Data Management
August 6, 2015
By any measure, 2015 is turning into one of the most challenging years agriculture has ever experienced. All throughout good portions of the Midwest, Mid-South and elsewhere, crop fields are near the saturation point or visibly underwater. Of course,...
Data Management
August 5, 2015
Iteris, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council (MWRPC) to provide custom weather and soil data to localize wheat disease models for Minnesota wheat growers via Iteris' precision farming data delivery platform,...
Data Management
August 4, 2015
AGCO Corp. announces the arrival of the SOLO AGCO EDITION Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Utilizing intuitive mission planning and cloud-based, high-resolution mapping software, the UAV is easy to use and can increase farmers' efficiency, says the company.
With the SOLO...
Data Management
August 4, 2015
The eager hands have all been shaken and the introductions made, the drinks with colleagues sipped and the banner stands are all packed away until the next show. InfoAg 2015, occuring during a year of widespread uncertainty in just what...
Data Management
July 29, 2015
The agriculture industry is poised to leverage advanced data-driven, connected technology and sharing models to drive new innovation that will promote reinvestment in our rural communities, FarmLink’s CEO Ron LeMay said Tuesday at The White House Second Annual Rural...
Data Management
July 28, 2015
AutoProbe Technologies continues to grow its network of AutoProbe intensive sampling system providers and grower owners. AutoProbe Technologies has added distributors in key market areas and will be announcing additional dealers and service providers in the weeks leading up...
Data Management
July 28, 2015
AGCO and Trimble have announced they are partnering to deliver wireless connectivity between AGCO’s VarioDoc and AgCommand systems and the Trimble Connected Farm solution. The functionality is expected to be available to customers in North America in September and...
Data Management
July 27, 2015
Making its debut appearance at the 2015 InfoAg conference in St. Louis, MO, SOYL will be exhibiting its groundbreaking new app, iSOYL. This pioneering new system enables growers to easily manage their precision farming tasks direct from the tractor...
Data Management
July 24, 2015
GEOSYS has released two new offerings, Croptical Monitoring Application and GEOSYS Bridge API, to give agronomists critical field insights and provide agribusinesses with a means of bolstering their precision ag offerings.
Both tools are powered by three times the number...
Data Management
July 22, 2015
AutoProbe Technologies names Effertz Farms, Belton, MO, a new grower-centric sales and service provider for southeast Kansas and western Missouri.
Mike Effertz of Effertz Farms says, "Maximizing crop profits, especially in lean times, starts with precision soil sampling. We see AutoProbe...
Data Management
July 22, 2015
Granular announced the close of its Series B financing today. Tao Capital Partners led the round and was joined by Emory Investment Management, Fall Line Capital, and H. Barton Asset Management. Granular’s previous investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, and...
Data Management
July 21, 2015
Today, the American Farm Bureau Federation and Measure released a study that identifies and quantifies the benefits of drone technology in precision agriculture. Version 1.0 of the ROI Calculator will be available as a Web-based application on the Measure...
Data Management
July 17, 2015
The InfoAg 2014 show floor. Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, MO.
IF BIG PICTURE stuff is what you’re looking for at InfoAg 2015, Marc Vanacht’s presentation “2015-2035: What’s Coming For Precision Ag” is a sure bet...
Data Management
July 15, 2015
On August 31, some 200 individuals will come together to discuss the current state of data platforms, and the opportunities and challenges to their implementation at "Data Platform Solutions: Putting Knowledge to Work," at the I Hotel and Conference
Data Management
July 8, 2015
Midwest Aerial Technologies (MAT), a MN-based business, is an Aerial Surveying company focusing on industries nationwide. Headquartered at the MinnWest Campus on the north side of Willmar, MAT is in the middle of an Ag Tech business boom.
“We chose...
Data Management
July 8, 2015
Scheduled to deliver an hour-long talk at the upcoming InfoAg 2015 (July 28-30) conference, Punch Moulton, senior director of cyberspace strategies, innovation and consulting, Stellar Solutions, Inc., drew on his military operations background – the former Air Force fighter...
Data Management
June 25, 2015
Today, The Climate Corporation, a division of Monsanto Company, announced that farmers have mapped more than 75 million row crop acres in their digital agriculture platform, up from 50 million acres in 2014. This significant acre adoption represents nearly...
Data Management
June 18, 2015
U.S. commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, as federal regulators finalize rules allowing widespread unmanned aerial system use by companies, according to congressional testimony on Wednesday, reports David Morgan of...
Data Management
June 17, 2015
Nothing generates as much debate as a ranking of top anything, from NFL quarterbacks and restaurants to pickup trucks and NASCAR drivers. So we’re throwing our hat in the ring, with a little help from some of you out...
Data Management
June 17, 2015
Jackson-Jennings Co-op and FarmLink today announced a new agreement that offers co-op members access to TrueHarvest, the yield benchmarking tool that helps farmers pinpoint opportunities to improve yields and profitability.
“We are excited to partner with Jackson-Jennings Co-op in offering...
