Market Watch
April 11, 2016
Variable rate practices are maximizing farming resources, saving on input costs and improving yields, reports Loretta Sorensen on Yankton Daily Press.
Companies like the United Kingdom’s SOYL are making it ever easier for farmers to effectively use variable rate technology...
Guidance
April 11, 2016
John Deere has expanded its RTK differential correction offerings with the introduction of John Deere Mobile RTK Signal. This latest innovation in machine guidance and telematics from John Deere delivers repeatable RTK accuracy to a machine via a cellular...
Drones | UAVs
April 8, 2016
AgEagle founder Bret Chilcott demonstrates the company's UAV during the 2015 InfoAg preshow tour near St. Louis, MO.
One of the biggest pieces of news to break in the precision agriculture drone world recently was that...
Data Management
April 8, 2016
I'm a gadget guy, so stories like this month’s cover (Drones In Agriculture) excite me about how current and future technology will be put to use in agriculture, writes Florida Grower editor Frank Giles over on GrowingProduce.com.
The notion that...
Guidance
April 8, 2016
China launched a Beidou satellite into orbit on a Long March 3A rocket on Tuesday as the country seeks to gain independence from and eventually rival American GPS services, reports Andrew Jones over at gbtimes.com.
The Long March rocket lifted...
Irrigation
April 7, 2016
Hortau, a provider of precision irrigation management systems and services for agriculture since 2002, is expanding its full line of products and services in the High Plains and Southwest regions of the U.S.
Earlier this month, Hortau announced its expansion...
Digital Farming
April 6, 2016
Worldwide agricultural drone markets are poised to achieve significant growth with the use of cameras on stable flying platforms that are used to help implement precision farming. Crop visualization lets farmer's better control and isolate areas for spraying and...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
Veris Technologies today announced a new on-the-go soil sensor platform. The Veris U3 uses three sensors to create affordable, high resolution soil pH, organic matter and soil texture (EC) maps behind a UTV.
“Growers and their advisors have been asking...
Irrigation
April 5, 2016
If farmers and agronomists were better able to use data from their irrigation management systems - including information on weather, soil moisture and crop types - they could make more informed decisions about when, where and how much water...
Guidance
April 5, 2016
The slipup in the soybean field would have been costlier in a different time and place, writes Vicki Hillhouse on Union-Bulletin.com.
Mike Hagerman was planting a crop last year, using GPS navigational technology on his tractor, when he realized he’d...
Data Management
April 5, 2016
There were a lot of eyes to the sky during a recent University of New Hampshire Extension workshop on aerial field scouting for crop production, writes Guy Steucek on LancasterFarming.com.
Gary Robertson, associate professor at North Carolina State University, has...
Guidance
March 30, 2016
Trimble announced today the availability of its new FieldPoint RTX correction service for geospatial positioning applications.
Powered by Trimble RTX technology, the multi-constellation correction service offers horizontal accuracy up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) at 1-sigma standard deviation or 20...
Data Management
March 30, 2016
After a comprehensive risk analysis, FAA has raised the unmanned aircraft (UAS) “blanket” altitude authorization for Section 333 exemption holders and government aircraft operators to 400 feet. Previously, the agency had put in place a nationwide Certificate of Waiver...
Data Management
March 22, 2016
Measure announced today Measure Nationwide, a proprietary franchise system that will be working to convert existing commercial drone operators around the country into Measure franchisees. The commercial drone industry has struggled with the challenge of reaching scale, characterized by...
Guidance
March 22, 2016
Intuicom announced today that its flagship communications hub, the Intuicom RTK Bridge-X is now compatible with all the leading precision guidance systems available on the market today, regardless of the color of the equipment its found on. This compatibility...
Data Management
March 18, 2016
Agribotix LatAm is working with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture to show growers the benefits using agricultural drones as a basic tool in precision agriculture programs.
Agribotix LLC's Latin American venture, Agribotix LatAm (an...
Data Management
March 16, 2016
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Data Management
March 15, 2016
GEOSYS' in-season imagery, delivered through SST Software's agX Platform, allows users to monitor plant growth and identify actual in-field issues quickly, protecting yield potential and maximizing return on investment. Photo credit: GEOSYS
GEOSYS, a leading global...
Data Management
March 9, 2016
GRAND FORKS, ND (AP) — North Dakota's unmanned aircraft test site has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to fly a drone used for precision agriculture.
The Hermes 450 is a 20-foot aircraft manufactured by Elbit Systems of America LLC. It...
Data Management
March 8, 2016
Drones have the potential to revolutionize agriculture in Arkansas, but the nature of that revolution remains unclear, reports Jan Cottingham on ArkansasBusiness.com.
The aviation technology is in its infancy, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s delay in developing final rules regarding...
