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...
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...
