AGCO and The Climate Corp. announced today that a definitive agreement has been signed for AGCO to acquire the Precision Planting equipment business. (RELATED: Ohio Precision Planting Dealer Comments on Possible Merger Partners)  “Precision Planting is a strong business that plays...

Trimble and CNH Industrial are enabling wireless connectivity between Trimble Ag Software and Case IH Advanced Farming Systems Connect and New Holland Precision Land Management Connect telematics platforms in North America. Trimble and CNH Industrial, a...

EFC Systems, Inc. has announced a new integration between its FieldAlytics product and Geosys Bridge API for direct delivery of in-season and historical imagery. With this functionality now in release, FieldAlytics users can leverage field-level satellite imagery layers and...

It is mid-July, which, for the Australian cotton industry, means that picking is still going on for some growers. A different group of growers, however, is getting ready to start planting cotton again in three weeks time, and the...

Fully Customizable Filters on Sentera Quad Sensor Allow for Unique Crop Health Detection Capabilities Sentera introduces the latest update to its high-precision sensor product line, the Quad Sensor. Featuring four fully customizable imagers, the multispectral Sentera Quad Sensor is a...

Hortau was recently named a CogX Award finalist in the Best Artificial Intelligence Product in Agriculture category. The awards were handed out at last month’s CogX Innovation Exchange and Annual Awards in London, an event that brought together more than...

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,...

Driverless robotic machines entered the fields of Gerrish Farms in Rockville, IN in June 2017. Universities and entrepreneurial teams showcased the newest technology in agriculture, demonstrating machines capable of autonomously moving through the fields to plant seeds, identify plant...

Telematics data is readily becoming common place thanks to smart edge devices in ag equipment. Many groups have begun storing and quantifying this data set with the hopes of better understanding the machine. However, the value of that data...

Here at PrecisionAg® Professional we're all about the numbers. And taking a look back at the numbers, it appears that many of you thoroughly enjoyed last month's featured Listicle, the "Top 10 Most Intriguing Technologies in Agriculture," making it the top...

From left: Satellite imagery one week before application, as applied rate, and satellite imagery one month after application of plant growth regulator in cotton fields in Mato Grosso, Midwest Brazil. A cotton crop presents some important...

RDO Equipment Agronomist Nate Dorsey about to launch a senseFly eBee SA drone. My first exposure to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was as a master’s student at Kansas State University. I was researching nitrogen use efficiency...

PrecisionAg® is pleased to announce the return of its PrecisionAg Vision Conference, October 10-12, 2017. Based on overwhelmingly positive response among attendees at last year’s inaugural event, this year’s conference will again take place in Phoenix, AZ. Conference organizer...

A rule is a rule is a rule, right? Well, not always. Sometimes, rules are meant to be changed. Most people once thought the earth was flat, but the “truth” changed as new information became available. One of the time-honored...

Between population growth and climate change, farms of all sizes are being challenged to increase yields. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are showing promise in addressing these challenges, particularly with the use of field sensors. Today’s field sensors typically...

Having obtained my FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Operators license back in September of last year, I’ve spent the past months dabbling in some light commercial drone work here and there, but mostly, I’ve done a good amount of...

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...

PrecisionAg Professional Editors Matthew Grassi and Paul Schrimpf list unmanned technology as one of the 10 most intriguing technologies in agriculture. Pictured is the autonomous concept tractor from Case IH. This may be a bit of...

The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, announced the integration of imagery from innovative aerial imagery partners: Ceres Imaging, TerrAvion and Agribotix, that will deliver valuable, high-resolution imagery to farmers through The Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView digital agriculture...

For service providers offering precision programs, hope springs eternal in winter. Services are evaluated, new offerings are considered, growers are consulted, and plans are developed in the spirit of bringing better value to customers, and more profit to the...