Data Management
January 21, 2016
According to Kris Poulson, vice president of agriculture for Sentera, an estimated 45,000 farmers across the U.S. received a drone or unmanned aerial system for Christmas, reports Keith Norman on TheDickinsonPress.com.
Sentera is a Minneapolis-based company that develops and markets...
Drones | UAVs
January 15, 2016
A University of Minnesota student with the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Laboratories helps test a Sentera UAS for precision agriculture applications. Photo credit: University of Minnesota
A collaboration between the University of Minnesota College of Science and...
Data Management
January 12, 2016
The Precision Ag Summit hovers into Jamestown, ND, for its fifth annual appearance, with topics ranging from unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to "big data" and the financial returns for precision agricultural investments.
The event will be held January 18 and 19.
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Data Management
January 11, 2016
Measure has released the first-ever Drone Flight Calculator to help farmers assess the value of using drones in their agriculture operations. The Web-based application is the direct result of a study and flight operations conducted with the American Farm Bureau...
Drones | UAVs
January 8, 2016
The Raptor Module sonically emits patterns mimicking various birds of prey with altering flight patterns, providing farmers with a low cost solution to a traditionally difficult problem.
ATI has been working closely with farmers in Oregon's...
Data Management
January 8, 2016
Top Intelligence, Inc., an Iowa-based ag technology business, has partnered with AgPixel to provide high-resolution aerial imagery to growers throughout Iowa and Nebraska. Headquartered in Honey Creek, IA, Top Intelligence is one of the premier aerial solution providers in...
Guidance
January 7, 2016
Aman Enterprises introduces NMEA-BT - a revolutionary Bluetooth iOS adapter that enables any high-precision GNSS receiver with a serial port to connect to your iPad or iPhone device. The NMEA-BT adapter is a small, elegant, and weatherproof device that...
Data Management
January 7, 2016
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Precision Farming for Crop Protection 2015" report to their offering. According to the report, the global market for precision farming technologies is forecast to reach a value of nearly $4 billion...
Farm to Fork
January 6, 2016
Decisive Farming and Tronia Systems Ltd. have announced a new working partnership that provides Tronia agribusiness customers access to variable rate and precision agronomic services for resale to farmers.
Hundreds of Western Canadian ag retailers already utilize Tronia’s agrē integrated...
Data Management
January 6, 2016
Septentrio, a provider of GNSS receivers, announces the availability of its geographical information systems (GIS) PinPoint-GIS on the ArcGIS Marketplace. PinPoint-GIS was developed to enable straightforward GIS data collection without the need for expensive additional software linking a GNSS...
Data Management
December 15, 2015
A more technological approach to farming is crucial for meeting the needs of an extra 2.4 billion extra people who are expected to swell the world’s population by 2050, according a new EU study and reported on by YorkshirePost.co.uk.
Yet...
Guidance
December 15, 2015
There are many definitions for sustainability.
One definition is “meeting the needs of the present while improving the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Some companies and farmers want to document farming practices that meet this definition of...
Drones | UAVs
December 14, 2015
FAA, responding to heightened concerns about rogue drone flights near airports, unveiled a pre-Christmas rule on Monday requiring drone hobbyists as young as 13 years old to register their unmanned aircraft, reports David Morgan via Reuters.com.
The new online registry...
Guidance
December 14, 2015
Rate controllers reduce input costs — bottom line — and every grower is looking for ways to decrease seed and chemical costs while maintaining maximum yield, reports Lisa Heacox on CropLife.com.
“Customers will continue to buy more advanced rate controllers...
Data Management
December 11, 2015
As part of its ramp-up for the 2016 season, software manufacturer FarmLogs this week unveiled two recommendation-based products: Nitrogen Monitoring and Variable Rate Prescriptions for seeding and nitrogen. The new features are available immediately.
"We’ve taken a huge step forward in our...
Data Management
December 7, 2015
DJI, a leader in unmanned aerial vehicle technology, announced the launch of a smart, crop-spraying agricultural drone.
The DJI Agras MG-1 is dustproof, water-resistant and made of anti-corrosive materials. It can be rinsed clean and folded up for easy transport...
Data Management
December 3, 2015
A new report from Smithers Viscient, Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies in Crop Protection to 2025, is the result of an exhaustive primary research program incorporating interviews with a panel of leading crop protection technology experts. The report profiles...
Data Management
December 2, 2015
There's little denying that the precision agriculture market is fast-paced and rapidly evolving, as any sector so heavily tied to technology tends to be. But is its reach across the whole of the agricultural landscape expanding or merely holding...
Data Management
December 2, 2015
Sorting through the complex and ever-changing nature of precision agriculture is challenging to say the least. But one thing is for certain, this industry is primed to prosper despite tough market conditions. In my view, these five "must-have" things...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
The AgEagle has been used for multiple missions in multiple growing seasons since it was first developed. Photo credit: AgEagle Aerial Systems
A group of students in Kansas are pairing with some of the state’s farmers...
