By using acoustic data and machine learning to decipher cows’ vocalizations, Virginia Tech researchers hope to shed new light on cattle welfare.
Vampire bats have gradually expanded into the northern hemisphere with climate changes over past century, posing a potential threat to U.S. livestock.
Researchers at Virginia Tech College are studying how to use artificial intelligence to identify the presence of plant-parasitic soybean nematodes that cause upward of $1 billion worth of soybean loss each year in the United States.
The National FFA Organization today surpasses what the original FFA founders from Virginia almost a century ago could have imagined.
Recently, Virginia Tech used its speaker series, known as Tech on Tap, to delve into the pertinent topic of food and the novel coronavirus.
The 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity Report by Virginia Tech shows ag productivity is growing globally at an average annual rate of 1.63 percent.
Virginia Tech researchers have made a discovery that could help farmers combat stink bugs as well as save money on pest control. “We have gained a deeper understanding of how stink bugs synthesize pheromones, and this knowledge may allow us to produce pheromones in expendable food crops – also called ‘trap crops’ – to lure […]
The world’s largest tractor manufacturer, by volume, will extend their research at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. The Mahindra Ag Tech Center (MaTC@Virginia) will focus on creating breakthrough technology products for the North American agriculture market. “Mahindra Group strives to be at the forefront of technology and innovation with a view to improve the […]
Virginia Tech is now home to the tallest drone park in the country. The university officially opened the 85-feet above ground, football-field-sized park Thursday. The tallest netted facility of its kind, the drone park has almost 3 million cubic feet of room to fly around. The drone park is a collaboration among various university entities, […]
University of Hawaii master’s student Aimee Uyehara and Virginia Tech University bachelor’s student Abigail Han are the national winners of the fourth annual Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship. Uyehara and Han were selected out of more than 100 eligible applicants who crafted essays about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the future of the agriculture industry. […]