Digital Farming
April 24, 2018
Nutrien's retail division – soon to be rebranded as Nutrien Ag Solutions – has announced the launch of a new digital platform designed to augment its industry-leading distribution network, agronomic advice and services. The platform will provide growers with...
Analytics
April 23, 2018
The Climate Corporation announced the addition of five industry-leading partners to The Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform. The new partners -- AgWorks, DroneDeploy, MyAgData, Sentera and Skymatics -- will deliver powerful new capabilities and tremendous value for...
Industry News
April 23, 2018
Ag Developer, a Kansas based software development company, is simplifying grower/advisor communications by connecting to the agX Platform, according to a recent press release issued by the company.
After interviewing hundreds of growers and advisors across the the U.S. it...
Industry News
April 20, 2018
WiFi has become a necessity, and a proliferation of new WiFi devices have come to market for urban homes and businesses. Unfortunately, too little has been done to help rural homeowners, farmers, and ranchers extend WiFi outside the home...
Market Watch
April 19, 2018
Indian startup AgNext has raised an undisclosed seed round led by India-focused Agtech VC Omnivore Partners along with Singaporean angel investor Samir Kumar, writes Emma Cosgrove on AgFunderNews.com.
Before harvest, AgNext provides a varied suite of precision agriculture tools including...
Industry News
April 19, 2018
Fourth-generation Maryland farmer Trey Hill measures the success of his operation not just by how many bushels of corn, soybeans, and wheat it produces, but by how effectively it helps the waters of the Chesapeake Bay that surround its...
Industry News
April 18, 2018
Entering its fourth year, the THRIVE Venture & Innovation platform announced today the nine finalists and investment in its spring ’18 accelerator cohort, according to an article on GrowingProduce.com. The THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform also welcomes the latest...
Market Watch
April 17, 2018
Creating an effective precision program has proven challenging for many retailers. A new professional development program in June will help precision managers set a course for improvement and growth.
Service providers are the essential link between...
Data Management
April 17, 2018
Precipitation is arguably the most important agricultural weather parameter, yet it is the most difficult variable to precisely measure. For a wide variety of agronomic decisions, accurate tracking of actual rainfall during the course of a season can be...
Market Watch
April 13, 2018
Dr. Aaron Franzen (holding drone) discusses the mechanics of an unmanned aerial system and the value of aerial imagery with precision ag students at South Dakota State University.
In its earliest manifestation, the motive for developing...
Data Management
April 12, 2018
Today, a seemingly endless amount of ag data flows from growers’ fields into a host of technology platforms. It is top of mind given the Facebook data breach involving Cambridge Analytica that compromised millions of users’ personal information. With...
Drones | UAVs
April 12, 2018
Avocados are one of the few crops in Chile that can economically be commercially cultivated on hills. On one hand hills don’t contain pests or diseases that require frequent control measures, on the other hand however, maintenance and harvesting...
Market Watch
April 12, 2018
To say that the Golden State can lay claim to the title of king of almonds might be an understatement. In 2017, California accounted for nearly 80% of the world’s almond production, a crown jewel in the already impressively...
Industry News
April 12, 2018
AgJunction today announced the opening of the HandsFreeFarm.com online store to bring low-cost, simple-to-use precision agriculture solutions direct to all farmers.
To launch the online store, AgJunction introduced RANGER, precision farming made simple with an easy-to-install and use guidance system...
Connectivity
April 11, 2018
AgGateway, the non-profit organization with the mission to promote and enable the industry's transition to digital agriculture, is offering a limited-time 25% discount on 2018 rates for its Ag Industry Identification System (AGIIS) service, as an incentive to further...
Imagery
April 11, 2018
Precision agriculture management requires understanding soil at increasingly finer scales. Conventional soil sampling and laboratory analyses often lack this granularity and can be time consuming and expensive. Remote soil sensing overcomes these shortcomings. Through its collection of spatial data...
Data Management
April 11, 2018
Bayer's xarvio made quite the splash at Agritechnica 2017 in Hannover, Germany, back in November.
Germany’s Bayer plans to sell its digital farming business to BASF as part of changes to concessions it has offered to...
Analytics
April 11, 2018
Sentera announces the availability of high-fidelity crop stand, weed pressure mapping, spot scouting maps, and free local image stitching within the Sentera FieldAgent platform. These valuable, field-edge tools are available today to all FieldAgent customers using high-resolution crop imagery....
Market Watch
April 11, 2018
Taylor Farms, a leading producer of value-added healthy fresh foods, and Plug and Play, the world’s largest global innovation platform and startup accelerator, announced a strategic partnership focused on the advancement of technology within the food and agriculture industries.
Taylor...
In-Field Technologies
April 11, 2018
For Harvest CROO Robotics’ automated strawberry harvester, the picking wheel is the heart of technology with cameras to identify ripe berries and clamps to pick them. Photo courtesy of Harvest CROO Robotics
While the immigration debate...