Agriculture News: 9 August 2025 - 15 August 2025

Bug Love vs. Bugs: How Synthetic Pheromones Are Quietly Replacing Pesticides in Your Food—What You Need to Know in 2025

Bug Love vs. Bugs: How Synthetic Pheromones Are Quietly Replacing Pesticides in Your Food—What You Need to Know in 2025

1) First things first: pheromones aren’t “hormones” Hormones act inside an organism. Pheromones are chemical messages released to affect other members of the same species (for pests: “find me and mate”). In crop protection we don’t dose insects with endocrine drugs; we
August 15, 2025
The Long-Range IoT Revolution: How LoRaWAN is Transforming Smart Cities and Farms

The Long-Range IoT Revolution: How LoRaWAN is Transforming Smart Cities and Farms

Over 350 million LoRaWAN devices and sensors were connected globally as of mid-2024, with projections to exceed 3.5 billion by 2030. The LoRa Alliance was founded in 2015, LoRaWAN was officially approved as a global ITU standard in late 2021, and the
August 15, 2025
Vertical Solar Farms: How Bifacial Panels Are Revolutionizing Solar Energy in 2025

Vertical Solar Farms: How Bifacial Panels Are Revolutionizing Solar Energy in 2025

Vertical solar farms mount panels upright at 90° in north–south rows, using bifacial panels to harvest morning east light and afternoon west light for two daily power peaks. The Ashikaga City rice paddy project in Japan was installed in May 2024, yielded
August 10, 2025