Data Management
December 1, 2015
The expectation among many that 2015 would reveal the long-term winners and losers in regard to the glut of precision ag data management solutions in the market was unfortunately never realized. From a grower perspective, heading into the New...
Data Management
November 30, 2015
Clark State Community College courses offered online might soon help vineyard owners and wine makers from across the U.S. produce a better product, reports Matt Sanctis on SpringFieldNewsSun.com.
Beginning this fall, Clark State will partner with the Viticulture and Enology...
Data Management
November 24, 2015
Farmers Edge announced it is expanding its local partnerships throughout the agriculture supply chain. The new cooperatives signal the commitment Farmers Edge continues to demonstrate in advancing opportunities and facilitating innovations among different stakeholders in the agriculture sector. Comprised...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
A 32-hour app hackathon fueled by pizza and caffeine, an “idea hack” tackling global challenges, a precision-agriculture workshop for drought solutions and a full-day symposium with fast-pitch, ag-tech presentations are all slated for the Dec. 1-3 UC Davis Food,...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
Spensa Technologies Inc., a startup in Purdue Research Park, closed on $2.5 million in Series A funding to expand its workforce and further conduct research on its precision agriculture technologies.
"We will be able to do a tremendous amount with...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
The AgEagle has been used for multiple missions in multiple growing seasons since it was first developed. Photo credit: AgEagle Aerial Systems
A group of students in Kansas are pairing with some of the state’s farmers...
Data Management
November 19, 2015
Farmers Business Network (FBN), the independent and trusted farmer-to-farmer information network, today announced the company is hosting a major farmer conference – Farmer2Farmer: Bringing Moneyball to Farming, at the Quad Cities Riverfront Convention Center, in Bettendorf, IA.
Farmer2Farmer will convene...
Analytics
November 19, 2015
SST Software has released a new web-based application, SST Analytics, that allows agronomists and ag retailers to perform regional analysis across their precision farming data sets. SST first began performing regional agronomic analysis in the late 1990's with its...
Data Management
November 18, 2015
Retailer Wilbur-Ellis has chosen Colorado-based aWhere to provide agricultural weather data and agronomic modeling services to the retailer's AgVerdict decision-making toolkit. aWhere is working with Wilbur-Ellis to provide agricultural intelligence to AgVerdict ag retail customers, providing additional field level information for more...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
The Aviation Program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is producing cutting-edge drone research and hands on field operations that will improve agriculture — a major economic influence in northeast Louisiana. Photo credit: University...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
A sense of history hovered over Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts on Friday as he gingerly took the controls of an unmanned quadcopter on the edge of an alfalfa field, reports Tim Unruh of the Salina Journal.
“I feel like Orville...
Data Management
November 13, 2015
Trimble’s announcement this week of the acquisition of Canadian independent consultant network AGRI-TREND raised quite a few eyebrows around the office. So we connected with Michael Helling, business development in Trimble’s Agriculture Division, to go beyond the press release.
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Data Management
November 12, 2015
Big Data -- the current buzzword of choice. Today it's very easy to be overwhelmed by the hype promoting Big Data. Farm media, newspapers and general media, and conference speakers all extol the future transforming effects of Big Data,...
Data Management
November 11, 2015
Silicon Valley-based startup Granular has expanded its operations to the Midwest, opening a regional headquarters in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL.
This new location will fuel the growth of Granular’s customer success, data science and engineering...
Data Management
November 10, 2015
aWhere and OnFarm will provide high resolution agricultural weather and agronomic data to OnFarm customers using the Grower Dashboard, where all relevant and important readings and conditions are available at a glance. For farmers and agronomists, making any in-field...
Data Management
November 6, 2015
On November 3, John Deere and The Climate Corporation announced that Deere would acquire the Precision Planting, LLC equipment business and enable exclusive, near real-time data connectivity between certain John Deere equipment and the Climate FieldView precision ag platform,...
Data Management
November 4, 2015
AgEagle is the first UAV Company to offer customer financing.
"Financing will help our customers realize the benefits of robotic aerial imaging on the farm sooner. Thus optimizing the use of chemical and nutrient applications and allowing them to pay...
Data Management
November 3, 2015
PrecisionHawk and Genera Energy have partnered to develop new analysis algorithms specific to improving the efficiency and quality of sustainable biomass crop production and distribution. The algorithms will convert raw aerial imagery collected by drones and satellites into an...
Data Management
November 3, 2015
Deere & Company and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, have signed definitive agreements for Deere to acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business and to enable exclusive near real-time data connectivity between certain John Deere farm...
Data Management
November 2, 2015
Ag Leader InCommand Display Family
Ag Leader recently announced the release of a new family of displays under the brand name InCommand. The InCommand 1200 and InCommand 800 are designed with a host of features, including the ability to...
