Imagery
August 2, 2017
As you have seen throughout this report, aerial imagery has been a “thing” in agriculture for decades. Systems and delivery mechanisms have come, gone, and evolved. New satellite deployment for image capture has exploded in recent years, while the...
Imagery
August 2, 2017
Look around a bit, and you will find lots of information and ideas about when and how to use imagery for row crop management on the Internet. Whole books have been written about this subject, and lots of papers...
Market Watch
August 1, 2017
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 June's featured Listicle, the “Top 10 Most Intriguing Technologies in Agriculture,” making it the top viewed...
Connectivity
July 28, 2017
As I sit here and ponder just what it was that we all experienced last week, off the top of mind I'd say InfoAg 2017 seemed vastly different from the previous iteration — perhaps a bit subdued, or less...
In-Field Technologies
July 28, 2017
One company in North Dakota owns 42,000 acres of prime farmland, 34 grain elevators, a grain-trading firm, and three company towns with dozens of smaller company-owned businesses.
Never heard of it? Probably because the year is 1893.
Bonanza farms, as it...
Drones | UAVs
July 28, 2017
MicaSense Atlas is now integrated with Pix4D desktop software.
This exciting partnership is designed to offer MicaSense customers the power of desktop processing, as well as the flexibility of MicaSense Atlas.
“Our customers value Atlas as an analytics and collaboration platform,”...
Connectivity
July 26, 2017
Senet, a provider of global connectivity and network management for the Internet of Things, and Sensoterra BV, a provider of low-cost, wireless soil moisture measurement sensors, today announced a multi-year partnership to operate Sensoterra’s soil moisture system on Senet’s...
Connectivity
July 26, 2017
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...
Connectivity
July 26, 2017
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...
Imagery
July 25, 2017
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...
Data Management
July 13, 2017
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...
Drones | UAVs
July 12, 2017
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...
Market Watch
July 10, 2017
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...
Irrigation
July 6, 2017
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,...
In-Field Technologies
July 6, 2017
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...
Data Management
July 5, 2017
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...
Market Watch
July 5, 2017
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...
Imagery
June 20, 2017
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...
Drones | UAVs
June 20, 2017
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...
Digital Farming
June 13, 2017
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...
