Modern agriculture has evolved into a data-driven, highly coordinated operation where efficiency determines profitability. Farms are no longer small, isolated plots managed by a handful of workers.

Most people imagine tractors, pesticides, or advanced irrigation when they think about modern farming. They rarely stop to consider what's happening beneath their feet. The soil, the foundation of ...

Benjamin Goldstein receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Jason Hawes and Joshua Newell do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...