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...
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.
EDITOR’S...
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...
