Blue River’s weed-targeting See & Spray technology spent 2016 in California getting put through its paces. In 2017, research and testing shifts to the Southeast. At the PrecisionAg® Vision Conference last October, Bill Schmarzo, renowned expert...

There are a number of robotics providers that are demonstrating autonomous driving, delicate handling, high-speed motion, and independent data collection in agriculture. Agriculture has both led and trailed in the use of technology over the past...

For many years satellite imagery was a solution in search of a viable precision agriculture system in which it could deliver value. In-season, on-demand imagery was often hampered by cloud cover and a dearth of available satellites for taking...

From the service provider standpoint, getting into the aerial imagery as a service game was once an either/or proposition: Either you partner locally with a fleet of aerial application planes for weekly flyovers with a sensor payload, or you...

Veris’ electrical conductivity (EC) system for grading soil types has endured for years on the strength of its true believers and slow, steady growth. Used as the foundational test for zone management schemes, Veris has gained users with the...

Aside from field and equipment-deployed sensing, the other end of the spectrum is sensing in the grain bin. From the perspective of the local cooperative storing and marketing its grower-customers’ grain, success here is absolutely vital in keeping that...

Sensors are certainly nothing new to agriculture. Although they are getting more and more robust, on-board sensors have been providing feedback on the operation of machinery for many years. Liquid tank monitors on bulk chemical tanks have been tracking...

Representatives from Partner organizations supporting the PrecisionAg® Institute in 2017 describe their companies’ unique roles, explain how they support retailer/dealer professionals, and take a stab at longer-term prospects in the quest for increased precision adoption. WinField United Teddy Bekele Vice President of...

Last year, (2016) was often called the year of the drone by many reporters, tech advocates and news agencies. Many small drone service companies took off the ground, mid-size businesses augmented existing services, and even corporations are now looking...

Technology is going mobile, allowing growers to access information in the field from tablets or phones. Photo courtesy of Highland Precision Ag This year, the iPhone will celebrate its 10th birthday. In only a decade, smartphones...

With President-Elect Donald Trump's selection of Sonny Perdue as the new proposed Secretary of Agriculture, it brings a new set of questions as to the broader impact on the future of entire agriculture industry spectrum, including ag technology. Below...

*Article Notes: This monthly column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas, or ignite imaginations, how awesome is...

Tej Kohli, a serial entrepreneur, global businessman and philanthropist, has announced he has earmarked an initial $25 million USD, through his family office, Kohli Ventures, for a high impact investment fund. The Kohli Impact Investment Initiative will be used to...

Jim Case pulls his Kinze grain cart across the field to get into position for corn harvest. FAA is working toward allowing more freedom for drone operators, and at the same time is working with NASA...

SenseFly's eBee with multi-spectral imaging capabilities is one of the more complete solutions on the market for precision ag. Agribotix has partnered with senseFly to offer a new combined solution for professional users. This technology solution combines...

Sentera today announced the upcoming release of LiveNDVI Video: livestreamed NDVI video via Sentera's Double 4K sensor. This breakthrough technology will offer agronomists worldwide the fastest way to make decisions and specify inputs based on complete, real-time data. Sentera's...

A nearly $1 million grant from the USDA is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change the way crops are maintained worldwide, saving millions of gallons of water each year and taking precision agriculture...

DRONE VOLT is launching its new fixed-wing unit, a light and compact UAV dedicated to precision agriculture and construction work, DV WING. DRONE VOLT is a French drone manufacturer that provides professional solutions in a variety of services and pilot...

Talk a quick look around our website and we hope you’ll notice it’s significantly different as we head into 2017 – PrecisionAg.com is now the Global Hub for Ag Tech Innovation. It’s a roll-up of the best we can...

Source: Tractica The market for agricultural robots is developing at a rapid pace, with a large number of established and startup agricultural technology companies developing, piloting, and launching an innovative range of robotic systems to tackle...