Data Management
March 1, 2011
Improving nitrogen efficiency is a prominent trend in agriculture, and Ag Leader is providing innovative technology to meet growing market demand. OptRx is a crop sensor that measures and records data necessary to determine the impact of nutrients, water,...
Data Management
February 17, 2011
Data are the foundation for decisionmaking in any enterprise but the complexity of their realization and their importance as a “currency” in the flow of information are overlooked by many practitioners. This is particularly true of precision agriculture, which...
Data Management
February 9, 2011
As part of its ongoing commitment to double yield output for major commodity crops by 2030, Monsanto has been working on the agronomic side of the equation that it estimates will account for 5% to 7% of the needed...
Data Management
February 2, 2011
Ag Leader Technology, Inc. recently announced the release of the North American Wheat algorithm for OptRx, a crop sensor used for mapping, data collection and real-time variable rate nitrogen application. OptRx crop sensors determine a vegetative index reference value...
Data Management
January 13, 2011
"Our goal is to be the leader in developing new technology that will help simplify the lives of producers," says Don Preusser, President of John Deere Insurance Company.
The new Automated Crop Reporting process benefits producers by maximizing their precision...
Data Management
December 16, 2010
In 2010, more than 20,000 growers across the country attended Answer Plot Knowledge Events, where they got up close and personal with the latest technologies, products and production practices at more than 150 locations.These local education sites combined field...
Data Management
September 30, 2010
John Deere Agri Services and Telvent DTN announce an agreement to develop communications interfaces for streaming Telvent DTN information into the AGRIS Commodity Management system. The interfaces will help agribusiness professionals using the AGRIS system to reduce manual data...
Data Management
September 23, 2010
Farm Works Information Management, a division of Trimble, announced three new products for growers and agribusinesses.
Farm Works Mobile streamlines data management in the field by bundling record keeping, scouting, soil sampling, and variable rate application into one solution. Field...
Data Management
September 10, 2010
Ask any person who works in the precision agriculture field about the industry's top technologies and they are likely to tell you the same thing, basically — these pieces of hardware/software and system approaches are designed to increase the...
Data Management
August 19, 2010
RapidEye recently announced that Santiago & Cintra Consultoria, its distributor in Brazil, will now have an expanded sales territory in South America which includes the countries of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela.
"Santiago & Cintra Consutoria...
Data Management
July 22, 2010
It was truly an international experience at the conference this year, with more than 40 countries represented in Denver at the biennial International Conference on Precision Agriculture. Here are a few of the most interesting observations I made this...
Data Management
April 8, 2010
North Bend, NE-based CropMetrics is looking for professionally qualified crop consultants and agronomists to partner with to provide agronomy support services using its Virtual Agronomist program.
With the new Virtual Agronomist Base Management Program, CropMetrics "Precision Partners" receive all EM...
Data Management
March 17, 2010
Imagery originator and provider RapidEye announced the availability of more than 6.5 million square kilometers (2.5 million square miles) of its satellite imagery taken over North and South America.
RapidEye Geodata Kiosk. Over 4 million square kilometers (1.55 million square...
Data Management
February 25, 2010
Ohio farmers have rapidly adopted precision agriculture technology, with about 50 percent of them incorporating at least one component in their production system. But how satisfied are they with the equipment and the results?
Ohio State University's Department of Agricultural,...
Data Management
February 11, 2010
In three short years, manufacturers of precision technology have moved to acquire, partner, an ally themselves with companies that serve to strengthen their market positions and gain a competitive edge. The accompanying graphics serve to illustrate the drastic changes,...
Data Management
February 11, 2010
Trimble introduced today its all-new EZ-Sync solution, a wireless data transfer capability that provides enhanced information management for growers and agribusinesses.
EZ-Sync, an addition to the EZ-Office suite, wirelessly links* the field to the office by transferring information such as...
Data Management
January 28, 2010
When it comes to technology investment, growers want to do more with less and get the most out of the dollars they are investing in their precision agriculture program, says Topcon's Mike Gomes. "The three strongest trends we see...
Data Management
January 22, 2010
FalconScan, an aerial imagery company, is expanding from its home base in California to provide service to customers in the Midwest for the 2010 season.
"FalconScan combines state-of-the-art remote sensing science and commercial-off-the-shelf technology to rapidly deliver high resolution ortho...
Data Management
December 18, 2009
Known for its crop input database and decision making tools for more than 25 years, CDMS took a significant step forward through the release of Advisor, a total agronomy management system.
Advisor is a Web-based system that provides decision support...
Data Management
December 17, 2009
Managing nutrients right — right source, right rate, right place, and right time — may be best accomplished with the right tools. Various technologies are available to aid farmers and their advisers in decisions related to nutrient management, from...
