FIRA 2025: Where Ag Tech Innovation Meets Community Danny Bernstein CEO of The Reservoir The Ag Meter team caught up with a familiar face at FIRA 2025 in Woodland, California…
Westward Expansion Transforms 1850s American Farming
…a vibrant agricultural mosaic in the Midwest. Farmers adapted techniques to local soils and climates, testing and improving them over time. The result was a period of rapid growth that…
Building the Future of Ag Education at Merced College
…Jacobsen’s workday centers on education, his evenings and weekends are firmly rooted in the soil. “I’m still a farmer,” he said proudly. “My day job is as a community college…
How Draft Horses Powered American Farming
Amish farmer plowing field with draft horses. Photo by Brad Weaver on Unsplash Before the mid-1800s, American farms depended on horses and oxen to provide the muscle for plowing, hauling,…
Post–Civil War Wheat Crash: How Farmers Turned to Corn and Livestock
…than just an economic shift—it was a pivotal moment in American agriculture. Farmers learned hard lessons about overproduction, soil health, and diversification. In the decades that followed, these lessons would…
Ag Hall of Fame: Honoring U.S. Agricultural Pioneers
Vintage wheeled tractor. Retro machine for farming in the countryside. An ancient vehicle for plowing and cultivating the land. A tractor from the past. By mitsyko.mail.ru/DepositPhotos image A Tribute to…
Building the Future of Farming: Insights from UC ANR’s Gabe Youtsey at FIRA USA 2025
…and communities into the world of agriculture. Youtsey notes that people increasingly care about where their food comes from and how it impacts their health, which creates new opportunities to…
First American Silo: How Fred Hatch Revolutionized Grain Storage in 1873
DepositPhotos image A Pioneering Moment in American Agriculture In 1873, Illinois farmer Fred Hatch built what is believed to be America’s first version of the modern silo. During this period,…
How the Cargill Brothers Built an Agricultural Empire in Iowa
The Birth of Cargill: From Iowa Grain Storage to Global Agribusiness Shelter for storage of corn and grain products. Large heaps of grain are built under the roof in the…
GUSS: Transforming Orchard Spraying Through Autonomy and Innovation
From Dairy Roots to Ag-Tech Leadership Gary Thompson At the FIRA USA event in Woodland, California, AgMeter sat down with Gary Thompson, co-founder of GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System)—a company…
California Ag Tech on Display: TK, Bayer Crop Science, and John Deere’s GUSS Steal the Show
…prep the soil for the next season,” he said. “We’re getting ready for fumigation with products like Sectagon to make sure next year’s crops start strong.” He also predicted another…
The Birth of the FFA Blue Jacket: A Proud Tradition Since 1933
Courtesy of National FFA Organization The Beginning of a National Legacy I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The history of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) is…
CAPCA 2025: PCAs, Innovation, and Leadership Take Center Stage
…technology and crop advising, with innovators and researchers presenting tools that promise to transform pest management, soil health, and precision farming. At the heart of the episode was Ruthann Anderson,…
George Washington and Slavery: A Complex Legacy
By Andrew David Lytle Sr./ Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons George Washington’s Complicated Relationship with Slavery George Washington, the first President of the United States, had a deeply complicated relationship with slavery….