Digital Agriculture’s Role in the Future of Crop Protection

Lauren Milligan By Lauren Milligan|29 July 2026

Digital technologies are rapidly reshaping agriculture, creating new opportunities to improve crop protection strategies.

In this video, Robert Finger, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at ETH Zurich, discusses how GPS, sensors, satellite imagery, data analytics, and AI-enabled tools can help farmers collect and use valuable information to make more informed management decisions.

Key takeaway:
The future of crop protection will rely on turning agricultural data into actionable insights that improve efficiency and sustainability.

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Lauren Milligan is Content Specialist for the Agribusiness Group, including AgriBusiness Global, CropLife, and Women in Ag Tech. Before joining Meister Media Worldwide in 2022, she received a bachelor’s degree in English from Kent State University in 2017 and has worked on newspapers local to Portage and Summit Counties in Ohio.  See all author stories here.