Data Management
October 6, 2011
Steve Cubbage and Justin Ogle have been advocates for preserving and protecting field data for a number of years from their home base in Missouri. Now, they're ready to expand their data aggregation service, Prime Meridian, to a national...
Data Management
September 6, 2011
History is littered with failed attempts to predict the future. Of course, this problem is compounded by any predictions when it comes to technology, particularly since this field tends to see advances take place at near the speed of...
Data Management
September 1, 2011
RapidEye Canada Ltd., an affiliate of Iunctus Geomatics Corp., announced that it aquired the assets of RapidEye AG of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, a global provider of high- resolution imagery and geospatial solutions. The purchase was finalized on...
Data Management
August 11, 2011
Cultura Technologies Inc. announces a new Durable Goods Tracking option for the AGRIS agribusiness management system. The new feature helps AGRIS system customers set up, record, report, and inquire on containers and additional durable goods to reduce effort in...
Data Management
August 10, 2011
Critical watershed concerns such as increasing amounts of dissolved phosphorus require broad discussion and collaborative efforts among agriculture leaders, policy makers and conservationists. That's what attendees experienced at the annual Conservation In Action Tour held this week in Northwest...
Data Management
July 28, 2011
Asking The Experts
Technology of all kinds is changing rapidly, and it's a challenge to keep up and keep it all straight. So we asked some of our smartest industry friends to weigh in on the question to make sure...
Data Management
July 14, 2011
From the pre-conference field day and PrecisionAg Award Of Excellence presentation, to the booming trade show floor and the PrecisionAg luncheon, InfoAg 2011 featured a number of highlights. Below are some of the photos taken at this year's event....
Data Management
June 2, 2011
Recent rainfall across much of the Corn Belt has some growers wondering if they have enough nitrogen left in the soil for their corn crop. Agronomy experts with Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, say growers need to evaluate fields...
Data Management
May 24, 2011
A partnership agreement between imagery providers RapidEye ImageSat International. will allow ImageSat to use RapidEye imagery to colorize their panchromatic 0.7 meter resolution imagery to produce a colorized product.
"This unique partnership combines the strengths of two major imaging companies,"...
Connectivity
May 4, 2011
Aaron Phillips of Trimble discusses how the company's Connected Farm utilizes wireless technology to transfer important data, manage vehicle movement, and provide sub-inch RTK corrections.
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Data Management
April 27, 2011
CTIC will host its annual Conservation In Action Tour, August 8-9 in Northwest Ohio. This year's Tour will focus on agriculture's influence on the environmental and economic health of Maumee River and Bay, as well as Lake Erie. The...
Data Management
April 27, 2011
SST will once again hold its Vision Conference prior to the 2011 InfoAg Conference in Springfield, IL. The learning and networking event will be held on July 11 from 1:30 p.m - 5:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
"For...
Data Management
April 21, 2011
Onset Computer Corporation recently announced that its HOBO U30 Weather Stations can now feed live weather data to Weather Underground, which provides free online weather information to millions of web users.
Data Management
March 30, 2011
Beck's Hybrids and MyRainReport.com, powered by RainWave, have formed a partnership that makes Beck's Hybrids the exclusive provider of MyRainReport.com; providing services in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Kentucky. Beck's will offer the service...
Data Management
March 24, 2011
Pending approval of the University Board of Trustees, Dr. Scott Shearer has been chosen to chair The Ohio State University's Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering. His appointment would begin July 1.
Shearer would be returning to his alma...
Data Management
March 4, 2011
This year's Innovation in Action tour will be held on August 9 in Northwest Ohio, and will focus on agriculture influence on the environmental and economic health of Maumee River and Bay, as well as Lake Erie.
The Tour will...
Data Management
March 1, 2011
According to Scott Mueller, senior vice president, business development at CDMS, multi-tasking is coming to precision products in 2011. The trend today is to use multi-variant analysis in determining the correct hybrid, fertility and rate of each, says Mueller....
Data Management
March 1, 2011
Improving nitrogen efficiency is a prominent trend in agriculture, and Ag Leader is providing innovative technology to meet growing market demand. OptRx is a crop sensor that measures and records data necessary to determine the impact of nutrients, water,...
Data Management
February 17, 2011
Data are the foundation for decisionmaking in any enterprise but the complexity of their realization and their importance as a “currency” in the flow of information are overlooked by many practitioners. This is particularly true of precision agriculture, which...
Data Management
February 9, 2011
As part of its ongoing commitment to double yield output for major commodity crops by 2030, Monsanto has been working on the agronomic side of the equation that it estimates will account for 5% to 7% of the needed...
