agriculture

Descartes Labs raises $5M for AI agricultural predictions

Posted in Software on 18th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Using deep learning technology, Descartes Labs claims that it can make more accurate predictions than the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This is how the world growing more and more food with less land

Posted in Science on 17th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Two decades ago, food production started rising independently of new land.

DuPont Predicts CRISPR Plants on Dinner Plates in Five Years

Posted in Science on 11th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Powerful and possibly unregulated, gene editing starts new boom in GMOs.

Protect more bee species to safeguard crops, say scientists

Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists.

Popular pesticide hurts wild bees in major field study

Posted in Science on 24th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Pesticide problems are just one of many problems facing pollinators; this is separate from colony collapse disorder, which has devastated honeybee populations.