Editor's note: Proagrica, an international provider of connectivity solutions specifically for the agriculture industry, recently examined the key challenges and pain points that businesses face in the agriculture supply chain — and the benefits gained — by adopting digital systems. Challenge...

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...

Valley Irrigation, an industry leader in smart irrigation solutions, has announced enhancements to its remote management technologies. Multi-Year Licensing Valley offers multi-year licensing plans for ICON Link devices connecting to AgSense. In response to widespread customer demand, Valley...

Building on the success of its Reflex Variable Rate Fertigation system, Agri-Inject has taken fluid injection to the next level with ReflexCONNECT, putting fluid injection at the operator’s fingertips. Like the original Reflex system, ReflexCONNECT provides fully programmable variable...

Raven Industries and Topcon Agriculture announced today a licensing agreement for Topcon Agriculture’s use of the Slingshot Application Programming Interface (API) in its various software platforms. The Slingshot API is a software-to-software interface that benefits the end-user by providing...

Ag Leader has announced new fall features added to its full-farm connectivity platform, AgFiniti, bringing an even higher level of in-season visibility to growers and trusted advisors. "For the past several years, we've been building upon our AgFiniti platform with...

Agile Networks, a leading provider of telecommunications solutions, and Microsoft Corp. has announced a new agreement to bring broadband internet access to rural areas in Ohio, reaching 110,000 currently unserved people and greatly expanding access in underserved rural areas. According...

The House earlier this week approved a Farm Bureau-supported measure that will help close rural America’s digital divide. The Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018 (H.R. 4881) would create a task force to bring together public and private stakeholders...

Aeris, a technology provider in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, said today it is collaborating with Ranch Systems of Novato, CA, to help farmers and businesses improve their sustainable water management, food production and environmental monitoring. Aeris is...

Jason Tatge, Farmobile CEO, shows us the latest Farmobile PUC for the 2018 growing season, at Commodity Classic 2017 in Decatur, IL. Busy times these days out in Leawood, KS, for ag data startup Farmobile, as...

One of the pioneers in deep learning, Dr. Yoshua Bengio of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms presented “From Data to Decisions with Artificial Intelligence” at the 14th International Conference on Precision Agriculture in Montreal,...

We live in an exciting time in agriculture. Not only is technology advancing rapidly, but the understanding and comprehension of technology and data is becoming easier to decode and decipher. By 2050, the population of Earth will amass 9.7...

Matt Waits, SST Software Proagrica, part of RELX Group, earlier this year acquired U.S.-based precision agriculture solutions company, SST Software, in a move set to transform global data capabilities and decision making for agriculture retailers. Matt Waits,...

AGCO Corp., a world-leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment solutions, has announced a development partnership with agricultural technology company AgIntegrated (AGI) to deliver ag information management systems services to AGCO customers. The partnership will enable AGCO customers to...

The inaugural Growing Innovations conference and tradeshow is slated for Nov. 7-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. As a service provider, you and your grower customers probably can agree on this much: While innovation abounds...

Raven Industries and Farmers Edge announced today a marketing and collaboration agreement. The two companies are working together to develop new precision agriculture technologies that will rapidly increase expansion of Farmers Edge digital agronomy and risk management solutions in key...

Agriculture today has been exploding with new advancements in technology, posing the future for a farm filled with data and information. Decoding and understanding this data through analysis and agronomics is key for success and finding the opportunities in...

Farmers Edge released a comprehensive R&D roadmap outlining its product enhancement and innovation plans through to 2019, according to a press release issued by the company. After introducing 19 new tools this year, Farmers Edge aims to release over 90...

The agricultural industry is in the midst of a smart farming evolution, and the Internet of Things (IoT) era has the potential to dramatically improve farming practices. Today, CropX, an ag analytics innovator, unveiled its latest soil intelligence platform, a powerful...

In 1936, deep in the throes of the Great Depression, the federal government moved forward with an initiative that would eventually modernize every home in rural America: the Rural Electrification Act (REA). Driven by the federal government, money began to...