Data Management
May 22, 2008
After John Deere's exit from the aerial imagery business and the shuttering of its OptiGro program, many in agriculture were left to wonder how remote imagery would continue to progress in the agricultural market. Behind the scenes, new parties...
Data Management
May 16, 2008
The new flow controller interface is offered as an extended option available with the oneWeigh scale automation system. As part of the integrated business system for ethanol facility management, the scale system automates shipping and receiving operations.
This new flow...
Data Management
April 11, 2008
Last week I shared the news that the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE) will be developing and recommending a new standard for "geospatial mapping of crop yield, moisture content, and quality data, including defined data formats...
Data Management
April 3, 2008
The purpose of this standard is to improve the processing and utilization of data files containing geospatial yield, moisture content (MC), and quality data with respect to information content, units, and interoperability between different software products and measurement systems....
Data Management
March 15, 2008
Alabama grain grower Don Glenn is a technology believer, especially when it comes to data collection and management. But he's not a technology enthusiast for technology's sake — it's truly helping him manage his farm more efficiently and profitably.
During...
Data Management
March 6, 2008
Alabama grain grower Don Glenn is a technology believer, especially when it comes to data collection and management. But he's not a technology enthusiast for technology's sake — it's truly helping him manage his farm more efficiently and profitably.
During...
Data Management
February 29, 2008
The new AF-Viewer II is scheduled to be released April 15, 2008. AF-Viewer II software is compatible with virtually all AutoFarm GPS steering systems currently in use: A5 RTK AutoSteer, DGPS AutoSteer, RighTrac, OnTrac, and ATC, as well as...
Data Management
January 24, 2008
The Agriculture Manager system is expected to be available in March 2008 from Trimble resellers.
The new Trimble Agriculture Manager system is designed to help farming operations, agriculture retailers and others automatically track their fleet's precise GPS location, operating status...
Data Management
December 20, 2007
Two Topcon distributors in the region -- the Czech exclusive distributor GEODIS BRNO and its Romanian daughter company GEODIS RO -- were awarded the contract. More than 40 local offices of the agriculture organization received training in the use...
Data Management
December 6, 2007
The ability to access the Agrian data provides AgroGuide users a cost-effective option for producing regulatory documents including hazmat information, product labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and Worker Protection Standard (WPS) guidelines. The accuracy and timeliness...
Data Management
September 15, 2007
Iowa farmer Clay Mitchell truly is a precision pioneer. Mitchell grew up on a farm, but his talents and fascination with technology took him all the way to Harvard, where he earned a degree in biological engineering.
But the farm...
Data Management
March 5, 2007
There's certainly no single "right way" for a retailer or consultant to deliver precision agriculture services to grower-customers. Depending on how deep one wants to get into the data processing, what variables are to be considered, and what kind...
Data Management
December 15, 2006
Tim Norris has covered a pretty wide waterfront since we first visited him three years ago. At the time, Norris was toiling away at a central Ohio cooperative, trying to get a precision agriculture program off the ground. By...
Data Management
September 15, 2006
It was cloudy and threatening rain for most of the day at Brandt Consolidated's Pleasant Plains, IL, Research and Development Farm during the retailer's second annual Agronomy Field Day last month. As the morning activities commenced, winds picked up...
