Agriculture and technology: an essential partnership

The average age of a farmer in the US is 58 years old and one-third of the workforce is over 65. While the overall average age of the US workforce has risen from 35.3 in 2000 to 44.6 in 2020, agriculture continues to have an older workforce. Traditionally, this has been filled by younger members of the family taking over the farm and by the seasonal hiring of migrant workers.
Farmers can now “farm out” tasks that require a less skilled labor force to automation tools such as robotic harvesters and drones. Some examples:
- FarmVibes.Edge, which allows growers to capture drone imagery in the field, and
- FarmVibes.Ai, which merges data sources, like heat maps, super-res satellite imagery and other technologies to create a big-picture view of a farm.
The proof is in the prototype