Guidance
July 11, 2008
Precision agriculture is defined as "an agricultural concept relying on the existence of in-field variability." Precision agriculture uses technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS), among other things, to assess and understand crop variations. The information gleaned from using...
Data Management
June 27, 2008
I received an interesting release from the Satellite Imaging Corporation, a company that provides satellite imagery and remote sensing services to agriculture. It came replete with a lot of complicated acronyms and head-spinning technical information, but the overall theme...
Market Watch
June 13, 2008
The IDK-T ceramic twin flat spray nozzle, now the latest addition to the lineup of IDK air induction nozzles, is designed to reduce drift and to be used alone to provide excellent coverage in dense foliage. Producing...
Guidance
May 29, 2008
Receiver and satellite technologies continued to show gains this past year. The buzz this season has been to purchase units that can access not only the robust U.S. GPS but also Russia's GLONASS system.
"All new receivers from the major...
Guidance
May 28, 2008
For the 13th consecutive year, the ag retail publication CropLife magazine conducted a survey of its readers regarding the adoption and use of precision agriculture technologies in their businesses and their growers' operations. Within the survey, a series of...
Guidance
May 23, 2008
How is the adoption of precision agriculture evolving in the Cotton Belt? Precision Agriculture's impact in cotton production has increased dramatically over the past few years. In fact, from 2001 to 2005, the number of cotton producers practicing...
Guidance
May 23, 2008
Well, the good news is that former Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes GLONASS seriously. So much so that its slow implementation may have cost one of his deputy prime ministers the top job in Russia, according to a...
Data Management
May 22, 2008
After John Deere's exit from the aerial imagery business and the shuttering of its OptiGro program, many in agriculture were left to wonder how remote imagery would continue to progress in the agricultural market. Behind the scenes, new parties...
Guidance
May 15, 2008
Last week I referenced a study claiming automatic steering is the most rapidly adopted technology in the history of agriculture. Given all the benefits and the current payback potential for saving chemical, fertilizer, fuel, and seed, I had to...
Guidance
May 15, 2008
"The improvements seen in lightbar products are generally in features and application," says Tom Causey, Topcon Ag and OEM advertising manager. "The PCS-100 brings core features with the benefit of simple operation, rugged design, and upgrades to the industry...
Guidance
May 9, 2008
The mojoRTK auto-steer system's capacity to store waylines makes repeatability easier for equipment operators. Wayline storage eliminates the need for users to continually re-set their first AB wayline when working in multiple fields.
"The wayline storage feature allows the user...
Guidance
May 9, 2008
Earlier this week, I got an email from my friends at AgriMarketing magazine about some research conducted by Caledonia Solutions. The headline reads, "GPS Steering The Fastest Technology Adoption in History of Agriculture." Hopefully, this is not a stunning...
Guidance
April 11, 2008
The mojoRTK auto-steer system allows farmers to customize a guidance solution by buying a basic system and adding only the features they need. "We are proud to welcome Riesterer & Schnell to our team of premium resellers,"...
Guidance
April 2, 2008
Satellite signal availability and accuracy options have increased significantly. And over the course of the last seven years, the availability and accessibility of real-time kinematic (RTK) correction has moved rapidly from the new technology on the block to an...
Guidance
March 27, 2008
We're about done collecting data from our 13th annual Precision Agriculture Adoption Survey, conducted this time each year by sister publication CropLife magazine. After 12 years of running the same basic survey with minor tweaks, this year we made...
Guidance
February 21, 2008
DirectCommand now interfaces to the Raven Sidekick chemical injection pump for complete control over chemical injection applications. The InSight display and CAN module will replace the Sidekick Console, directly connecting to the injection pump. Automated prime and calibration routines,...
Guidance
February 21, 2008
The cable will be available direct from www.mojortk.com and from Leica ag resellers in March 2008. Leica expects the availability of a link into AutoTrac to boost the number of farm vehicles that can be driven with its new...
Guidance
February 14, 2008
Google bills the Trackstick as "the perfect tool for individuals, law enforcement and government agencies looking for a way to track anything that moves. The Super Trackstick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading, altitude and temperature at...
Guidance
February 14, 2008
The new unit combines the most popular features of both the Outback S2and the Outback 360 with Crescent GPS receiver technology, and also adds a color touch screen and valuable job management capabilities.
Outback S3 features an 8.4-inch, high-resolution touch...
Guidance
January 31, 2008
Manufactured by Trimble and co-marketed by Ag Leader Technology, the EZ-Guide 250 system allows vehicle operators to steer tractors, sprayers, fertilizer applicators, harvesters and other farm vehicles with consistent pass-to-pass accuracy to help save fuel, increase efficiency and reduce...
