Irrigation
December 11, 2012
Valley Irrigation, a leader in precision irrigation, continues to provide water management solutions for agriculture with the formation of Valley Water Management (VWM), a new division of the Valmont company Cascade Earth Sciences (CES). Initially, Valley Water Management will...
Guidance
November 28, 2012
Perspective The specter of the “Great Midwest Drought of 2012” hung over Sioux Falls as more than 200 equipment dealers, customers, and media types gathered at Raven Industries’ world headquarters for the company’s second Raven Innovation Summit.
The overarching discussion,...
In-Field Technologies
November 8, 2012
Perspective I got the chance to catch up with an ag technology friend today, thanks to the power of Facebook. I was on the accursed social media site a couple of weeks ago when I came across a post...
Guidance
October 25, 2012
Boom Height Control is now available on the Field-IQ input control system, expanding Trimble's self-propelled sprayer technology solutions.
Irrigation
October 17, 2012
T-L Irrigation Co., manufacturer of hydrostatically powered pivot and linear irrigation systems,announces the Precision Link, the latest advancement in web based irrigation management from T-L’s family of pivot management systems.
Developed by AgSense, LLC and T-L, the Precision Link, coupled...
Irrigation
October 17, 2012
Valley Irrigation, recently introduced the new Valley DropSpan for center pivots, which allows growers to irrigate additional acres with a center pivot by “dropping” spans upon arriving at a large obstruction in a field. This allows the center pivot...
Guidance
October 11, 2012
The Conservation Technology Information Center is celebrating 30 years of service to agriculture by hosting an anniversary party on October 25 from 12:00 – 8:00 pm at the Monsanto world headquarters in St. Louis.
A day of learning and fun...
Guidance
October 4, 2012
Leica Geosystems has recently appointed multiple industry experts to further strengthen the growing precision agriculture business.
In June, Johan Arnberg was appointed as the new President of Machine Control Division, which includes the responsibility for Leica Geosystems Agriculture. Arnberg is...
Guidance
October 4, 2012
The launch of a new satellite to replace an aging unit in the GPS fleet is good news for everyone who relies on global positioning, including agriculture.
Guidance
October 3, 2012
Few areas of the country were hit as hard by the drought of 2012 as central Indiana, cutting into yields and making it difficult to determine the real value of precision agriculture services. Ceres Solutions, a retailer that operates...
Guidance
October 3, 2012
Autonomous vehicles have been making the news lately both in and out of agriculture. Are you ready to let go of the wheel ... and leave the cab?
Guidance
September 27, 2012
Join members of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC) as they spend two full days discovering and exploring new ways to build their consultancy businesses. The organization's annual conference, themed Building Your Consultancy ... Making The Pieces Fit,"...
Guidance
September 20, 2012
Novariant, Inc, has announced today its decision to focus its business on providing tailored solutions for OEM partners across the globe. This announcement reflects the strategic shift that has been underway since Novariant established partnerships with Ag Leader Technology...
Guidance
September 17, 2012
As a by-product of the Drought of 2012, many precision ag experts think that there will be a big push into different forms of water management in the next year. According to Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist for Crop IMS,...
Market Watch
September 17, 2012
According to many precision ag experts, sensor technology is one trend that could take off in 2013 and beyond.
Irrigation
September 11, 2012
Lindsay Corporation, maker of Zimmatic irrigation systems, released three new products designed to improve irrigation installation and management.. They include the following:
The new online calculator can be used to determine the return on investment of installing a custom corner...
Guidance
August 30, 2012
Hemisphere GPS has introduced Outback MAX with Outback ConnX — the next-generation Outback Guidance system that redefines simplicity in precision farming. Working seamlessly with Outback eDriveX with eTurns, the Outback MAX integrated display terminal provides a full array of...
Guidance
August 22, 2012
Valley Irrigation recently introduced Tracknet, a family of web-based irrigation management products that offers growers the ability to manage their center pivots and linears both remotely and more efficiently. Valley's Tracker products have been available for nearly a decade,...
Guidance
August 22, 2012
The all-new GeoSteer automated steering system from Ag Leader offers repeatable, sub-inch accuracy, making it ideal for planting, spraying and other field operations that require precise automated steering.The single antenna design makes it easy to transfer the system from...
Guidance
August 16, 2012
Titan Machinery, one of the largest Case/New Holland equipment dealers in North America, has signed on as a distributor for Intuicom precision positioning and wireless solutions, including the family of Intuicom RTK Bridge products for RTK applications.Intuicom provides wireless...
