Earth Observing System (EOS), a Menlo Park based startup, announces the release of a unique cloud-based platform called EOS Crop Monitoring, which provides solutions for input suppliers, farmers, commodity traders, crop insurance companies, and all members of the agriculture...

The launch of Western Australia's first ag-tech accelerator program has ushered in a new era for agricultural innovation, writes Cally Dupe on the The West Australian website. Nine ag-tech companies, ranging from small to medium size enterprises, were almost midway...

Understory today announced an international expansion and strategic collaboration with Monsanto. Monsanto’s use of Understory’s weather network is providing on-the-ground insights into localized weather in Argentina to drive growers’ decisions and optimize high value operations, the two companies claim...

Sentera announces the general release of its RTK GPS precision positioning module for the PHX Pro fixed-wing drone. The module delivers true L1/L2, multi-constellation RTK to the PHX Pro. Sentera's RTK solution offers survey, agriculture, and mapping customers sub-5cm and...

Meister Media Worldwide, producer of innovation events for agricultural markets around the globe in addition to its leading print, digital, data and business services for specialty agricultural markets, has announced a joint venture with a leading events company as...

Sam Dingle demonstrates one of the data charts that IFV’s FruitVision system provides. (Photo: Christina Herrick) Innovation is a part of Kiwi lifestyle, GrowingProduce.com's Christina Herrick writes in her wrap up coverage of the International Fruit...

Robots – are they just a thing of the future? Many in the agriculture sector agree that the industry is heading in the direction of having more technology on the farm, which could even include robots. In fact, there...

Automation has been at the forefront of our minds for decades, if not centuries. Whether we’re talking about those who worked in flour mills or those who dealt with windmills, automated processes have always been on inventors’ minds. While...

Choosing the right college is a process. It’s one that I’m just now embarking on with my teenage daughter. Long before she’ll find herself inundated with acceptance letters (or at least I hope so), she’ll need to visit campuses,...

SST Software today announced releases of upgrade versions of their flagship desktop software and iOS mobile application. Development teams have taken user feedback and incorporated new features and performance enhancements that will keep both of these agriculture data collection and...

Walmart is applying for a range of patents using drones to automate farming. The move could support its grocery business and give the giant greater control over its supply chain, according to a report on CBInsights.com. As Walmart goes head...

Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, through its software business, Granular, announced today with Planet – an integrated aerospace and data analytics company – a significantly expanded global partnership to deliver digital agriculture software solutions for farmers. The three-year agreement...

What do trees, drones, and minefields all have in common? Precision aerial planting. A concept first introduced in the 1930’s (possibly as early as 1926) to originally reseed a mountain in Honolulu, planting via an airplane has captured our imagination...

AgGateway has submitted its proposed irrigation data exchange standard to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), a major achievement in precision agriculture to help growers manage data from their irrigation management systems. The standard is the result...

FreeWave Technologies today announced the general availability of the WAVECONTACT WC30i-AXIS Wireless Angle Sensor. This sensor measures thief hatch states (closed, cracked, open) and movement of pump jacks. As the only Class I, Div 1 wireless angle sensor on...

The agtech boom over the last two years is indeed astonishing. Farmers are becoming more open to new, emerging technologies and are more willing to adopt them. Yield maps, VRA (Variable Rate Application), satellite imagery, and in-field sensors have been...

There is a favorite expression of mine that I love to apply to meteorology: “Measure with a micrometer, mark it with chalk and cut it with an axe.” We can quickly get wrapped up in the allure of precision, spending...

If we look at the title of the article, all of you will come to an answer. These answers will vary depending on who you are, what you do, why you do it, where you do it, and when...

Only great team players who are great teammates, have the potential to get championship results. Each player on the team has a position to fill and a job to do. Great team players are successful because they understand the...

Via Janzen Ag Law Blog: Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Thune have introduced Senate Bill 2487, the "Agricultural Data Act of 2018," writes Ag Law Attorney Todd Janzen in a recent blog post. According to Janzen, the bill seeks to...