Understory, the weather network and analytics company, has announced that it has secured $7.5 million in additional funding led by 4490 Ventures. A new investor in the current round is Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, the DC-based...

With an increasing number of technology providers offering their services to growers with the aim of solving very specific problems or offering service in a small niche of agriculture, I see more and more ‘silos’ forming in the ag-tech...

Editor's note: This article was originally published in November 2018.  Paraguay is a country located in South America with a population of 6.8 million people, with much of its territory bordered by Brazil. Many people around the world still associate...

“For the first time ever, farmers are seeing that our imagery is as good as walking in the field. Farmers get it because it’s so visual. It’s a wow moment. ‘You captured this from a plane? That’s pretty amazing,’”...

Friday morning’s big news in precision ag – the forming of a strategic partnership between Canadian ag tech agronomy provider Farmers Edge (Winnipeg, MB) and international equipment giant CNH Industrial (CNHi) – confirmed a long standing suspicion many in...

CNH Industrial and Farmers Edge have entered into a strategic digital agriculture agreement that will deliver a portfolio of connectivity and agronomic solutions to Case IH customers. Through this agreement, CNH Industrial will provide Case IH customers with access to FarmCommand, a unique...

If you, like me, have been fortunate to witness what Land O’ Lakes CIO Mike Macrie has called the two great revolutions in agriculture since mechanization – biotechnology and now ag tech – you well know that confusion often...

Harvest is always an exciting time of the year, to reap the workings of an entire growing season and begin evaluating decisions to make for the coming season and year. Knowing how trials, varieties/hybrids, and management practices impacted final...

AgEagle announced an expansion of the existing partnership between Agribotix, an AgEagle company, and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer, to introduce advanced aerial imagery analytics to farmers. Through the AgEagle platform, farmers are able to utilize aerial imagery...

There are some commonly spoken narratives that are actually false, at least as stated in the exact words used, that erode trust in weather forecasting. For example, just recently a friend mentioned how “it seems clear, at least to...

A recent survey of US ag retail businesses from Proagrica showed that future-proofing is one of the dominant pain points for ag retailers of all sizes. Many also were concerned with the need to offer better customer services to...

When you think about artificial intelligence (AI), you probably don't imagine using it for a farm. IBM is bringing data and AI together with the global release of the Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture to help growers makes better...

With a range of extreme-weather events currently playing out across the globe, from floods on the east coast of the U.S. to an extreme drought in most of Australia, growers as well as other industry stakeholders are increasingly trying...

Farmers Edge announced the launch of a new solution designed exclusively for agricultural professionals to enhance their relationships with customers and spike their business growth through the use of precision digital tools, according to a press release from the...

According to the United Nations, 9.6 billion people will live on planet Earth by 2050. Feeding these mouths will require simultaneously meeting three great needs: quantity, environmental, and cultural. The World Resources Institute (WRI) forecasts that we will have...

As a provider of weather analysis and forecast services to the agricultural industry, one of the most common questions I get asked is, “How accurate are your precipitation estimates compared to a gauge?” Earlier this year, I wrote a...

Until recently, using agricultural apps and software was a rare practice among growers. This is now changing. The mass adoption of smart devices in the recent few years brought a huge change in the way growers all around the world...

Harvest is progressing across most parts of the U.S. and those growers who aren’t already harvesting are gearing up to start soon. In a few months, the crops will have been harvested, the fields will be bare, and the...

Soil analytics company Teralytic has completed the Ag Data Transparent certification, affirming that their data use is private, secure, and transparent. Teralytic, which recently released the world’s first wireless NPK sensor in their comprehensive soil probes, joins companies like...

Years ago if we would have been told computers, data, and technology would be scattered around every farm there may have been a push back. Today, as we look at adoption of technology, some paradigms continue to vary in...