Nearly half of cropland farms are owner-operated in the U.S. Every farm operation has a change in ownership eventually: when that time comes, how will things take shape? Answering this question is more challenging when there isn’t a younger farmer in the family in line to be a successor. Land ownership legislation (and specifically how it relates to farmland) varies by region, with different plans and desires informing aging growers in their plan of action.

From the Green Revolution to present, agricultural innovations have allowed for the rapid evolution of food production internationally. Along with innovation comes new terminology to articulate what’s taking place along the way. There’s precision agriculture, which has denoted the last few decades of tech’s integrations with farming. And then there’s more recent phrases like smart farming and digital farming. How do these terms fit together, and which apply to your operation practices?

This article is the first part of our ongoing security series.

It’s not a new piece of advice: where there’s a login, there’s risk of security breach – following best password practices will provide protection and reassurance. The threat of having data compromised is widely understood, but research suggests that commitment to digital security remains lax for most individuals from its American sample. So maybe... the Dos and Don’ts are a little foggy.

Accurate classification is the key to quality assurance and integral to success in commercial-scale produce markets. Apart from filtering out obvious disease, size is a primary classifier for selling fruit in graded classes. When it comes to sizing fruits like apples and peaches, the tried and true methods are still a big part of the production process. Contemporary tech solutions compliment the human touch while speeding up the processing element of harvest. Having the right tools in your toolkit improves your competitive advantage in the highly time-sensitive world of perishable goods.