As precision ag consultants, we spend a lot of time working with clients to implement best management practices to acquire the most accurate data possible, and ensure proper machine and implement function. Probably one of the simplest ways we...

By far, the most popular question I am asked at any agricultural conference is about the weather and how it pertains to the upcoming growing season. Due to the popularity of that question, the ag industry has been inundated...

One of the toughest challenges ag retailers and agronomists have faced in using precision ag technologies is that different software and hardware systems haven't been able to "talk" to each other, hampering the ability to help producers manage valuable...

The age of big data means big decisions for farmers as they decide who to trust with their information. An industry-wide effort to bring transparency to ag technology contracts is gaining momentum with the launch of a new website:...

FarmLogs has announced the FarmLogs Research Network, the first nationwide large-scale, on-farm research network of its kind. Dedicated to organizing and conducting unbiased research and independent analysis, the collaborative program, open to row crop farmers across the country, will...

A cooperative of growers and an agricultural data nonprofit have agreed to combine their technology platforms and create a vital resource for data-driven agriculture — a neutral, secure and private data storage repository controlled by growers. The combined platforms...

New Holland has secured agreements to enable wireless data transfer capabilities between its PLM Connect precision land management system and service providers, including Decisive Farming, Encirca services, Onsite, and MapShots, Inc. If they so choose, users of PLM Connect will...

We are entering a very exciting time in agriculture. With so many great software platforms and data collection tools we are on the cusp of unlocking some really deep, profound information and management techniques like we’ve only dreamed of...

A number of poultry growers have filed suit against Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, and other poultry integrators alleging that growers’ production data was shared among integrators to depress grower payments. This is the first case where farmers’ ag data...

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture today announced a comprehensive integration between the sustainability metrics and algorithms of the Fieldprint Platform and leading precision agriculture, decision support and farm management software solutions. The integration provides commodity crop...

AgIntegrated, Inc. (AGI), CDMS, Inc. and SeediQ announce a partnership to develop, promote, and sell a single-source crop input reference data API that will include crop protection, nutritional and seed varietal data. Delivered through AGI’s Onsite platform, this service...

CB Insights today selected Prospera to the prestigious Artificial Intelligence 100 list (“AI 100”), a select group of emerging private companies working on ground breaking artificial intelligence technology. CB Insights CEO and co-founder, Anand Sanwal, revealed the winners during...

Waypoint Analytical (WP), based in Memphis, TN, and Highland Precision Ag (HPA), based in Mulberry, FL, are pleased to announce a strategic alliance in the Precision Ag industry. As part of this alliance, WP’s subsidiary, Waypoint Analytical – FL, Inc....

Jon Labine of Argyle, MN, is a regional sales representative for Farmers Edge Inc., one of the latest entries in precision agriculture for the Upper Midwest, but a company with more than a decade of history, writes Mikkel Pates...

Ag Leader Technology took a big step forward toward broader software connectivity. It recently announced the availability of an API for AgFiniti, which will allow third-party farm management information systems (FMIS) to transfer files to and from Ag Leader's cloud-based...

Farmers Business Network (FBN), the independent farmer-to-farmer network, today announced the launch of major new technologies and services that expand the network’s agronomic intelligence. FBN also launched its FBN Direct platform and introduced its first products for grain marketing. Commercially...

The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) recently recognized Sentera as the 2016 Tekne Startup Award recipient. The MHTA Tekne Awards honor companies and individuals who play a significant role in developing new technologies that positively impact the lives and...

Farmers Edge, a global leader in precision agriculture and independent data management solutions, has partnered with Trotter Fertilizer, Nebraska’s foremost retailer of NutriSphere-N Nitrogen Management Solutions and AVAIL Phosphorus Fertilizer Enhancers. Through this partnership, Trotter Fertilizer will provide growers...

A Farmobile EFR Dashboard heat map. Farmobile today announced an EFR Dashboard, a real-time dashboard that helps farmers visualize their field data and derive insights to maximize profitability. The new product is available immediately and is...

Dave Swain (left), manager of precision ag technologies at Southern States Cooperative (SSC), reviews imagery with an SSC precision ag adviser. Success comes from taking advantage of every opportunity you can. One technique used in precision farming, called...