Data Management
December 21, 2017
As the outside temperature regularly reads over 40 degrees Celsius, Australian cotton growers have again reached one of the busiest times of the season: irrigation time! With some fields that are irrigated by overhead equipment as an exception, flood...
Data Management
December 18, 2017
Blockchain can be the “key mediator” to make supply chains more transparent by enabling food firms to share data based on trust, and to transform their operations to be much more efficient, but it will require a fundamental shift...
Connectivity
December 6, 2017
Seated from left: Prof. Dr. Arno Ruckelshausen, Dr. Bernd Scherer, and Dr. Reinhard Grandke.
While North American growers slog through yet another season of depressed farm incomes and commodity markets, across the pond it’s looking like...
Data Management
December 5, 2017
If you checked the Internet lately, you’ve probably seen the words, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. I won’t describe them in great detail here, but Google is your friend.
Currently, Bitcoin is the talk of the town gaining 1,000% in value...
Data Management
December 4, 2017
Some estimates suggest over half of growers’ activities are impacted by weather conditions, from field workability to fertility management to harvest timing. No wonder more companies are entering the weather data and analysis space, either with standalone products or by teaming...
Data Management
December 4, 2017
The USDA Soil Conservation Service, now Natural Resources Conservation Service, has been charged with creating the country’s soil survey. This survey was designed for broad land use planning. My career was spent mapping soils across the country and that...
Data Management
December 2, 2017
Right on the heels of news it has raised $110 million in a Series D funding round, Farmer's Business Network CEO Amol Deshpande spoke at the 2017 Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Conference and Expo, held November 28-30 in Phoenix,...
Data Management
December 1, 2017
Farmers Business Network announced a $110 million Series D funding round, led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Temasek. Previous investors Acre Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GV (formerly Google Ventures)...
Data Management
November 28, 2017
Aaron Ault: “From the farmer’s perspective, data has been the future for 25 years. Without an open-source platform, the ag-data market is negligible."
To Aaron Ault’s eyes, ag technology right now is something like a walled...
Data Management
November 22, 2017
Is the Internet as a “pipeline” for data a public utility, or an entity that should be open for manipulation by Internet service providers (ISPs)? That’s the essential question surrounding the concept of “net neutrality” that is once again...
Data Management
November 22, 2017
Cargill’s traceable turkey pilot program is bringing consumers closer to the source of their Thanksgiving turkey using blockchain technology. The company estimates traceable turkeys will be available to more than 500,000 consumers, reports Erica Shaffer with MeatPoultry.com.
Blockchain is most...
Data Management
November 21, 2017
WinField United has made several strategic investments to strengthen its total agronomy solution for retail and farmer customers, according to a recent press release. The company has expanded its offerings in soil and tissue analysis, crop nutrients, seed, and...
Analytics
November 16, 2017
The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., has announced a partnership with Deveron UAS Corp., that will deliver farmers advanced aerial imagery data combined with powerful analytics through The Climate Corp.'s industry-leading Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform. The...
Data Management
November 14, 2017
Do you ever wonder exactly how the weather forecast is made? And how good are they, really? In last month’s article, I discussed the accuracy and usefulness of seasonal weather outlooks. This month, I want to hone in on...
Data Management
November 10, 2017
AgGateway's Grain Traceability Proof of Concept demo at Wilson Farms, Olney, IL, Oct. 26, 2017.
We talk about closed-loop systems quite a bit in modern production agriculture. Having a closed-loop, or completely self-contained, system is ideal...
Data Management
November 9, 2017
Jason Tatge, CEO, Farmobile.
All over the country, in ag communities large and small, farmers are reporting crop damage, neighbors are fighting, lawsuits and damage complaints are being filed, and the government is scrambling to step...
Data Management
November 7, 2017
DJI showcased new hardware and software advancements that make it easier for businesses across multiple industries to incorporate drones into their daily operations at its AirWorks user conference in Denver today.
During the keynote presentation, DJI demonstrated its new FlightHub...
Data Management
November 7, 2017
As the harvest season comes to a close, a quick look at Twitter gives us some insights into how things went. Many had great shots of harvesters and grain carts with the next generation driving them, which was amazing...
Data Management
October 31, 2017
Ag tech company Farmobile has reaped a substantial Series B funding round that positions the firm to rapidly accelerate across the world, reports Bobby Burch on StartlandNews.com.
The Overland Park, KS-based company announced Friday that it raised $18.1 million to...
Data Management
October 28, 2017
(This monthly column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas or ignite imaginations, how awesome is that?)
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