The world’s largest robotic field scanner at the University of Arizona’s Maricopa Agricultural Center, or MAC, near Phoenix, AZ. The Scanalyzer weighs 50,000 pounds and generates 5-8 terabytes of data daily on 1 acre that’s...

How do soybean producers begin to extract value from the vast selection of digital tools available in agriculture today? At the ROI of Digital Tools for Soybean Producers Workshop on September 8th, nearly 30 individuals including growers, Extension professionals,...

AGCO announced today a new digital partnership with The Climate Corp. that will provide AGCO customers the option to connect with The Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView platform. AGCO’s partnership with The Climate Corporation is a product of Fuse and...

FieldReveal has entered into an agreement with Ag Producers Cooperative of Dalhart, TX, to offer the full FieldReveal precision ag platform to their agronomy customers. Dedicated to helping its members maximize their yield performance, Ag Producers Cooperative, with 9 agronomy...

Often, when discussing weather service needs with a potential client, I am asked about the possibility of providing long-range weather forecasts. By “long-range,” I’m referring to weather forecasts beyond seven to 10 days — ranging from three-month seasonal outlooks...

This week AgDNA surpassed their growth projections, announcing partnerships with eight new multi-store dealerships across the mid-west, mid-south and east coast. The new large ag equipment dealers and agronomic service providers joining the AgDNA network include Horizon Equipment (IA), Koenig...

India's Union Ministry of Agriculture has mapped 185 districts under a project using remote sensing technology to identify areas best suited for seven different fruits and vegetables across the country, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Monday and...

As I mentioned in my last article, the IPNI Brazil Symposium on Precision Agriculture was held in early October in Goiânia, Goiás, in central western Brazil. Attendees were mainly service providers, crop consultants, soil analysis laboratories, fertilizer companies, agricultural...

Why spend the time and resources to extract the NRCS ‘Soil SURvey GeOgraphic’ (SSURGO) soil polygons only to display the vector lines as a reference? There is a massive amount of soil information within the SSURGO database, however most...

Variable rate irrigation (VRI) can allow growers to address field variability and potentially conserve resources and improve yield. Photo: Copyright Valmont Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Water management is becoming an increasing concern in agriculture, whether that’s...

Via DroneLife.com's Jason Reagan: According to an August study by Esticast Research & Consulting Market Research, the global commercial drone market may reach $3.6 billion by 2024. However, a new study forecasts an even larger bumper crop for just one...

As the domestic ag tech market continues to mature and develop as we barrel into 2018, another intriguing partnership has emerged from the shadows. Winnipeg-based Farm Management Information System (FMIS) outfit Farmers Edge — a company founded and headed...

Farmers Edge announced today a strategic partnership to bring Planet’s best-in-class global monitoring platform to the Farmers Edge precision agriculture product suite. Planet is an integrated aerospace and data platform company that operates the world’s largest fleet of earth imaging...

Across the American Heartland, growers have started harvesting their crops for what the USDA predicts will be a good yield year — one with larger corn and record soybean yields. That bounty is partially due to the ag community’s...

Botlink has announced a seamless flow of actionable aerial data into the agX Platform. This integration makes it quick and easy for farmers and agronomists to put their drone data to work in agX Compliant Applications such as SST Summit,...

EFC Systems announced it has purchased the assets of AgSolver Inc. The move establishes a new Agronomic Planning and Sustainabilty division at EFC Systems which Dr. Dave Muth will oversee as Vice President. The technology and team of 12 that...

As the days are getting longer and the temperature is starting to rise, Australian broadacre growers are gearing up for another summer crop season. The Australian winter has been extremely dry in most areas, with a lot of growers...

To help farmers improve productivity and return on their investment, West Central Distribution and The Climate Corporation have teamed up to educate agriculture retailers and farmers on how to maximize phosphorus efficiency methods within farming operations to increase...

From the Rose Garden at the White House, to the laser-leveled fields of Yuma, AZ (home to 90% of this country’s winter leafy greens), data analysis, precision/digital agriculture, and drones are hot topics of conversation, writes Lee Allen on...

It's harvest season in many parts of the world, but on one farm in the United Kingdom, robots — not humans — are doing all the heavy lifting, writes Tereza Pultarova on LiveScience.com. At Hands Free Hectare, an experimental farm...