The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named the Praxidyn Mixmate portable ag chemical blending and recordkeeping system as a winner of a 2018 AE50 award. AE50 awards honor the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products or systems...

Agritechnica 2017 wrapped up this past weekend, and now with the show in the books and a few days to think about/process everything seen and heard in Hannover, Germany last week, I have but one overriding thought to offer:...

This soybean field in Mato Grasso, Brazil, was photographed from 65 meters up by an agricultural drone. Technology adoption usually occurs in stages. In agriculture, it progresses best when new innovations are spurred by competition, and...

WinField United has made several strategic investments to strengthen its total agronomy solution for retail and farmer customers, according to a recent press release. The company has expanded its offerings in soil and tissue analysis, crop nutrients, seed, and...

On November 13th of this year, the FDA approved the first digital pill for human-use with a digital ingestible sensor. The sensor itself, about the size of a grain of sand, is activated by the use of energy from stomach...

As part of a three-year research partnership between two German agricultural and tech giants, Bayer and Bosch are developing smart spraying technology, according to an article on FarmingUK.com. Using camera sensors, it can differentiate between crops and weeds and target...

The Springfield Beckley-Municipal Airport now has a new hangar for unmanned aircraft and precision agriculture, writes Allyson Brown on GovTech.com. The new hangar, the Clark State-Ohio Center for Precision Agriculture, is a part of a $1.2 million project to build...

The buddy seat on Rick Kimberley’s combine-harvester is a fine vantage point from which to observe precision farming. The combine’s satellite navigation allows farmers to make the most of good weather and to reap in the dark during peak...

The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., has announced a partnership with Deveron UAS Corp., that will deliver farmers advanced aerial imagery data combined with powerful analytics through The Climate Corp.'s industry-leading Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform. The...

At its annual conference last week, AgGateway honored individuals and companies that are advancing electronic connectivity efforts in agriculture and related industries, thereby expanding the use of information to maximize efficiency and productivity. Randy Fry, Data Process and Information Systems...

Topcon Agriculture has announced the addition of new functions including Auto Turn and Steer to Boundary applications in its upcoming Horizon 4.02 operating system. The Auto Turn functionality is designed to offer optimized headland efficiency. “Multiple configuration options and the ability...

Yield monitoring systems and automated yield calibration are some of the best precision opportunities for combines. Whether to buy new or used equipment has been and continues to be an important topic for growers. When it...

Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC (Intelligent Ag), a leader in electronics innovations for modern farming, has released Engage Zone Control, the industry’s first retrofit section control available for John Deere air carts. Custom designed and built for the popular John Deere...

The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., has announced at Agritechnica, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery, the pre-commercial launch of the Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform into regions of Europe for the 2018 growing season....

Do you ever wonder exactly how the weather forecast is made? And how good are they, really? In last month’s article, I discussed the accuracy and usefulness of seasonal weather outlooks. This month, I want to hone in on...

Topcon Agriculture has introduced TAP, the Topcon Agriculture Platform, a cloud-based agricultural ecosystem designed to provide real-time monitoring and data analysis for smart decision making during every phase of the farming cycle. “The platform is part of our goal to...

Topcon Opus A6 (top) and A8 Consoles. Topcon Agriculture has added industry-leading ISOBUS universal terminal and task controller functionality to the Opus A6 and A8 consoles. The industry standard universal terminal provides compatibility with a wide range...

In the past few months there has been a flurry of acquisitions of agtech startups by major players in the industry. Let’s look at a short and hardly complete list of a few of these recent acquisitions: Adapt-N –...

AgGateway's Grain Traceability Proof of Concept demo at Wilson Farms, Olney, IL, Oct. 26, 2017. We talk about closed-loop systems quite a bit in modern production agriculture. Having a closed-loop, or completely self-contained, system is ideal...

Jason Tatge, CEO, Farmobile. All over the country, in ag communities large and small, farmers are reporting crop damage, neighbors are fighting, lawsuits and damage complaints are being filed, and the government is scrambling to step...