Very few studies have examined precision agriculture in Canada, but a new one from University of Lethbridge researchers has put some numbers on the benefits, reports Alberta Farm Express. And they’re big — both in terms of reducing inputs and...

As the world’s population continues to increase at a fast pace, more food and water will be needed to sustain humanity, writes Mark Trapolino at Sensors Online. In the past 50 years, we have tripled our need for water...

The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer, and Lindsay Corp., a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation technology, have announced a platform agreement that will establish two-way data connectivity between The Climate Corporation's Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform...

Editor’s note: This is part three of a three-part series on precision irrigation by Caleb Midgley of Iteris. For the final installment of this irrigation scheduling blog series – please read part one and part two if you haven’t already –...

Hortau, a Lévis, Québec-based provider of precision irrigation management services for agriculture, has closed a $20 million financing, writes Kirk Falconer at The PE Hub Network. The round was backed by Export Development Canada, which invested $7 million, and Fonds...

Prospera, an Israeli ag-tech company, plans to turn 60,000 irrigation pivots in open fields into artificial intelligence (AI) autonomous growing machines that can operate 24/7, writes Jennifer Kite-Powell on Forbes.com. Through a new partnership with irrigation company Valley, the...

Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series on precision irrigation by Caleb Midgley of Iteris. In the first installment of this three-part blog series we began to dive into the numbers from the USDA Farm & Ranch...

Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series on precision irrigation by Caleb Midgley of Iteris. I am a product manager in an industry that is still trying to find its footing. Precision agriculture technologies, particularly irrigation technologies,...

Given the importance of irrigation to the southern Alberta economy, two University of Lethbridge economists wanted to know if agricultural producers who irrigate are using precision agriculture technologies. Drs. Lorraine and Chris Nicol have conducted the first study in Alberta...

Ceres Imaging has announced the release of its new Cumulative Stress Index. The index combines Ceres Imaging’s various imagery indices into a single metric to assess overall plant stress over a growing season and strongly correlates to actual yield results. Farmers can...

One of CropMetrics' first group of FFA Irrigation Management Program participants. (Photo Credit - Nick Lammers, CropMetrics) Like many around the precision ag industry lately, a Nebraska irrigation management tech outfit is putting its money (and...

Fertigation is a fertilizer application method in which dissolved fertilizers are delivered to the crop through the irrigation system. This technology provides the opportunity to apply precise rates of water and fertilizers to the crop, and therefore, if designed correctly,...

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...

One of the things I love most about my work is making periodic treks into the field – more often than not actual fields – to better understand the irrigation problems growers are facing. Many attribute the military truism, “No...

AgGateway has submitted its proposed irrigation data exchange standard to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), a major achievement in precision agriculture to help growers manage data from their irrigation management systems. The standard is the result...

Lindsay Corp., a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, today hosted Water Matters 3.6.18 – an educational event focused on efficient irrigation and the role it plays in precision agriculture and emerging smart...

Lindsay Corp., a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, has launched a new and improved FieldNET mobile app. Available on Apple App Store and Google Play, the app includes enhancements that offer a...

At the trial farm in Tamil Nadu, eight vegetable crops have been farmed using the SCORRES precision irrigation system. A cloud-based, micro-irrigation system tested on a farm in India has cut water use by up to...

My friends, as many of you told me repeatedly throughout the last 12 months, 2017 was an interesting year in Ag Tech. We witnessed needle-moving mergers and acquisitions (Deere-Blue River; AGCO-Precision Planting; FieldReveal, etc.), intriguing product launches (SmartFirmer, Sentera's Phoenix...

A precision mindset is the most important requirement for successful precision ag technology adoption. One of my first VRI (variable rate irrigation) programs was a major failure. The field I implemented it in contained a heavy clay soil with limited...