Data Management
January 8, 2009
In a time of increasing pressure on growers to make the most precise decisions about crops, seed, inputs, and harvest, Pioneer's move indicates a desire to provide growers with more information to do just that.
Said Sue Hoover, marketing director,...
Data Management
November 13, 2008
The new Shuttle allows users to conveniently offload data from HOBO U30/NRC systems in the field and safely transport the data back to a PC or Mac computer for analysis.
Key system features include an LCD display that provides current...
Data Management
November 7, 2008
Data delivery via cellular networks is evolving quickly in rural America. From voice to email to the Internet, the cellular data system and the devices that receive the signals are dropping in price -- phones and data plans are...
Data Management
October 29, 2008
There aren't many individuals who could say that "they were there" when remote imagery for agriculture was in its infancy back in the early 1970s. One who can is John Ahlrichs, who did his Masters thesis on remote imagery...
Data Management
October 24, 2008
A graduate of the University of Minnesota majoring in Animal Science and Agronomy, Hansen began his career on the retail side of the business, and gained experience with technology and the power of data management through several managerial positions....
Data Management
September 29, 2008
While there have been international ag events in other places in the world, the United States hasn't hosted something like this before. Charlie O'Brien, AEM Vice President, Agricultural Services, says that manufacturers, dealers, distributors and producers from almost every...
Data Management
September 15, 2008
In the 7,000-year history of agriculture, precision agriculture is hardly a blip on the timeline. Indeed, the fundamental principles and technologies that helped establish site-specific farming only go back slightly more than a decade.
And as the new kid on...
Data Management
September 5, 2008
The IntelliView Plus II monitors also feature a new user interface for New Holland pull-type sprayers and air carts to more easily manage and track field and production data and produce prescription maps.
The IntelliView Plus II monitor can be...
Data Management
August 28, 2008
New information will be available to growers this fall using the FIT mapping service from Pioneer Hi-Bred. Growers who used GPS data and FIT mapping for both planting and harvest operations will receive detailed product-specific performance information for making...
Data Management
August 22, 2008
The system is capable of tracking all makes and models of equipment, and provides up to one minute frequency updating of the GPS position of equipment in the field. Next job location information can be sent directly to the...
Data Management
August 14, 2008
"We've retained many of the features of our original SeedStar system," says Khris Montgomery, senior sales/service representative, John Deere seeding division. "And now, SeedStar 2 is fully functional with the GreenStar 2 Display." SeedStar 2 includes several enhancements including...
Data Management
August 1, 2008
My experience and discussions with folks at the International Conference on Precision Agriculture last week had me considering the ramifications of the next big movement in precision technology -- wireless data transfer. It was mentioned to me on several...
Data Management
July 25, 2008
The technology is here, and more is coming. Data is flowing wirelessly, from your home computer to your tractor cab and back again. The end goal is that you will be collecting data without having to step in and...
Data Management
June 27, 2008
I received an interesting release from the Satellite Imaging Corporation, a company that provides satellite imagery and remote sensing services to agriculture. It came replete with a lot of complicated acronyms and head-spinning technical information, but the overall theme...
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...
