The Farms of the Future Will Be Automated From Seed to Harvest

Swarms of drones buzz overhead, while robotic vehicles crawl across the landscape. Orbiting satellites snap high-resolution images of the scene far below. Not one human being can be seen in the pre-dawn glow spreading across the land. This is a snapshot of the farm of the future. Every phase of the operation--from seed to harvest--may someday be automated, without the need to ever get one's fingernails dirty.