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in Featured, Latest Articles, News, Start Ups, TechWhat Howard Dahl Thinks Adoption Of Automation In Agriculture
Howard Dahl – the founder of Amity Technology and the grandson of E. G. Melroe – has some thoughts on how automation will be adopted. More
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Why A Strong Downtown Is Good For A City’s Business Community
By Adrienne Olson, Kilbourne Group A strong downtown business community concentrates talent, culture, art and innovation in a way that can turn a walk down the sidewalk into an unexpected exchange of ideas. Downtown and Main Street businesses tend to support each other and reinvest in a big way into their communities. Early development patterns […] More
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What Some Of The Most Important People In The Country Think About Grand Farm
What more can be said about the Grand Farm? Nearly every one of the major ag tech innovators is behind it. It’s got the backing of some of the most important people in the state. From billion-dollar international corporate entities to the state government’s most important politicians to the most important businessmen and women, almost […] More
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North Dakota’s Number One Export: Agricultural Methods
Former North Dakota governor and Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer has served North Dakota and agriculture his entire life. While offcially out of the political spotlight, he remains actively involved in promoting business and agriculture. We caught up with him to discuss the drastic shift in agriculture technology that’s happening in his state. Q: Being […] More
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How Ag Tech Can Make North Dakota Stronger
If you look at the state’s economic pie, the two biggest pieces are agriculture and energy. Any state that’s dependent on two industries is at risk because if one of those industries takes a dive, it can have a drastic effect on the state. However, what if we made a whole new piece of pie […] More
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How Automation Will Affect Fargo
Cities across the country are preparing for the inevitable shift that will come from automation. From the way traffic is run to improved effciencies with garbage disposal, it will affect day-to-day life on a dramatic scale. We talked with Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney on what they are doing to prepare for the arrival of automation. […] More
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How Education Is Changing To Market Demands
There is a well-reported stat that says that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t been invented yet. Because of the rapidly changing nature of technology and the impact it will have on almost every industry, it’s important to educate today’s kids and workforce for these future jobs. There’s also a […] More
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How Microsoft Is Enabling Ag Tech
Since Microsoft purchased Great Plains Software in 2001, the tech giant has had a major presence in North Dakota. Now one of the largest employers in Fargo is working with farmers on how its technologies can be a platform for agriculture. We caught up with Taya Spelhaug, Microsoft’s Tech Spark North Dakota Manager, about the […] More
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How The Grand Farm Was Designed
First of all, how exciting! When I think of the Grand Farm from an architectural perspective, I think about how this concept sources? Is there a sustainability component? What does it mean to be state-of-the art? How does it highlight the people that are creating things in a shop/lab format? How does it showcase this […] More
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How Automation Has Come To Fargo
It’s impossible to create a fully autonomous farm without having any farmland. Well, thanks to Kevin Biffert, President of Fargo Automation, there are 40 acres right off I-29 to create the farm of the future. He is donating the land to make the Grand Farm a possibility. However, Biffert’s involvement with automation in Fargo doesn’t […] More
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What Lanny Faleide Has Learned From Almost Three Decades In Ag Tech
Satshot has become a leader in the remote sensing industry and has a presence on every continent and now hosts well over 20 million acres worth of field boundaries in its system. After being in the ag tech industry for almost three decades, Faleide answered some questions on what he’s learned. More
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How Giants Snacks Is Improving Employees Lives And ROI With Automation
Headquartered in Wahpeton, N.D., Giants Snacks might seem like an unlikely candidate for automation but the company is proving to be a pioneer. We talked with Tom Spiekermeier, the Operations Manager at Giants, about how automation is actually making their company and their employees’ lives better. More
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