Since the reveal of the autonomous concept vehicle, Case IH has been evolving the technology and further defining automation and autonomy as it relates to agriculture. The brand has been in discussions with customers around the world to...

Recently, we have seen important discussions about key aspects of precision agriculture. One of these articles, about the value in variable rate nutrition, explains how there is no easy recipe or universal method to do it successfully, even more...

Syngenta has acquired FarmShots, Inc., a North Carolina-based innovator of high-resolution satellite imagery that detects plant health by analyzing absorbed light from field images. This service was developed to help farmers, agronomists and retailers quickly and accurately spot field issues...

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...

At right, Roger DuMond of Kova Fertilizer shares experience, and a few laughs, with third-year intern Brandon Butz. “Sharing ideas with our younger employees is a joy, and we learn a lot this way,” says...

UPDATED 2.5.18, 2:10 PM Proagrica has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of SST Software, including Raven’s ownership stake. Based in London, Proagrica is a dominant agriculture player in Australia and the UK, and has a significant footprint in Europe...

Deep in the midst of December downtime, we reached out to three retailers well-versed in running a grower-facing precision ag department and asked them to share what's worked at their outlets and with their sales teams in driving grower...

CNH Industrial and The Climate Corporation announced today a new partnership that will extend and develop a portfolio of data sharing capabilities to help farmers with real-time agronomic visualization and decision-making solutions. Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, the global...

On Monday, SVG Partners announced its THRIVE Top 50, an annual ranking of 50 leading agricultural technology companies exemplifying the best in agriculture technology around the globe. Recognizing companies across six different technology areas in agriculture – including biotechnology,...

I am a firm believer that data, especially map-based data, must be experienced. Seeing your data as a map in addition to a report or spreadsheet will always be of value as a step on the data literacy path....

Via DroneLife.com: I’ve been researching and writing about agriculture drone solutions since early 2012, writes SkyLogic Research CEO & Founder and drone industry analyst Colin Snow for DroneLife.com. I recently came across this OpEd on PrecisionAg.com by author Ben D. Johnson,...

The Agricultural Broadband Coalition applauded bipartisan leaders in the House and Senate for introducing the Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018 on Thursday, a milestone piece of legislation that will help to revolutionize farming across the United States. The legislation,...

Bringing sustainability to scale and shaping the future of farming requires collaboration across the supply chain, starting with growers and their trusted partners. Growers rely heavily on their local retailer advisors for recommendations and services that will drive productivity,...

According to a recent press release, PrecisionHawk, Inc. announced it has raised a $75 million round of funding from a group of venture and strategic investors. This investment brings PrecisionHawk’s total funding to more than $100 million since...

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit returns to San Francisco on March 20-21, gathering over 600 major global agribusinesses, investors and ag tech start-ups to share the latest thinking and ground-breaking technologies that are transforming the agri-food sector, one of...

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...

The digital revolution is changing the way agriculture is done. Rapid population growth, changes in market demands, depleting agricultural land, and significant changes in climate patterns, including much more frequent extreme events — all these factors are pushing agriculture out...

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...

January is a busy month for agricultural companies. It’s a month that strong sales can set the mood for the rest of the calendar year, it’s a month full of trade shows, and it’s a bitterly cold month for...

An Iowa technology company has unlocked the tremendous potential for automation in agriculture by developing the first cloud-based platform for driverless tractors, according to a press release from AgPR. Smart Ag officials in Ames announced today they are releasing...