Digital Farming
July 19, 2019
In a field that’s both 30-40 years old and also perpetually new, precision agriculture suppliers can range from the granddaddies of farm equipment to the latest startup in somebody’s garage.
How can someone possibly get a handle on the emerging...
Connectivity
July 17, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission is forming a new task force to advise the commission on how to ensure farmers and ranchers have the connectivity they need to use and benefit from precision agriculture, according to an article by the...
Imagery
July 16, 2019
ADAMA US, a leading global crop protection company, announced on Tuesday it will begin offering ADAMA Eagle Eye powered by Agremo to its customers.
The service offers an advanced analysis of aerial data and imagery that helps growers protect yields...
In-Field Technologies
July 16, 2019
Editor's note: Last month Growing Produce Technology Editor Matthew Grassi published a list of 10 tech companies he feels has a chance to move the needle with specialty crop growers. It was by no means an exhaustive list, as...
In-Field Technologies
July 16, 2019
Emerging precision technologies – especially drones/UAVs by air and “see & spray” units by ground – have the potential to revolutionize application and disrupt the entire production-to-distribution channel for crop input products. This is especially true of drone application...
Drones | UAVs
July 15, 2019
Floods, drought, fires, pest damage, or disease can decimate a season’s profits. A single drone flight can provide rapid, easy, and accurate assessment for insurance adjustment procedures and compensation.
Crop damage assessments and adjustments have traditionally been difficult to make...
Drones | UAVs
July 3, 2019
Disruptive innovation is seldom taken seriously in its infancy. Computer pioneers in the 1970s famously downplayed how much consumers would want microcomputers in their homes until Apple invented the personal computer.
Newspaper publishers scoffed at internet advertising as “trading dollars...
In-Field Technologies
July 2, 2019
This driver-less tractor from Kingman Ag Enterprises of California features a 55-gallon tank/barrel so it can go a long way before refueling. (Photo: Connor Kingman)
Another driver-less tractor debuted a few weeks ago in California, bringing...
Imagery
July 2, 2019
A trio of French engineers fresh out of college is leading the “green-on-green” race with their startup, Bilberry, which they launched in Paris in 2015.
Despite having no agricultural backgrounds to speak of, the twentysomethings developed an intelligent spot-spraying system...
Robotics | Automation
June 25, 2019
https://youtu.be/8xbyvIclbp8
In this episode of Precision Perspectives, Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer of Harper Adams University in the U.K. discusses current research initiatives at the school, and makes the case for the value of robotics in grain applications....
In-Field Technologies
June 24, 2019
Hand-in-hand with how machines and technology are going to advance farming is the discussion of how we, those working in the business, are going to adapt to this new normal.
Nestled in the Red River Valley,...
In-Field Technologies
June 10, 2019
Sometimes the collective precision agriculture sector seems like an insecure teenager who just can’t decide what nickname to go by.
Site-specific farming? “Too old-fashioned.”
Precision farming? “Isn’t that basically the same thing as site-specific farming?”
Digital farming? “I don’t even know what...
Connectivity
June 10, 2019
Looking at the challenges to the adoption of precision agriculture, we’ve talked often about the ‘digital divide’ that exists between rural and urban areas of the U.S. Broadband availability and reliability lags considerably behind in rural areas, bottlenecking the...
Drones | UAVs
June 10, 2019
In past articles I took the opportunity to introduce new companies that have entered the Brazilian agricultural market. These companies often bring a technology advantage to the sector, resulting in an increase in productivity for our farmers. For example,...
Drones | UAVs
June 10, 2019
Last month I made the trek to downtown Chicago to attend the annual conference of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), mercifully shorthanded to the event known as XPONENTIAL.
This year was the eighth edition of the meeting,...
Drones | UAVs
June 4, 2019
Drone sprayers have been used in Pacific Rim agriculture for more than two decades, and they gained California certification four years ago. But do they have potential beyond the orchard gate? Probably not, at least not in the foreseeable future,...
In-Field Technologies
June 3, 2019
Sustainable precision agriculture is this century's most valuable innovation in farm management that is based on using information and communication technologies, notes The Hans India.
India has many hurdles to adoption including farm size and educational and economic challenges. However,...
Market Watch
June 3, 2019
A new report by market analysts and consultants Tractica has said that global shipments of robots designed for agricultural use are set to rise to a value of $87.9 billion by 2025, reports TechHQ.
Karen Lewis, a tree fruit specialist at...
Drones | UAVs
May 31, 2019
As demographics continue to shift and change labor markets around the world, Bayer is looking for technology solutions that can help replace manpower that applies its crop protection products.
Dr. Harald Printz, Bayer CropScience Japan's president and representative director, along...
Drones | UAVs
May 28, 2019
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also referred to as drones, have captured the attention of almost every industry, including the fields of medicine, retail, media, and real estate. The agriculture industry is no exception to this, with PrecisionAg recently publishing...
