Article Notes: This monthly column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas or ignite imaginations, how awesome is...

The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer, has announced the advancement of a new predictive seed selection and placement technology to pre-commercial testing. This fall, approximately 50 seed dealers will be testing Seed Advisor, a data science-driven tool that...

The business outlook for many co-operatives offering growers retail, marketing, and agronomic services is one that has changed greatly over the last several years. Co-ops across the country are facing a variety of challenges that threaten their profitability –...

Kansas State University and Topcon Agriculture are collaborating to develop tools and systems to advance precision agriculture and support farmers. By working with the university, Topcon Agriculture aims to develop product concepts through gathering requirements, drafting specifications, and conducting market...

Ag Leader has announced new fall features added to its full-farm connectivity platform, AgFiniti, bringing an even higher level of in-season visibility to growers and trusted advisors. "For the past several years, we've been building upon our AgFiniti platform with...

I’ve attended a fair number of grower seminars around the country on the potential new technology headed for the farm, and I’ve noticed something fascinating. Many of the growers are eager to learn, almost on the edge of their...

During the past several decades, agriculture, in general, has made advancements as a result of automation and precision management technologies. However, for the specialty crops including tree fruit, the application of automation and precision management has lagged behind due to...

While Eastern Australia is in a crippling drought that has prevented much of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland to plant winter crops, Australia’s largest farm show Agquip took place again last week in Gunnedah, NSW. The 46th annual...

Open Prairie has made its second investment through the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, a growth-stage private equity fund dedicated to providing capital to agribusiness companies throughout rural America. The $2 million of convertible debt financing will allow MyAgData...

A new high-tech approach to growing citrus in south Lake County, Florida, is happening at Cherrylake, reports Martin Proctor on the South Lake Tablet website. Through its sister company IMG Citrus, Cherrylake is planting citrus on its property in...

When the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) was standardized in 1982, permitting the worldwide proliferation of interconnected networks and eventually the internet, very few would have ever dreamed of the digital information age it would unleash, writes Frank Giles on...

From the invention of hoes, scythes and ploughs to the introduction of tractors, innovation is at the heart of agriculture, writes Anmar Frangoul on CNBC.com. Today, a number of digital technologies — from autonomous robots that pick fruit to...

I think it’s safe to say we’re pretty obsessed with adoption in this industry, aren’t we? Whether it be on trade show floors at the various winter meetings, in meetings with our PrecisionAg Institute member companies, or in dreary, fluorescent-lighted...

The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (No. 8:16CV191) ruled in favor of Farmers Edge on a counterclaim filed by Farmobile under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), writes Farmers Edge in a recent press release. The...

No matter a grower’s skill level, there are three key areas in helping them get the most value from the John Deere Operations Center. Today’s farming operation looks different than it did 20, 10, even just...

From commodity prices and competition for business to future-proofing the operation, ag retailers shared their challenges and concerns in a recent survey conducted by Proagrica.

Winfield United's Joel Wipperfurth discusses ag technology trends and topics during last month’s InfoAg Conference.

UrtheCast Corp. and Land O’Lakes, Inc. today announced they have entered a binding term sheet for the purchase of Geosys Technology Holding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Land O’Lakes, for a purchase price of US$20 million. This landmark...

As the days in the Northern Hemisphere slowly get shorter, they are getting longer in the Southern Hemisphere and everywhere growers are starting to prepare their equipment in anticipation of the upcoming harvest. In the U.S., 26% of corn...

AgJunction, the autosteering company, has introduced Wheelman, a new way for farmers to automatically and accurately steer farm equipment at a price that pays back in just one season for farmers working as few as 250 acres. [caption id="attachment_61570" align="alignright"...