Vision Conference
December 16, 2019
A recent road trip to Carnegie Mellon University revealed the high ceiling potential of artificial intelligence technologies in helping farmers manage more, better. Some of CMU’s work on robotics and AI will be featured during the PrecisionAg Vision Conference
Drones | UAVs
November 6, 2019
NASA administrator James Bridenstein addresses the crowd as part of the opening keynote at Commercial UAV Expo 2019 in Las Vegas, NV, on October 29, 2019.
As a longtime drone industry advocate, let me start by...
In-Field Technologies
July 16, 2019
Editor's note: Last month Growing Produce Technology Editor Matthew Grassi published a list of 10 tech companies he feels has a chance to move the needle with specialty crop growers. It was by no means an exhaustive list, as...
Market Intelligence
June 1, 2019
The world of precision technology is as fast moving as it is complex. Companies that at first appeared viable for the long run have long nabbed their long-awaited venture capital exits, and the segment potentially will appear dramatically different...
Drones | UAVs
May 21, 2019
U.S. regulations are finally moving in the right direction for widespread ag drone adoption, allowing the U.S. to finally join places like Japan and China atop the medal podium of drone usage. Photo credit: China...
Drones | UAVs
May 6, 2019
Editor's note: Part Three of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features Rantizo. Be sure to also check out Part One (ADAMA/Tactical Robotics) and Part Two (Bayer CropScience).
Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs
May 2, 2019
Editor's note: Part Two of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features Bayer CropScience. Be sure to also check out Part One (ADAMA/Tactical Robotics) and Part Three (Rantizo).
Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs
April 29, 2019
Editor's note: Part One of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features ADAMA/Tactical Robotics. Be sure to also check out Part Two (Bayer CropScience) and Part Three (Rantizo).
Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs
April 13, 2019
Farm drones have come a long way (a veritable COUNTRY MILE, if you will) since they first started hitting the InfoAg trade show floor back in 2013, and they’ve come an even longer way in the last two and...
Analytics
March 11, 2019
Image Credit: AgNewsWire/Chuck Zimmerman
A little over a week and a half ago, the 2019 Commodity Classic took over the sprawling Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, for the annual celebration of American farmers and...
Data Management
February 22, 2019
Instagram models and pizza - strange bedfellows perhaps back in the Nineties - but in today’s anything-goes, Internet-driven society? Like milk and cookies, my friends….
Here’s another coupling to add to the strange bedfellows list: Domino’s Pizza and Artificial...
Analytics
February 14, 2019
Ah yes, time again for our annual click-collecting effort here on PrecisionAg.com, otherwise known as our (quasi) annual list of companies that we think will make news in precision farming circles in 2019. Our 2018 entry in the series...
Connectivity
February 5, 2019
Jeremy Leifker welcomes attendees to the 2019 Develop With Deere Conference Jan. 23, 2019, at the Chicago Sheraton Grand in downtown Chicago, IL. (Photo Courtesy - AgNewsWire/ZimmComm)
The wide, wacky world of machine and data interconnectivity...
Connectivity
January 17, 2019
Yup, strobe lights, disco balls, and precision ag planter technology. Pretty cool, no? (Photo Courtesy - Precision Planting/Brighton Agency)
When we think of the areas and cities and regions that ag technology innovations are currently being spun...
Analytics
January 4, 2019
A man walks past a scaled-down replica of the SAOCOM 1-A/B satellite on display at Argentina’s space agency CONAE in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 20, 2018. — Reuters photo
Like the flying objects that convey its...
Industry News
December 21, 2018
Helena Agri-Enterprises Gro-Link Technician Katie Carnahan helps student Nathan Tague and Ivy Tech Ag Program Chair John Rosene adjust the grain spout on the program’s 30-year-old Gleaner combine.
Industry supported educational programs at the college level...
Analytics
December 21, 2018
Source: Finistere Ventures & The Mixing Bowl
Being our resident all-things-imagery geek here at PrecisionAg.com, I figured with the release of last week’s Finistere Ventures 2018 Ag Tech Investment Review – along with its handy Ag...
Market Watch
December 20, 2018
Craig Houin, Sunrise Cooperative; Photo Credit: Sunrise Cooperative, Piqua, OH.
Asked to eulogize his precision program’s last 12 months in one singular word, Craig Houin, the R7/Data Innovation Lead at Sunrise Cooperative in Fremont, OH, thoughtfully...
Analytics
December 18, 2018
"Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, yeah"
Last week in Omaha, NE, was this author's inaugural (hopefully not the last?) trip to Farmers Business Network's annual all-things-pro-farmer blowout, Farmer2Farmer, which this...
Industry News
December 14, 2018
Farmers Business Network (FBN) Co-Founder & VP of Product Charles Baron introduces Capt. Sully Sullenberger, the opening keynote at FBN's fourth-annual Farmer2Farmer Conference, December 12, 2018, in Omaha, NE, at the CHI Health Center arena.
Appearing...