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...

Winters Farming farm manager Alex Bergwerff (left) and Ranch Systems marketing and business development manager Hylon Kaufmann discuss water management in Manteca, CA. As many of us already know, almonds tend to get a bad rap...

Variable rate irrigation (VRI) can allow growers to address field variability and potentially conserve resources and improve yield. Photo: Copyright Valmont Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Water management is becoming an increasing concern in agriculture, whether that’s...

I recently attended the Forbes AgTech Summit in Salinas, CA, where roughly 50 start-up companies originating from Silicon Valley and other high-tech regions of the country demonstrated their latest wares for the agriculture industry. Many of these companies are developing...

In the last week, AgriHub, formed by farmers and consultants from Brazil, visited 10 Israeli agribusiness companies, including the Ministry of Agriculture, some ag tech startups, and the Volcani Institute, which is responsible for research in the country. It...

25 years ago, Bobby Kempenich had an idea. An idea to launch a business that combined his knowledge of irrigation equipment, a partnership with a local farming operation, and his passion to deliver the best service to farmers. Today,...

Delicato Family Vineyards in Manteca, CA, is leveraging precision ag technology to tailor its management practices to optimize grape production. Tucked away amidst the softly rolling green hills of California’s uber-productive Central Coast Valley, Delicato Family...

Valley Irrigation and Trimble announced that Valley Irrigation will become the exclusive OEM distributor of Trimble’s Irrigate-IQ precision irrigation solution, according to a joint press release from the two technology manufacturers. This solution will be available for Valley Corner Sprinkler Sequencing...

Phil Asmundson is by no means a veteran viticulturist, writes David Eddy on GrowingProduce.com, but a half-dozen years ago, after watching his wife and business partner, Kim, auguring soil samples, he recalls turning to her and saying, “No offense,...