In-Field Technologies
March 3, 2017
Precision agriculture techniques could have substantial financial benefits for producers of hand-picked specialty crops, according to a new paper by Richard Sowers, a professor of engineering and of mathematics at the University of Illinois. Photo...
Drones | UAVs
March 2, 2017
Mavic with True NDVI upgrade is a highly-anticipated offering for Sentera customers who have been seeking a compact, easily transportable drone for the 2017 growing season.
Sentera has announced its ability to convert a DJI Mavic...
Drones | UAVs
March 2, 2017
SLANTRANGE, Inc., announced today the release of their new 3p multispectral sensor system for agriculture drones. The 3p is built on Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight technology, an integrated suite of hardware and software designed for advanced drone and IoT applications,...
Drones | UAVs
March 1, 2017
The agreement enables senseFly’s worldwide distributors to offer MicaSense Atlas, a cloud-based processing and analytics solution, alongside trusted drone platforms such as the long-range eBee SQ.
The world’s first-choice producer of mapping drones, senseFly, has signed...
Connectivity
March 1, 2017
Grain producers and handlers may soon have more powerful data management capabilities to address traceability and the regulatory needs of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), thanks to a collaborative effort by AgGateway members to create standards for grain-handling...
Guidance
February 28, 2017
Topcon Agriculture announces the release of the SI-21 Lightbar, designed as a cost-effective, user-friendly product to complement manual guidance, providing users better visibility of steering corrections required to stay on line.
“The SI-21 Lightbar can be installed remotely by the...
Imagery
February 28, 2017
Agrible has a new tool to help the farming community by giving users the power of aerial insights. Pocket Drone Control is new software technology that makes drones easy to use and effective. It works with Crop Copter UAV’s...
Guidance
February 27, 2017
Topcon Agriculture introduces the new X35 — the next generation in the X-Family of touchscreen displays with advanced functionality.
Designed as a modular solution, the 12.1 inch console runs Topcon Horizon software, providing icon-based and user-definable views for a variety...
Connectivity
February 27, 2017
For large farms that are common in Mato Grasso, Brazil, it is necessary to have precision ag professionals to manage data, says consultant Maurício Nicocelli Netto.
Editor's note: Maurício Nicocelli Netto is a precision agriculture consultant in...
Market Watch
February 23, 2017
Matt Damon farming potatoes on Mars in "The Martian"
In early 2016, I was lucky enough to hike the Salkantay Mountain range in Peru. It’s about a 50 mile hike at elevations up to 15,000 feet....
Drones | UAVs
February 22, 2017
The upcoming ASCEND Conference & Expo will deliver practical information about using drones to improve processes in precision agriculture. ASCEND will be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR, July 19-21, 2017.
“ASCEND will go beyond celebrating drone...
Drones | UAVs
February 21, 2017
The new AccuStar GPS receiver from Case IH features simple operation to quickly and cost-effectively equip late-model tractors or combines with guidance capabilities.
Driven by the growing demand for efficient data management, the latest Advanced Farming...
In-Field Technologies
February 17, 2017
Phil Asmundson is by no means a veteran viticulturist, writes David Eddy on GrowingProduce.com, but a half-dozen years ago, after watching his wife and business partner, Kim, auguring soil samples, he recalls turning to her and saying, “No offense,...
Data Management
February 17, 2017
We are entering a very exciting time in agriculture. With so many great software platforms and data collection tools we are on the cusp of unlocking some really deep, profound information and management techniques like we’ve only dreamed of...
Drones | UAVs
February 17, 2017
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is calling on innovators from the tech industry to enter the Land O'Lakes Prize: Drone Challenge, a crowdsourcing competition designed to develop proposed solutions that enable scalable, autonomous drone usage in precision agriculture. A prize of...
Connectivity
February 16, 2017
Building on its strategy to drive innovation and adoption for IoT services in high-growth markets, Verizon today announced that it has purchased Skyward, a private company based in Portland, OR, according to a press release from Verizon's Enterprise Solutions...
Guidance
February 15, 2017
New AccuTurn automated headland-turning technology from Case IH takes the guesswork out of turning on headlands, which gives you improved accuracy and reduces operator fatigue. Using software logic from the Case IH Autonomous Concept Vehicle (ACV), this next-generation Advanced...
Drones | UAVs
February 15, 2017
Sentera today announced its ability to convert a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone into a precision scouting tool that collects TrueNDVI crop health data, just in time for the 2017 growing season in the northern hemisphere. By integrating the...
Connectivity
February 10, 2017
Connecting various aspects of the supply chain using IoT-based solutions can have a big impact on how things are done in agriculture.
Supply chain visibility and efficiency is a big part of running a profitable agricultural...
Market Watch
February 7, 2017
AgLaunch continues to expand its farm-centric innovation platform to accelerate the process of bringing new ideas into agriculture, according to a press release from the Memphis, TN-based startup incubator.
The organization offers a one-stop shop for researchers, farmers, logistic providers,...
