By Jessica Wharton
Special to Poultry Times
WASHINGTON — Farmers and ranchers today have access to new agriculture technologies that were once simply a sci-fi dream-drones soaring across corn fields, genetically modified crops growing with fewer pesticides and real-time soil monitoring. Technology and innovation are the future of farming and the American Farm Bureau Federation is working to help rural entrepreneurs pave the way.
The 2016 Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge, now in its second year, provides opportunities for individuals to showcase business innovations being developed in rural regions of the U.S. This year, four of the. . .

