

Data: The Next Step to the Smart Farming Revolution

Data is revolutionizing the agriculture industry. As more solutions to collect and analyze data are created, the more opportunities for growers to maximize their profitability and optimize their operations with real-time decision making occur.

Building a Strong Smart Farming Foundation: AGCO’s Full Fleet Connectivity Approach

In the near future, all AGCO customers will be able to pull data off of their machines for monitoring, processing, or sharing, so they can make more informed decisions that improve yield, reduce input use, or reduce risk. This foundation of machine information, paired with agronomic insights, will pave the way for the future of farming.

Think Global, Act Local: Bridging the Gap Between Industrial and Urban Farms Through Cutting Edge Technologies

IoT.ATL Living Labs is an initiative promoting smart farming in urban areas while bringing the community together through education, agriculture, and sustainability. As sponsors of the IoT.ATL Living Labs Challenge, AGCO supports local food security innovations while nurturing the next generation of smart farming advancements.

How Smart Farming Improves Sustainability throughout the Crop Cycle

Sustainability is the driver for the 17 United Nations’ development goals in order to improve global challenges by 2030. Smart farming is the propeller for sustainable agriculture and the key differentiator in solving one of globe’s biggest problems: hunger.

The Five Key Focus Areas of the AGCO Agriculture Foundation

As the demand for nutrition and especially protein changes, so are our technical and philanthropic solutions. The AGCO Agriculture Foundation is a testament to AGCO’s commitment to support our farmers feeding the world. Our objective is to develop and expand benevolent initiatives that contribute to global food security, support sustainable agriculture development and have a positive footprint in developing countries.

Computing Agriculture and Nutrient Stewardship

The 21st Century is the era of computing agriculture and the 4Rs; that is, ensuring the right fertilizer source, at the right rate, at the right time, and in the right place. This is a key concept and goal of precision farming – in the field and in the lab.

If Earth Day is about sustainability, look no further than precision farming.

If ever there was a profession that tied someone’s livelihood, success, pride, and even tradition to their little piece of this Earth, it’s agriculture. Precision farming is contributing to environmental preservation in a variety of ways.

Factory Farms Drive Technology Adoption and Sustainability Improvements

By Chris Rhodes There was a refreshing op-ed piece in the New York Times a few weeks ago.  Typically when city-based media focus their energy on agriculture, the focus is on organic labels, artisanal foods, and craft beers – forgetting...

Rural Hospital’s Future Is Bright Thanks to Biomass

Biomass, as a sustainable fuel, does more than just help the environment—it saves lives. Many rural hospitals have antiquated boiler systems that burn oil for fuel during the cold winter months. This is not a sustainable heat source, and the...