Smart Farming Week: March 10 - 16, 2025
Farm Journal’s Smart Farming Week is an annual week-long emphasis on innovation in agriculture. The goal is to encourage you to explore and prioritize the technology, tools and practices that will help you farm smarter.
In today's rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, more dairies are turning to Smart Farming technology to enhance efficiency, optimize resources, monitor herd health and maximize milk production. The integration of modern technological solutions is transforming traditional dairy farming, providing significant benefits that are reshaping the industry.
From a land deed signed by Abraham Lincoln to real-time biometric cow sensors, see how one Wisconsin family blends a 160-year legacy with cutting-edge tech to redefine modern dairy.
The modern dairy producer is part data scientist, part beef marketer. Discover how three top farms are using AI, crossbreeding and radical efficiency to beat rising costs.
From a 1972 diner meeting to a high-tech digital revolution, the Noble family combined a pivot to organic with data-driven management to save one of Southern Oregon’s last dairies.
Reproductive physiologist Cara Wells says today up to 20% of transferred embryos have virtually zero chance of making a pregnancy and explains how video, AI and better selection can turn those losses into live calves.
By balancing grit, family ground rules and a 100-stall rotary expansion, Kate Musselman is transforming her grandparents’ 30-cow legacy into a 4,500-cow powerhouse in Martinsburg, Pa.
As the data flood outpaces the clock, dairy producers are outsourcing their intuition to advisers who can turn high-tech sensor points into real-world margin protection.
From Wisconsin to New York, dairy leaders are trading clipboards for cloud-based logic, building a digital nervous system to master margins and protect a 250-year legacy.
After scaling back her herd, one producer used artificial intelligence to work through the numbers, test scenarios faster and sharpen decisions across the operation as she reset how the business ran.
As dairy farms collect more data than ever, the real challenge is helping the next generation cut through the noise and focus on the signals that drive better decisions.
By pairing immigrant grit with a million-worm revolution, Anthony Agueda is using natural engineering to protect his family’s legacy and redefine the American Dream for California dairy.
Four ways artificial intelligence helps these farmers manage their business.
The integration of artificial intelligence into financial systems is ushering in a more sophisticated era of tax management — one where software handles the heavy lifting.
Adron Belk uses data to cut costs, improve yields and make every decision, from fertilizer usage to what tire pressure he uses when planting. The precision-driven strategy is what’s helping drive profitability.
With annual returns up to 500% and a massive reduction in lameness costs, discover why AI-powered computer vision is the high-ROI investment redefining modern dairy profitability.
AI is the newest hired hand on the dairy, moving beyond simple fixes to protect farmer intuition through data-driven precision, better cow comfort, and a sustainable legacy for the next generation.
This California dairy leverages “tech-forward” automation and data to build a robust biosecurity shield against HPAI, ensuring a resilient and mediocrity-free future for his herd.
Birds are a costly nuisance around the farm. A new technology using laser beams could offer another way to keep them away.
The adoption of individual-cow monitoring technology has created the ability to customize reproductive decisions based on the potential of each cow to respond to a specific breeding strategy.
Crowd gates are often one of the most used tools on a dairy. However, just like any tool, crowd gates can be used incorrectly and can sometimes negatively impact cow comfort and welfare.
From predicting lameness to estimating milk production months ahead, artificial intelligence is starting to change how dairy farms use their herd data.
Artificial intelligence may be the dairy industry’s next management tool.
Robots and sensors can spot mastitis before symptoms appear, but keeping cows healthy still comes down to careful management.
Learn how your farm’s technical data acts as a storytelling tool to unlock hidden borrowing power and transform your loan process into a strategic financial partnership.
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This California dairyman blends a 100-year legacy with vision tech and automation to help slash lameness and prove data-driven care is the future of cow comfort.
John Deere’s Deanna Kovar details how the company is cutting parts costs, adjusting production and responding to EPA moves on Right to Repair and DEF as farm income pressure keeps the ag equipment market in a downturn.
This South Dakota dairy is a beacon of prosperity. From their calves to their 6,200 cows, comprehensive monitoring and a focus on healthy and productive animals drive success forward.
Having your information compromised is a matter of when, not if, says Chris Sherman from Tech Support Farm.