Data Management
March 16, 2016
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Data Management
March 3, 2016
Technavio analysts forecast the global precision agriculture market to post a CAGR of more than 14% by 2019, according to their latest report.
The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global precision agriculture market for...
Guidance
February 23, 2016
T-L Irrigation's GPS Navigation Corner System has been awarded two patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
T-L Irrigation Co., the exclusive world manufacturer of hydrostatically powered pivot irrigation systems, has announced it has been...
Data Management
February 19, 2016
Smithfield Foods, Inc. and United Suppliers, Inc., have announced a collaboration to advance on-farm conservation practices and the use of innovative precision agriculture tools across Smithfield’s sourcing regions in Iowa and Missouri. Smithfield’s initiative will focus on deployment of...
Data Management
February 16, 2016
For the past few years each spring, PrecisionAg magazine has invited key precision ag product manufacturers and service providers to share with us information on their latest upgrades and newest items. On the following pages, you will find this...
Guidance
February 16, 2016
Illinois grower Greg Sanders says from his experience growers just getting started with VRA seeding should aim to have at least three years of normalized yield data before making prescriptions.
SST Software employee Patrick Sanders, when...
Guidance
February 10, 2016
Case IH is pleased to introduce three new Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) products: AFS RTK+, ElectriSteer and AFS Connect Data Sharing. Led by AFS RTK+, the first proprietary cellular-RTK network offered by an original equipment manufacturer, these new products...
Guidance
February 8, 2016
Trimble has announced that it is extending its distribution channel by establishing a new global network of independent distribution partners to serve the needs of the rapidly evolving precision agriculture industry. The new Vantage distribution network will provide growers,...
Guidance
February 2, 2016
The updated SeedCommand product line promises to enhance the functionality and productivity of planting operations for farmers.
Guidance
February 1, 2016
DuPont Pioneer has launched an enhanced Planting Rate Estimator tool in time for the 2016 planting season. This new and improved version, available on Pioneer.com and in the Apple App Store, gives growers the ability to select seeding rates...
Data Management
January 25, 2016
Farmers Edge, a global leader in precision agriculture and independent data management solutions, has announced the addition of its new Iowa headquarters in Ames. This continuing expansion into key Midwestern agricultural regions comes on the heels of the Company’s...
Guidance
January 22, 2016
Howard Dahl of Amity Technology talked about precision ag around the world at the fifth annual Precision Ag Summit in Jamestown, ND. Photo credit: Trevor Peterson/The Forum.
Howard Dahl of Amity Technology says precision agriculture will...
Guidance
January 7, 2016
Aman Enterprises introduces NMEA-BT - a revolutionary Bluetooth iOS adapter that enables any high-precision GNSS receiver with a serial port to connect to your iPad or iPhone device. The NMEA-BT adapter is a small, elegant, and weatherproof device that...
Data Management
January 7, 2016
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Precision Farming for Crop Protection 2015" report to their offering. According to the report, the global market for precision farming technologies is forecast to reach a value of nearly $4 billion...
Farm to Fork
January 6, 2016
Decisive Farming and Tronia Systems Ltd. have announced a new working partnership that provides Tronia agribusiness customers access to variable rate and precision agronomic services for resale to farmers.
Hundreds of Western Canadian ag retailers already utilize Tronia’s agrē integrated...
Data Management
January 6, 2016
Septentrio, a provider of GNSS receivers, announces the availability of its geographical information systems (GIS) PinPoint-GIS on the ArcGIS Marketplace. PinPoint-GIS was developed to enable straightforward GIS data collection without the need for expensive additional software linking a GNSS...
Data Management
December 15, 2015
A more technological approach to farming is crucial for meeting the needs of an extra 2.4 billion extra people who are expected to swell the world’s population by 2050, according a new EU study and reported on by YorkshirePost.co.uk.
Yet...
Guidance
December 15, 2015
There are many definitions for sustainability.
One definition is “meeting the needs of the present while improving the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Some companies and farmers want to document farming practices that meet this definition of...
Guidance
December 14, 2015
Rate controllers reduce input costs — bottom line — and every grower is looking for ways to decrease seed and chemical costs while maintaining maximum yield, reports Lisa Heacox on CropLife.com.
“Customers will continue to buy more advanced rate controllers...
Data Management
December 2, 2015
There's little denying that the precision agriculture market is fast-paced and rapidly evolving, as any sector so heavily tied to technology tends to be. But is its reach across the whole of the agricultural landscape expanding or merely holding...