Sep 24
Rural electric cooperatives across the nation are facing unprecedented shifts in electricity demand as large-scale data center projects increasingly target rural communities, according to Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). The NRECA represents more than 900 not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives that are now balancing how to accommodate massive industrial loads …
Sep 08
Turning Raw Data into Actionable Early Warnings With drought conditions lingering and pest pressures escalating across agricultural regions, growers are constantly managing risks that can make or break a crop year. Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director KC Sheperd recently sat down with Jorge Celis, CEO of American Prime, to discuss how the agricultural intelligence …
Sep 01
Today, at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Data Modernization Plan to put Farmers First, reduce unnecessary burdens on producers, and improve the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of the agricultural data that informs decisions across American agriculture. Since USDA was …
Mar 02
Farming technologies have come a long way in the last two centuries. Modern agriculture has witnessed a technology boom that farmers a century ago would scarcely recognize. Technological advancements allow today’s farmers to work much more efficiently than those in the past. Soil sensors gauge soil moisture levels and send alerts when irrigation is needed. …
