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...
In-Field Technologies
November 18, 2015
Teams representing the educational and business sectors are entered to compete in the 2016 agBot Challenge, which will be held May 7 in Rockville, IN, and is aimed at developing autonomous crop seeders with specific capabilities. The winning team...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
The Aviation Program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is producing cutting-edge drone research and hands on field operations that will improve agriculture — a major economic influence in northeast Louisiana. Photo credit: University...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
A sense of history hovered over Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts on Friday as he gingerly took the controls of an unmanned quadcopter on the edge of an alfalfa field, reports Tim Unruh of the Salina Journal.
“I feel like Orville...
Data Management
November 13, 2015
Trimble’s announcement this week of the acquisition of Canadian independent consultant network AGRI-TREND raised quite a few eyebrows around the office. So we connected with Michael Helling, business development in Trimble’s Agriculture Division, to go beyond the press release.
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Guidance
November 9, 2015
Today at Agritechnica 2015, NovAtel introduced its GNSS-500 Series of competitively priced GNSS patch antennas, featuring an innovative new element and enclosure design. Offering single and dual frequency variants, GNSS-500 antennas track GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou satellite constellations,...
Guidance
November 9, 2015
Trimble announced today that it has added several new third-party apps to its Android-based Trimble TMX-2050 display. The addition of these apps demonstrates Trimble’s continued commitment to ensure farmers have access to specialized mobile apps that manage today’s complex...
Data Management
November 4, 2015
AgEagle is the first UAV Company to offer customer financing.
"Financing will help our customers realize the benefits of robotic aerial imaging on the farm sooner. Thus optimizing the use of chemical and nutrient applications and allowing them to pay...
Data Management
November 3, 2015
PrecisionHawk and Genera Energy have partnered to develop new analysis algorithms specific to improving the efficiency and quality of sustainable biomass crop production and distribution. The algorithms will convert raw aerial imagery collected by drones and satellites into an...
Data Management
October 21, 2015
PRECISION TECHNOLOGY seems to evolve at the speed of an Olympic sprinter these days (Usain Bolt is still REALLY fast, in case anyone forgot). It seems like every other day we get word of a hot new startup out...
Guidance
October 20, 2015
On Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) submitted two filings regarding federal spectrum policy. Comments were filed in response to a public notice in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility assessment, and...
Guidance
October 16, 2015
AgJunction today announced that it has completed the merger with Novariant, Inc. , previously announced on March 16, 2015. With the completion of the merger, AgJunction gains a preeminent position in automated steering and machine control technologies, differentiated by...
Irrigation
October 6, 2015
As California¹s historic drought persists, dairy farmers in the nation¹s top dairy producing state are increasingly looking to subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) technology as a solution for maximizing the water productivity and yield potential of their forage crops. While...
Data Management
October 1, 2015
The first of its kind, iSOYL’s easy to use interface that can be used to manage precision crop production tasks on the move has already revolutionized daily routines on farms worldwide. The latest update of the free app allows growers to...
Guidance
September 30, 2015
Choosing the right irrigation solution is essential to maximizing farm revenue, but it can be difficult to find reliable ag irrigation information. Now, growers can get on-demand irrigation information at the new irrigation.education website.
Accessible 24/7 from a computer, this...
Guidance
September 21, 2015
While the ability to harness the field navigation power of GPS has been around for decades, these days equipment makers are hitting new levels of accuracy and reliability and are trying to reach new users. They’re also tapping into...
Data Management
September 21, 2015
Precision ag is an important part of Southern States Cooperative's services at its Agronomy Center in King William, VA.
The humid, late-summer Virginia air clung to your skin like a cheap suit. Southern States Cooperative’s (SSC) King...