Connectivity
September 6, 2017
Deere & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue River Technology, an agriculture technology company specializing in machine learning.
“We welcome the opportunity to work with a Blue River Technology team that is highly skilled and intensely dedicated...
Data Management
September 6, 2017
Editor's note: Ryan Rakestraw from Monsanto Growth Ventures has teamed up with Amrit Acharya from Mckinsey to write the following on AI in agriculture on Forbes.com.
When Norman Borlaug, the father of the green revolution, won the Nobel Prize in...
Market Watch
September 6, 2017
Do you remember those cartoons where someone lures someone else by placing a piece of candy, small amount of money, or breadcrumbs in a row that ends in a trap under a box propped up by a stick attached...
Market Watch
September 1, 2017
With Farm Progress Show wrapping up just yesterday, and our own Innovation Series having closed it's doors on 2017 this past Monday with a fantastic meeting in Champaign, IL, at the I Hotel, with those events in the rear...
Market Watch
August 31, 2017
Seeking to provide a precise solution to a complex farm-related problem to farmers at their doorsteps, the Indian government has planned to set up a cloud-service — called 'FarmerZone' — where right kind of agri data will be collated,...
Drones | UAVs
August 31, 2017
Sentera today announced new features for the NDVI Toolbox in Sentera AgVault Desktop. The new tools offer agriculture professionals improved field insights for use on and off the field. New capabilities include zone management, a basic prescription-writing tool, and...
Connectivity
August 31, 2017
Lack of broadband access, labor shortages, and the financial difficulty of getting started in agriculture were all up for discussion Friday at Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s listening session, writes Stuart Taylor on TiftonGazette.com.
Held at the University of Georgia...
Market Watch
August 31, 2017
Clay Mitchell will speak at Northeast Community College in Norflolk, NE, on September 5.
A fifth generation farmer and a leading investor in farmland and agricultural technologies will be bringing his message to Northeast Community College...
Market Watch
August 31, 2017
The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has announced the approval of Ag BufferBuilder, a precision conservation planning tool from Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, the sustainability business unit of Land O'Lakes, Inc., as an alternative practice option under the...
Digital Farming
August 30, 2017
Across the globe farmers are turning to digital technology and one place rich in new ideas is Zambia where young farmers in the Kazungula, Mungwi and Choma areas are putting in place radical new approaches, writes Tim Sandle on...
Imagery
August 30, 2017
Airbus Defence and Space has entered into an agreement with the GIS mapping engine operator Satshot to provide high-resolution SPOT 6/7 satellite data over a large area of the corn and wheat belt within the continental United States. SPOT...
Guidance
August 30, 2017
Outback Guidance, a leader in automated steering and advanced precision farming solutions, and a part of AgJunction, Inc., is launching its hands-free farming campaign at the Farm Progress show 2017, which is being held August 29-31, 2017 in Decatur,...
Industry News
August 30, 2017
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AQUAOSO, an early-stage water management and trading platform that helps customers manage, identify, buy and sell water rights, was recently accepted by Valley Ventures, a BlueTechValley Accelerator. Their program is dedicated to the...
Connectivity
August 30, 2017
The Climate Corp. announced at Farm Progress Show the addition of new features and data connectivity enhancements for the 2018 season to its Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform. Additionally, Climate announced R&D advancements accelerating through the company’s innovation pipeline...
Market Watch
August 30, 2017
Online abstract submission for the 14th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) is now open at www.ispag.org/abstracts.
ICPA invites you to submit an abstract for the various conference topics. Abstracts will be reviewed for suitability based on scientific content and...
Market Watch
August 30, 2017
AgTech is increasingly being used to help solve complex problems in agriculture to meet the needs of our modern, high-tech food system. To keep up with these challenges, companies seek employees with backgrounds in agriculture and information technology, according...
In-Field Technologies
August 28, 2017
Dr. Ed Barnes of Cotton Incorporated is at it again.
A recent article posted on GrowingGeorgia.com describes the preliminary work that Barnes – Cotton Inc.’s senior director of Agricultural and Environmental Research – is conducting to test the viability of...
Market Watch
August 28, 2017
Farmobile today announced the launch of a new subscription service, Farmobile Pro. Farmobile Pro includes significant technology advancements including the only LTE aftermarket modem offering, four additional CAN channels and universal File Transfer.
Universal File Transfer enables a fully connected...
Industry News
August 28, 2017
Syngenta and Premier Crop Systems announce a commercial partnership to bring growers customized, variable-cost-per-bushel analysis maps — the first of this kind.
“We’re providing growers research at the speed of farming,” said Aaron Deardorff, head of digital agriculture solutioat Syngenta....
Market Watch
August 28, 2017
The latest ag technology draws more 100,000 attendees to the annual AgQuip field days in Gunnedah, NSW, Australia.
The annual AgQuip field days took place in Gunnedah, NSW on August 22-24. Being the largest agricultural field...
