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Dick Schirado has created motion-activated watering systems for cattle and other gadgets to make farm/ranch life easier, but says the real challenge is convincing others to bring his work to market.

SEBEKA -- On a field in northeast Otter Tail County, littered with field stones ranging from pebbles to volleyballs, the RP 1000 moves onward and then upward. Mel Aho, a native of Sebeka area, who ...

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho & BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TerraClear, an applied AI and robotics company, announced Series A funding of $25 million led by Madrona Venture Group, bringing the company’s ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Brent Frei grew up on a dryland wheat farm on the Camas Prairie of northern Idaho. And like every farm kid, he picked his share of rocks without giving much thought to the age-old, ...

ANOKA, Minn. — Kent Roessler, who farms north of Anoka, says picking rocks is fun with his invention. Based on an idea by his then-four-year-old son, Roessler has created the ROBO Rock Picker. It's a ...