Great Plains Manufacturing recently introduced its Swath Command planter control system for planting and planter data logging. Great Plains estimates that seed cost savings at 18% by eliminating the cost of over- and double-planting of seed using the new...

Trimble recently announced the launch of Trimble VRS Now Ag service for farmers in nine U.S. states — Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Nebraska. Additionally, European growers can receive correction services in Great Britain, Ireland,...

Valley Irrigation announced a new agreement with Computronics Holdings Ltd., manufacturer of the patented Farmscan Variable Rate Irrigation technology. This agreement allows for the development and distribution of variable rate irrigation (VRI) controls through over 460 Valley dealers worldwide. "Computronics...

Hemisphere GPS announced the release of the new version of Outback AutoMate for Planter Section Control. The new version includes advanced software and three customized planter kits for the already successful boom section control product. This version also features...

The more "irregular" your fields are and the "finer" your application and planting resolution, the bigger the benefit. That's the essence of research findings out of Auburn University in Alabama to gauge the cost savings possible using automatic control...

A John Deere AMS specialist based in northwest Indiana and a progressive local farmer tweaked an air clutch planter system and came up with a way to add swath control to anhydrous ammonia toolbars. The technology, which makes swath control...

Listed below are some warning signs that skipping an application could result in yield losses this year: • You've been using half to a third of the recommended rate, applied as a band. This practice relies on the increased plant...

Growers know that certain orchards are more productive than others, and that certain blocks within those orchards likewise differ. But researchers are learning that there are tremendous differences from tree to tree — as much as 40% — and...

So, you've got an order for an application of dry fertilizer to be applied by prescription map. But Mother Nature is managing to keep the fields just wet enough to make a ground application impossible. Could there be an...

Both planter control systems improve planting accuracy and yield by reducing planter overlaps and skips. Raven's CANbus technology and multi-function field computers (Viper Pro and Envizio Pro) work seamlessly with AccuRow. The SmartRow system, which operates off the Cruizer visual...

The VRH-1000 is designed to work with LF, L, LM and NGP series piston pumps, and is compatible with many software and GPS packages currently available on the market. The system utilizes Rawson's Accu-Rate controller to deliver simplicity in...

Variable rate application capitalizes on Envizio Pro's enhanced prescription map capabilities to get more out of the field, and do it with less waste and a smaller chemical footprint. Importing and retrieving prescription maps is fast and simple and...

Called the Smart Nozzle system, this new technology provides automatic on and off control of individual nozzles based on a field map. When the system encounters field borders or any areas of the map marked as "no apply" zones,...

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...

BoomPilot records the GPS location and the location of the applied areas in a field. When a section of a sprayer boom overlaps one of the applied areas, BoomPilot automatically switches that boom section off. When the boom re-enters...

When cotton seed cost $350 per ton, the rule was to plant heavy and thin the stand later on if you needed to. But when seed hit $500 per bag, you sort of had to find a new rule...

SeedCommand now tracks and logs average seed population while monitoring seed spacing, and provides this information in real time to operators in the form of a color bar graph and population display. These capabilities allow growers using SeedCommand to...

On the world stage, technology has a reputation for moving forward at break-neck speed without ever backing up. Think of how fast businesses moved from fax machines to e-mail to handheld computers/phones between 1987 and 2002. When it comes to...