Guidance
August 4, 2011
Valley Irrigation recently announced an expansion to its Valley GPS product line. Valley GPS Guidance for corners and linear irrigation equipment is now compatible with both John Deere Starfire and Trimble GPS products.
"We have been very pleased by the...
Guidance
July 14, 2011
Effective immediately, Ewout Korpershoek, formerly managing director of Topcon Europe Positioning (TEP), will join the Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) senior executive team as chief marketing officer responsible for all marketing and product management functions at TPS and TEP. He...
Guidance
July 5, 2011
Trimble has introduced its new high-accuracy Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) compatible correction service. The Trimble CenterPoint RTX correction service can offer 4 centimeter (1.5 inch) repeatable accuracy and will be available initially through Trimble's Agriculture Division.
CenterPoint RTX is...
Guidance
June 23, 2011
The Precision Agriculture team at Auburn University was founded more than a decade ago, but over the past two years has been actively working to get its information out both to the growers it serves and to interested parties...
Guidance
June 16, 2011
Hemisphere GPS announced the availability of long range RTK for Outback Guidance systems featuring Hemisphere GPS Eclipse GNSS receivers. Available in the new Outback A220 series receivers as well as an upgrade to existing receivers, the long range radio...
Guidance
June 2, 2011
Leica Geosystems recently announced several compatibility and capability updates for a range of its ag guidance products.
Compatibility with the SteerDirect hydraulic kit solution continues to grow with another four series of tractors added. Autospray with Direct Section Control for...
Data Management
May 24, 2011
A partnership agreement between imagery providers RapidEye ImageSat International. will allow ImageSat to use RapidEye imagery to colorize their panchromatic 0.7 meter resolution imagery to produce a colorized product.
"This unique partnership combines the strengths of two major imaging companies,"...
Guidance
May 12, 2011
Topcon Positioning Systems recently opened Phase 1 of the renovation of its12-acre acre training and test site, the VIP Welcome Center, at its Livermore, CA headquarters. The test site was also renamed the Topcon Solutions Site.
Ray O'Connor, TPA president...
Imagery
May 9, 2011
The Innovation Lab at SST Software announced that its FarmRite customers using SST Summit Professional will have the ability to preview and order in-season satellite imagery products from imagery provider RapidEye to help identify nutrient needs, recognize potential risks...
Connectivity
May 4, 2011
Aaron Phillips of Trimble discusses how the company's Connected Farm utilizes wireless technology to transfer important data, manage vehicle movement, and provide sub-inch RTK corrections.
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Guidance
April 27, 2011
A visit to my Uncle Gerald offered me another example of agriculture's continuous innovation. As we together marveled at guidance systems (he had earlier seen a neighbor's GPS system) he reminisced of an earlier method of precision planting that...
Irrigation
April 27, 2011
Valley Irrigation recently introduced Pivot Cruise Control software, which allows producers to be even more precise with chemigation and fertigation.
With the patent pending Cruise Control, available exclusively from Valley Irrigation, producers can program a center pivot irrigation machine equipped...
Guidance
April 22, 2011
Michael T. Scuse, USDA's Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS), will be the keynote speaker during the opening plenary session on Wednesday, July 12 at the 2011 InfoAg Conference.
Scuse will be discussing the potential consolidation...
Guidance
April 13, 2011
The Topcon-AGCO partnership bore more fruit recently with the announcement that Topcon's AES-25 Accurate Electric Steering Wheel and the System 150 automated steering system may be used on select self-propelled windrowers from Hesston by Massey Ferguson and Challenger. These...
Guidance
April 13, 2011
Ag Leader Technology, Inc., and global sprayer specialist HARDI INTERNATIONAL A/S announced a cooperative effort to bring greater performance, productivity and profitability to the market with the introduction of the HC 9500 controller, a customized display available on select...
Guidance
April 11, 2011
Fifteen years ago when you asked a group of farmers in a meeting how many are using precision ag, only a few hand would go up. Today the response may be about the same. Have we not made progress?...
Imagery
March 29, 2011
Geospatial solution provider RapidEye recently announced that it has completed an extensive imagery campaign over Africa, and has signed a distribution agreement with Ramani Geosystems located in Kenya.
The contract allows Ramani to distribute RapidEye products throughout the entire continent...
Guidance
March 24, 2011
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) is working closely with Topcon Corporation in Tokyo and supporting efforts of all Topcon subsidiaries in response to the major earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan on March 11.
Anofficial statement from Topcon Corporation on...
Guidance
March 16, 2011
Lindsay Corporation, maker of Zimmatic irrigation systems, announced the launch of MAXfield GPS Guidance GPS positioning for MAXfield Custom corner systems.
MAXfield GPS Guidance utilizes a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) correction signal, emitted from a built-in base station, to provide...
Guidance
March 4, 2011
Leica Geosystems recently released its and improved Leica mojo3D and Leica mojoMINI, together with the Leica SteerDirect Hydraulic steering solutions. The products are now available from Leica dealers.
The enhanced Leica mojo3D is a smart precision agriculture guidance system designed...
