Irrigation
February 10, 2022
Yes, getting water to the field remains important, but today’s growers are looking to the technology for efficiency as well.
Market Watch
January 25, 2017
Another new year is upon us! And I’m certain I speak for many in the agricultural world when I say that very few people in the industry are probably glad 2016 is done with, for a variety of reasons....
Market Watch
August 12, 2016
Many media companies regularly rank their favorite or most important developments for the past year in various Top 10 lists because they provide a nice snapshot of what’s been taking place in a particular marketplace.
And if there ever was...
Data Management
April 6, 2016
In the world of technology, October 7, 2014, was a red letter day. According to most sources, this was the date when the number of mobile devices present around the globe topped 7.22 billion. Significantly, this marked the date...
Data Management
December 2, 2015
There's little denying that the precision agriculture market is fast-paced and rapidly evolving, as any sector so heavily tied to technology tends to be. But is its reach across the whole of the agricultural landscape expanding or merely holding...
Market Watch
December 1, 2015
Usually, as the calendar is about to turn from one year to the next, market watchers often sum up the results from the previous 12 months using some kind of sound bite or catchphrase. Also popular is ascribing a...
Data Management
September 21, 2015
By its nature, the precision agricultural marketplace features myriad products and services. From hardware options to attach to Big IRON to software programs that continuously crunch numbers to find useful patterns/make yield recommendations, the host of offerings is seemingly...
Data Management
September 21, 2015
For what seems like the umpteenth year in a row, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) dominated much of the conversation at this summer’s agricultural industry trade shows. At virtually every event being held the past few months, exhibitors were alternately...
Data Management
August 6, 2015
By any measure, 2015 is turning into one of the most challenging years agriculture has ever experienced. All throughout good portions of the Midwest, Mid-South and elsewhere, crop fields are near the saturation point or visibly underwater. Of course,...
Guidance
January 27, 2015
As technology options increase, experts foresee a big year for variable-rate seeding adoption.
Guidance
November 3, 2014
Ag retailer South Dakota Wheat Growers is using an innovative piece of equipment to enhance the precision ag application work for its growers-customers.
Guidance
September 2, 2014
The top precision agriculture technologies didn’t change in the past year, according to experts. What has changed, however, is their order of activity.
Guidance
September 3, 2013
Precision agriculture insiders foresee lots of possible areas of growth for technology right now, with a handful of categories leading the way.
Market Watch
September 17, 2012
According to many precision ag experts, sensor technology is one trend that could take off in 2013 and beyond.
Guidance
September 17, 2012
As a by-product of the Drought of 2012, many precision ag experts think that there will be a big push into different forms of water management in the next year. According to Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist for Crop IMS,...
Data Management
September 17, 2012
No matter what way you look at it, precision agriculture continues to play an ever more important role in the world today. Right now, precision ag technologies almost run the gambit of alphabet letters, from automatic steering to yield...
Market Watch
November 1, 2011
At United Cooperative, the company’s leaders view precision agriculture as the next step in the evolution of the marketplace.
Guidance
November 1, 2011
Kurt Dunker is a long-time grower in North Bend, NE. Annually, he produces both corn and soybeans on his 2,000 acres and, as several other growers located in the Midwest, utilizes irrigation in his operations. For years, this has...
Market Watch
November 1, 2011
CPS Washington Court House, OH, is working with a pair of precision ag systems to not only help its customers increase their bottom lines, but reduce the company’s own reliance on paperwork as well.
Data Management
September 6, 2011
History is littered with failed attempts to predict the future. Of course, this problem is compounded by any predictions when it comes to technology, particularly since this field tends to see advances take place at near the speed of...