Data Management
August 25, 2015
Farmers Edge recently announced the addition of Osmington Inc., to its team of investors. The backing of Osmington Inc., marks the fourth investment partner to sign on with Farmers Edge within the last 12 months.
Named one of the Top 20...
Data Management
August 24, 2015
The agriculture industry is increasingly relying on remote imagery services to make timely and effective decisions in the field.
According to a survey of 2015 InfoAg attendees, nearly half (47%) said that they plan to increase their investments in remote...
Data Management
August 19, 2015
Waypoint Analytical, the largest agricultural and environmental soil testing network in the U.S., announces its newest location in Champaign, IL. The new facility joins nine other Waypoint Analytical locations across the country providing next day testing service on routine...
Data Management
August 17, 2015
DTN/The Progressive Farmer and FarmLink today announced a collaboration agreement to develop a new decision dashboard product that will help farmers and their advisors evaluate field-by-field productivity and marketplace dynamics to enable fair value and grain marketing decisions for...
Data Management
August 13, 2015
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announces the formation of a new technical committee focused on unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Joining more than three dozen established committees in the Society’s Machinery Systems technical community, the UAS committee,...
Data Management
August 6, 2015
An Agribotix pilot flies over emerging corn.
For a grower or agronomist looking to implement aerial imagery into their precision ag repertoire there are three options — unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), manned aircraft and satellite —...
Data Management
August 6, 2015
Getting a handle on how to prep and operate yield monitors still poses a problem for many current and would-be users.
In the Technology In Ag study released in 2012, yield monitors had the second highest...
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,...
Data Management
August 5, 2015
Iteris, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council (MWRPC) to provide custom weather and soil data to localize wheat disease models for Minnesota wheat growers via Iteris' precision farming data delivery platform,...
Data Management
August 4, 2015
AGCO Corp. announces the arrival of the SOLO AGCO EDITION Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Utilizing intuitive mission planning and cloud-based, high-resolution mapping software, the UAV is easy to use and can increase farmers' efficiency, says the company.
With the SOLO...
Data Management
August 4, 2015
The eager hands have all been shaken and the introductions made, the drinks with colleagues sipped and the banner stands are all packed away until the next show. InfoAg 2015, occuring during a year of widespread uncertainty in just what...
Data Management
July 29, 2015
The agriculture industry is poised to leverage advanced data-driven, connected technology and sharing models to drive new innovation that will promote reinvestment in our rural communities, FarmLink’s CEO Ron LeMay said Tuesday at The White House Second Annual Rural...
Data Management
July 28, 2015
AutoProbe Technologies continues to grow its network of AutoProbe intensive sampling system providers and grower owners. AutoProbe Technologies has added distributors in key market areas and will be announcing additional dealers and service providers in the weeks leading up...
Data Management
July 28, 2015
AGCO and Trimble have announced they are partnering to deliver wireless connectivity between AGCO’s VarioDoc and AgCommand systems and the Trimble Connected Farm solution. The functionality is expected to be available to customers in North America in September and...
Data Management
July 27, 2015
Making its debut appearance at the 2015 InfoAg conference in St. Louis, MO, SOYL will be exhibiting its groundbreaking new app, iSOYL. This pioneering new system enables growers to easily manage their precision farming tasks direct from the tractor...
Data Management
July 24, 2015
GEOSYS has released two new offerings, Croptical Monitoring Application and GEOSYS Bridge API, to give agronomists critical field insights and provide agribusinesses with a means of bolstering their precision ag offerings.
Both tools are powered by three times the number...
Data Management
July 22, 2015
AutoProbe Technologies names Effertz Farms, Belton, MO, a new grower-centric sales and service provider for southeast Kansas and western Missouri.
Mike Effertz of Effertz Farms says, "Maximizing crop profits, especially in lean times, starts with precision soil sampling. We see AutoProbe...
Data Management
July 22, 2015
Granular announced the close of its Series B financing today. Tao Capital Partners led the round and was joined by Emory Investment Management, Fall Line Capital, and H. Barton Asset Management. Granular’s previous investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, and...
Data Management
July 21, 2015
Today, the American Farm Bureau Federation and Measure released a study that identifies and quantifies the benefits of drone technology in precision agriculture. Version 1.0 of the ROI Calculator will be available as a Web-based application on the Measure...
Data Management
July 17, 2015
The InfoAg 2014 show floor. Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, MO.
IF BIG PICTURE stuff is what you’re looking for at InfoAg 2015, Marc Vanacht’s presentation “2015-2035: What’s Coming For Precision Ag” is a sure bet...
