Data Management
January 17, 2013
The Alabama Precision Ag Extension is hosting two clinics over the next three weeks at the EV Smith Research Center in Shorter.
An Ag Sprayer Clinic will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, January 22. Attendees will learn about...
Data Management
January 2, 2013
The Conservation In Action Tour, hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center, will be held July 9-10 at the Indian Creek Watershed in Livingston County, IL.
The event has grown subsantially over the years, from around 80 participants in 2009...
Data Management
December 28, 2012
Customers of Rain Bird’s Agriculture Division will now have access to innovative wireless monitoring and control technology following the company's acquisition of ClimateMinder. Based in Glendale, CA, ClimateMinder creates products that growers can use to improve yields and reduce...
Data Management
December 13, 2012
The InfoAg Conference is set for July 16-18, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Illinois. InfoAg is the premier conference on precision ag technology and its practical applications. Last InfoAg attendance topped 730 crop advisers, farmers, ag retailers,...
Data Management
December 10, 2012
Leica Geosystems has introduced Virtual Vista, a new Web-based platform that delivers a flexible data management solution to farmers.
Virtual Vista offers a simple solution which connects directly to the Leica mojo3D. Through the built-in modem of the Leica mojo3D...
Data Management
December 5, 2012
In 2012 the PrecisionAg Insititute, with the cooperation of the American Soybean Association, conducted a study of return on investment (ROI) gained with precision agriculture technology by America's soybean growers. A summary report of these results, published in the...
Data Management
December 5, 2012
PERSPECTIVE I recently returned from the Agricultural Retailers Association Annual Conference in San Diego where, in addition to the usual networking, I got to host a modest roundtable of ag retailers to talk about the issues of the day....
Data Management
December 5, 2012
HarvestMaster, a division of Juniper Systems, announces Mirus harvest data collection software as the latest addition to its research agriculture solutions offering. Mirus is an all-in-one software designed to collect and view harvest data in real time. The Mirus...
Data Management
November 29, 2012
To help give producers easier access to important farm and field information through their mobile device, John Deere introduces John Deere Mobile Farm Manager. The application, which can be downloaded free from the Apple Store, is compatible with iPad...
Data Management
November 29, 2012
The Dakota Precision Ag Center located within Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, ND has a couple position openings at this time. An Assistant Director, an Agronomy Instructor and an IT person and an Administrative Assistant.
The application deadline...
Data Management
November 14, 2012
AgGateway is pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s Ron Storms Memorial Award is Andrew Jeremiah, B2B IT Lead Analyst at Monsanto. The award recognizes distinguished individual efforts in the promotion of electronic standards and protocols in...
Data Management
November 14, 2012
Trimble recently announced the addition of several new features to further enhance its Connected Farm solution. Connected Farm is an integrated operations management solution that provides information exchange across the entire farm. New features include additional viewing capabilities between...
Data Management
November 6, 2012
A new cloud-based online service designed to bridge the gap between popular farm management software and reporting requirements for crop insurance, USDA and other government entities has been introduced by Independent Data Management, LLC. The service, MyAgData, simplifies the...
Data Management
November 6, 2012
Thomas McCann of Calgary, Canada, has been named regional sales manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) in Canada. The announcement was made by Marty Cook, North America sales manager.
For 12 years, McCann, with a degree in agriculture from the...
Data Management
November 1, 2012
Ten years ago, we first met Tim Norris as an agronomist and precision agriculture enthusiast working for a central Ohio cooperative. He had already successfully built precision programs at two Ohio cooperatives, and in 2003 led the development of...
Data Management
October 30, 2012
AgGateway facilitates the development and implementation of agriculture industry data and terminology standards across virtually every input and transaction category. During the organization’s annual meeting this month in Albuquerque, the group will discuss precision agriculture and the industry standards...
Data Management
October 25, 2012
The Dakota Precision Ag Center (DPAC) has been awarded two grants totaling $3.28 million for the development of training programs in precision agriculture. DPAC will develop the programs to fill in-demand jobs requiring skill level in precision ag technologies...
Data Management
October 25, 2012
In May, ARA invited members to nominate technologies and/or presenters to be featured during the Technology Breakout Session during the ARA Annual Conference & Expo. The 11 nominees were then presented to ARA membership for voting. Voting concluded on...
Data Management
October 5, 2012
AgGateway’s Precision Ag Council has launched a new project that will improve the data exchange processes that drive the use of precision agriculture field equipment for such major operations as seeding, tillage, spraying, fertilizing and harvesting. The Standardized Precision...
Data Management
September 27, 2012
AgGateway, the non-profit consortium of agri-businesses working to expand electronic business within the agriculture industry, recently launched a new Grain Council in order to identify, develop and implement standards and guidelines to bring eBusiness efficiencies to grain, oilseed and...
