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Imagine planting tiny machines alongside your seeds—with a target price of just one penny each. Could they help farmers spot trouble before a crop starts looking sick?
Join Rick Portanova for Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief for Thursday, October 15, 2026, featuring surprising farm stories, emerging agricultural technology, and some remarkable animal behavior.
We start with University of Pennsylvania researchers developing tiny soil sensors that could report moisture and chemical conditions underground. The same research program includes leaf stickers that could give a visible reading…
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