How Location Technology Has Transformed Agriculture Connected Farm

Even as population growth slows, projections show that the world will be home to nearly 10 billion people by 2050, 2 billion more than it hosts today. The job of feeding them will fall to an industry that's emerging on the forefront of innovation. Article Snapshot: Long at the mercy of forces beyond their control, farmers are creating tech-reliant connected farms that track everything within inches and help them centrally manage every season in the fields. Farmers are getting younger and more tech savvy, and they're transforming the agriculture industry through location intelligence and tools such as AI, autonomous vehicles, and IoT-connected cattle. In this installment of the WhereNext Think Tank series, Esri's director of Professional Services, Brian Cross, interviews Esri's agriculture practice lead, Matt Harman.