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...
Data Management
November 13, 2015
Trimble’s announcement this week of the acquisition of Canadian independent consultant network AGRI-TREND raised quite a few eyebrows around the office. So we connected with Michael Helling, business development in Trimble’s Agriculture Division, to go beyond the press release.
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Guidance
November 9, 2015
Today at Agritechnica 2015, NovAtel introduced its GNSS-500 Series of competitively priced GNSS patch antennas, featuring an innovative new element and enclosure design. Offering single and dual frequency variants, GNSS-500 antennas track GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou satellite constellations,...
Guidance
November 9, 2015
Trimble announced today that it has added several new third-party apps to its Android-based Trimble TMX-2050 display. The addition of these apps demonstrates Trimble’s continued commitment to ensure farmers have access to specialized mobile apps that manage today’s complex...
Data Management
October 21, 2015
PRECISION TECHNOLOGY seems to evolve at the speed of an Olympic sprinter these days (Usain Bolt is still REALLY fast, in case anyone forgot). It seems like every other day we get word of a hot new startup out...
Guidance
October 20, 2015
On Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) submitted two filings regarding federal spectrum policy. Comments were filed in response to a public notice in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility assessment, and...
Guidance
October 16, 2015
AgJunction today announced that it has completed the merger with Novariant, Inc. , previously announced on March 16, 2015. With the completion of the merger, AgJunction gains a preeminent position in automated steering and machine control technologies, differentiated by...
Data Management
October 1, 2015
The first of its kind, iSOYL’s easy to use interface that can be used to manage precision crop production tasks on the move has already revolutionized daily routines on farms worldwide. The latest update of the free app allows growers to...
Guidance
September 30, 2015
Choosing the right irrigation solution is essential to maximizing farm revenue, but it can be difficult to find reliable ag irrigation information. Now, growers can get on-demand irrigation information at the new irrigation.education website.
Accessible 24/7 from a computer, this...
Guidance
September 21, 2015
While the ability to harness the field navigation power of GPS has been around for decades, these days equipment makers are hitting new levels of accuracy and reliability and are trying to reach new users. They’re also tapping into...
Data Management
September 21, 2015
Precision ag is an important part of Southern States Cooperative's services at its Agronomy Center in King William, VA.
The humid, late-summer Virginia air clung to your skin like a cheap suit. Southern States Cooperative’s (SSC) King...
Data Management
August 25, 2015
Deere says these latest updates provide end users with more functionality and service, resulting in higher levels of machine performance and decision-making in the field.
Guidance
August 19, 2015
The damn cattle just didn’t want to cooperate.
After a day of pretty much every detail (during an event with a lot of moving parts, no less) going off without a hitch, a planned demo of Phil and Nate Maring’s...
