Digital Farming
April 6, 2016
Worldwide agricultural drone markets are poised to achieve significant growth with the use of cameras on stable flying platforms that are used to help implement precision farming. Crop visualization lets farmer's better control and isolate areas for spraying and...
Data Management
April 6, 2016
Many stakeholders believe grower data can be a goldmine of information, but there’s still a host of factors limiting the payoff.
There's been quite a dust-up in the past few years about who owns a grower’s...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
Veris Technologies today announced a new on-the-go soil sensor platform. The Veris U3 uses three sensors to create affordable, high resolution soil pH, organic matter and soil texture (EC) maps behind a UTV.
“Growers and their advisors have been asking...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
As farm data multiplies exponentially, ag retailers need help leveraging the power of big data to better serve their customers and grow their business.
DTN’s newest ag retail solution, DTN Sense, uses proven analytics and management methods to deliver actionable...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
WinField Ag Technology Applications Lead Joel Wipperfurth.
How many times have you heard the word “data” in relation to your farming operation over the last few years? Too many? A lot of salespeople are pushing their...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
There were a lot of eyes to the sky during a recent University of New Hampshire Extension workshop on aerial field scouting for crop production, writes Guy Steucek on LancasterFarming.com.
Gary Robertson, associate professor at North Carolina State University, has...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
Intuicom, Inc., a premier supplier of wireless solutions to the precision agriculture industry, has announced that Integrity Ag Group, a Certified Intuicom Reseller based in Murray, KY, is quickly establishing themselves as a progressive thought leader and precision agricultural...
Data Management
April 4, 2016
With more than a decade of research and development behind the company and its products, Pulse Aerospace recently introduced the Vapor 35 UAS (unmanned aircraft system) to the agricultural industry.
The Pulse system is based on the company’s Vapor unmanned...
Data Management
March 30, 2016
After a comprehensive risk analysis, FAA has raised the unmanned aircraft (UAS) “blanket” altitude authorization for Section 333 exemption holders and government aircraft operators to 400 feet. Previously, the agency had put in place a nationwide Certificate of Waiver...
Data Management
March 24, 2016
Conversations around intellectual property (IP) on the farm has historically centered on the use and licensing of genetic traits and the companies that own them, writes Granular Co-Founder Mike Preiner in his latest blog post for the San Francisco-based...
Data Management
March 22, 2016
Measure announced today Measure Nationwide, a proprietary franchise system that will be working to convert existing commercial drone operators around the country into Measure franchisees. The commercial drone industry has struggled with the challenge of reaching scale, characterized by...
Data Management
March 21, 2016
Connecting technology, data, and people, Maglis allows farmers to gather, interpret, and monitor a range of crop-related data that helps them make better agronomic decisions.
BASF has announced the global launch of Maglis, an online agricultural...
Data Management
March 18, 2016
Agribotix LatAm is working with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture to show growers the benefits using agricultural drones as a basic tool in precision agriculture programs.
Agribotix LLC's Latin American venture, Agribotix LatAm (an...
Data Management
March 17, 2016
Things tend to move rather quickly in the ag data world. Just a couple weeks ago attorney Todd Janzen announced the launch of the Ag Data Transparency Evaluator from the floor of Commodity Classic 2016 down in New Orleans,...
Data Management
March 16, 2016
How will precision technology shape modern agriculture? Join PrecisionAg Media for three days of learning and networking at the PrecisionAg Vision Conference, October 18-20, 2016 in Phoenix.
Data Management
March 15, 2016
Farmers Edge announced a collaboration with The Weather Company, an IBM Business and the world's largest private weather enterprise.
Under the terms of the deal, Farmers Edge has integrated hyper-local forecasts from Weather’s superior Forecasts on Demand (FoD) weather forecasting...
Data Management
March 15, 2016
Independent Data Management (IDM) has announced that its MyAgData acreage reporting service, which dramatically shortens the time required to report and verify acreage for USDA program participation, has received the first Ag Data Transparent seal. This seal was awarded...
Data Management
March 15, 2016
GEOSYS' in-season imagery, delivered through SST Software's agX Platform, allows users to monitor plant growth and identify actual in-field issues quickly, protecting yield potential and maximizing return on investment. Photo credit: GEOSYS
GEOSYS, a leading global...
Data Management
March 9, 2016
Growing weed resistance, a need to reduce seed costs, and the increasing demand for non-GMO crops from consumer markets are making non-GMO crops a serious consideration for many farmers, writes Granular's Mike Preiner.
Given that profitability can vary quite significantly...
Data Management
March 9, 2016
GRAND FORKS, ND (AP) — North Dakota's unmanned aircraft test site has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to fly a drone used for precision agriculture.
The Hermes 450 is a 20-foot aircraft manufactured by Elbit Systems of America LLC. It...
