The editors at PrecisionAg.com always get excited putting together our website's list of the most-read stories of the year. To us, it reveals a lot about how our audience feels about the ag technology market. What did you find...

It is here again--the end of another year. For me, this is always a good time to take a look back at some of the big stories from the past year, writes Ag Law Blog author and attorney Todd...

It was an exciting year in farm technology involving a few high profile venture capital exits and some of the largest deals on record, writes AgFunder.com's Emma Cosgrove. In fact, funding records for this category and the subcategories within were...

(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...

A new handheld device that allows farmers to test DNA from crops and weeds themselves will be on the market soon. The new technology allows farmers to check for specific genetic traits in crops or weeds. That way, they'll instantly...

Ohio State University Professor John Fulton (right) says planter technology has enabled farmers and their trusted advisers to implement on-farm research and evaluation studies to fine-tune seeding prescriptions. After a busier fall farm show/travel season than...

As the outside temperature regularly reads over 40 degrees Celsius, Australian cotton growers have again reached one of the busiest times of the season: irrigation time! With some fields that are irrigated by overhead equipment as an exception, flood...

I recently attended the Emerald Cup, a large two-day gathering of the California cannabis industry, which was first posted on sUASnews.com. Tens of thousands of participants, growers, associations, and grow-related businesses descended on the Sonoma County fairgrounds in Santa...

Spensa Technologies Inc., a precision agriculture technology company, has announced that two industry veterans have joined the company’s sales and business development team. Dave Swain will serve as area sales director and Chad Greenlee as regional sales manager. Both will...

Wabash Valley Services’ precision team includes (from left) Blake Behnke, Dmitri Krajec, Travis Correll, and Assistant General Manager Allen Rusk. Wabash Valley Service Co. has been at the grindstone on precision agronomy for as long as...

Blockchain can be the “key mediator” to make supply chains more transparent by enabling food firms to share data based on trust, and to transform their operations to be much more efficient, but it will require a fundamental shift...

Agriculture and the use of digital tools are almost inseparable today. Technology has become much more accessible and data more valuable for decision making. Mobile technology, such as smartphones and apps, have become particularly useful in agriculture. As someone who...

Tech Alpharetta, with the support of the city of Alpharetta, has announced the AgTech Conference of the South to be held July 23-25, 2018 at the Alpharetta Conference Center. The inaugural event is the state's first forum dedicated to...

Myriad Mobile (Myriad), a full-service mobile and web application development company, today announced it has acquired Omaha-based ag technology company iNet Solutions Group (iNet). It's a strategic union, as iNet has built out a robust web portal, Content Management System...

Roughly speaking, we're a little over two weeks away from blowing out the candles on 2017. It's been a bizarre year, to say the least, but it's also been an interesting last 12 months in the world of precision...

Here at Meister Media Worldwide (MMW) HQ we’re deep in the throes of content planning for 2018. Our rookie season with the refocused Precision­Ag® Professional brand now squarely in the rear-view, I guess now is as good a time as...

As seen in the images above, Ceres proved helpful identifying outbreaks of Cercospora beneath a healthy-looking soybean canopy. Ceres Imaging, which provides science-backed aerial images to growers, will offer Midwestern corn and soybean farmers an early...

Syncron, a provider of cloud-based after-sales service solutions, today announced CLAAS, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, has selected Syncron Inventory – Retail to optimize its spare parts inventory throughout its global network of dealers. Because of the seasonal nature of the industry,...

American Robotics, an industrial drone developer specializing in agricultural automation, has unveiled its flagship product Scout. It is a self-charging, self-managing drone system capable of autonomously carrying out daily scouting missions. Scout from American Robotics is...

John Deere has introduced its latest advanced guidance and machine data sharing technology with the addition of three new AutoTrac applications and a new In-Field Data Sharing application for its Generation 4 Displays. AutoTrac Turn Automation, AutoTrac Implement Guidance, AutoTrac...