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Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto, says farmer violated seed patents

By Carl Franzen on May 13, 2013 11:51 am + 134 comments

The US Supreme Court just ruled today that it is infringement for a farmer to make new copies of Continue reading…
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Internet of cows: technology could help track disease, but ranchers are resistant

By Adrianne Jeffries on May 10, 2013 11:00 am + 39 comments

On December 23rd, 2003, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a diagnosis of bovine Continue reading…
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Wild boars will inherit the earth

By Adrianne Jeffries on April 25, 2013 02:46 pm + 57 comments

Modern Farmer has an in-depth look at the "pig bomb," a population explosion of wild boars that is Continue reading…
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Farmer vs. biotech: Supreme Court will decide if soybean seeds get copy protection

By Carl Franzen on February 19, 2013 08:00 am + 76 comments

Today, the Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a case between agrochemical giant Monsanto and a Continue reading…
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Why insects may be nature's most effective pesticide

By Amar Toor on January 22, 2013 07:06 am + 20 comments

With demand for chemical-free foods on the rise, farmers across the world have been swapping Continue reading…
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The telephone network that ran on barbed wire

By Ben Kersey on January 2, 2013 06:13 am + 12 comments

We live in an age filled with reliable wireless phone service, but once upon a time people had to Continue reading…
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Open-source blueprints for a modern off-the-grid civilization

By Aaron Souppouris on November 3, 2012 12:29 pm + 17 comments

Marcin Jakubowski dreams of living off the grid. Over the past few years, he's been working on a set Continue reading…
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Booty alert: sensor-laden cows text farmers when they're in heat

By Vlad Savov on October 2, 2012 07:04 am + 14 comments

Now here's an unexpected application of modern wireless technology: bovine reproduction. Swiss Continue reading…
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Brian Crecente on 'Pig Chase': can gaming with animals change the way we think about food?

By Bryan Bishop on January 16, 2012 09:01 pm + 4 comments

Brian Crecente, News Editor of the forthcoming Vox Games, takes a look at the videogame initiative Continue reading…
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Japan's 'Dream Project' will use robots to tend disaster-stricken farmland

By Bryan Bishop on January 7, 2012 04:37 am + 12 comments

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is planning an experimental farm to help revive some of the land Continue reading…