Guidance
May 8, 2017
Tersus GNSS Inc., a Chinese GNSS RTK manufacturing company, released its brand new AutoSteer solution recently. The AG960 AutoSteer System will accelerate the application of autopilot for precision agricultural machinery and thus, to enhance and optimize operational accuracy and...
Drones | UAVs
May 8, 2017
AgEagle Aerial Systems of Neodesha, KS, today announced a fixed wing drone for the use in precision agriculture that far exceeds the capabilities of most multirotor drones.
“The AgEagle RX48 beats Chinese drones in performance, quality and value,” said Bret...
Market Watch
May 8, 2017
This year's summer crop season has been a tough one for most growers in Australia. Prolonged periods of high temperatures and a distinct lack of in-crop rain in most areas have caused the sky-high expectations at the beginning of...
Connectivity
May 3, 2017
Farms need to do more with less than ever before to remain competitive. This is especially true when it comes to big ticket items like agricultural machinery. We’re now seeing the implementation of new Internet of Things (IoT) technologies...
Industry News
May 2, 2017
Deere & Co. announced it was informed by Monsanto Company that it has chosen to terminate a 2015 agreement for Deere to acquire the Precision Planting, LLC., business, according to a press release issued Monday evening by Deere.
“We are...
Drones | UAVs
April 27, 2017
Sentera announced the release of its Multispectral Double 4K Sensor, offering five precise spectral bands: blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared (NIR). This sensor enables users to collect visual band imagery as well as vegetation indices based upon...
Imagery
April 24, 2017
When I think about precision agriculture my usual thoughts are around the continuous learning about the variability in a field. There are many layers of information or data that can be gathered about each field. And from these layers...
Imagery
April 20, 2017
Sentera is excited to announce the launch of its closed beta for field-edge Plant Population Analysis, available through its AgVault Software platform. Plant Population Analytics assess where plants are and are not growing, calculates an emergence measurement, and visually...
Market Watch
April 19, 2017
When it comes to managing livestock and feed, the goal for every farmer is to be as efficient and productive as possible. While today’s farmers have embraced some technology, such as GPS auto-steering tractors, many of their processes are...
Market Watch
April 19, 2017
Advancements in the area of precision technology on sprayers are changing the way products are applied.
Throughout the years, precision agriculture has facilitated improvements to farming equipment, from auto-steer on combines to variable rate seeding on...
In-Field Technologies
April 13, 2017
(SOURCE: Fendt.com)
MARS stands for Mobile Agricultural Robot Swarms. Or in other words, it stands for agriculture of the future, writes Fendt in a recent post regarding it's promising Project MARS initiative.
They are mobile. They are cloud-controlled. And they are...
Imagery
April 12, 2017
Planet and FarmShots have collaborated to provide John Deere Operations Center users access to Planet's unprecedented global imaging capacity, allowing farmers to view up-to-daily imagery of their fields. Planet operates the largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites and provides cost-effective...
Drones | UAVs
April 11, 2017
Sentera today announced the availability of its precision agriculture solutions at over 350 retail locations across North America. By broadening the reach of Sentera's precision agriculture offering, agronomists, crop consultants, and growers can leverage critical normalized difference vegetation index...
Drones | UAVs
April 7, 2017
Commercial drone software platform developer DroneDeploy has announced an integration with the agX to help growers more easily capture field maps and analyze aerial data. agX users can now share field boundaries saved in agX with DroneDeploy to simplify the planning of...
Drones | UAVs
April 7, 2017
Possibly in response to the escalating situation between U.S. forces and Syria in the Middle East, FAA has issued UAS NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) FDC 7/7137, establishing airspace restrictions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) over 133 military facilities in the...
Drones | UAVs
April 5, 2017
Sentera today launched updates to its Incident Light Sensor (ILS) for use on NDVI-Upgraded DJI Phantom 4, Phantom 3, and Inspire drones.
For several years, research customers have used the Sentera ILS to measure the color spectrum of incident light...
Drones | UAVs
April 5, 2017
Spring, summer and early fall are for many the happiest time of the year. It's the growing season and farmers and those that assist them are working hard nationwide, writes the National Association of Aerial Applicators (NAAA) in a...
Connectivity
April 4, 2017
Pest infestations cost farmers at least some measure of profit and productivity in virtually every crop. Predictive technology for key pests — discovering an infestation and being able to take action before productivity is lost — has been the...
Drones | UAVs
April 4, 2017
DroneDeploy is now connected with the John Deere Operations Center.
Just in time for the critical spring planting season, the integration allows users to synchronize their DroneDeploy and MyJohnDeere accounts to view and analyze drone-generated field maps in combination with...
Connectivity
March 30, 2017
A pest trap for orchards by manufacturer Semios.
In-season scouting is the mother’s milk of any full-service agronomy program. It’s the component of crop production that validates the experience of individuals who know and understand the...