Market Watch
August 24, 2017
The Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences will be hosting a free workshop for tech savvy soybean growers on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, from 9 AM to 4 PM at Beck’s Hybrids in London, OH....
Connectivity
August 24, 2017
BASF and Proagrica have signed a development and operation agreement to bring one of the first farm management system interfaces to market. Growers will benefit as they will be able to connect BASF’s digital offer Maglis with different digital...
Industry News
August 23, 2017
Last week AGCO hosted the Minnesota leg of its second annual summer U.S. Corn Belt Crop Tour at Nelson Farm, a corn and soybean operation on the outskirts of Hanska, MN, which is about an hour southeast of the...
Guidance
August 23, 2017
Raven Industries announces the release of two new precision agriculture products: RS1 and CR7.
The RS1 combines autosteer, GPS, and Slingshot into one intuitive, easy-to-use unit for navigation. The RS1’s incredible accuracy at both high and low speeds, along with...
Excellence Awards
August 23, 2017
Dr. Luck is part of a wave of young Extension professionals who are educating producers and service providers on best practices in precision agriculture.
Market Watch
August 23, 2017
Editor's Note: 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...
Connectivity
August 22, 2017
Four leading agribusinesses, Wheat Growers, Landus Cooperative, Central Valley Ag and WinField United, have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture called FieldReveal to provide ag retailers with a proven, easy-to-use precision ag platform by the...
Connectivity
August 21, 2017
AMVAC Chemical Corp. has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Trimble. The two companies are working toward an agreement that will grant Trimble global distribution rights for the patented SIMPAS prescriptive application equipment from AMVAC. The SIMPAS distribution...
Data Management
August 17, 2017
Beck's today announced the release of several new tools available in their precision farming service, FARMserver, which enhances farmers' ability to utilize variable rate technology. For more than three years, Beck's precision farming team has been researching, developing, and...
Irrigation
August 16, 2017
In the last week, AgriHub, formed by farmers and consultants from Brazil, visited 10 Israeli agribusiness companies, including the Ministry of Agriculture, some ag tech startups, and the Volcani Institute, which is responsible for research in the country. It...
In-Field Technologies
August 15, 2017
With new, specialized offerings from equipment manufacturers, such as Gregoire, there's been an uptick in opportunities for grape growers to mechanize practices, leading to more economical, efficient, and effective businesses.
Precision technology moves at different speeds...
Data Management
August 15, 2017
Agronomic professionals and technicians dealing with precision farming must understand the soils within the field before writing effective prescriptions. A field provided with the same fertility, same amount of water, and same seed will still have production variability due...
Market Watch
August 14, 2017
To continue where my last article left off (which you can check out here), a precision ag company that specializes in benchmarking and analytics (or at least claims to) is now selling discount chemicals and other ag inputs. I...
Industry News
August 14, 2017
Farm Dog, a pest and disease management platform for growers and agronomists, has entered into a Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (NFCA) with the United States Department of Agriculture — Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS).
The NFCA will support Farm Dog's ongoing efforts...
Connectivity
August 10, 2017
Acclerator, incubator, start-up, connectivity — the buzzwords of the digital age can be clear as, well, mud, writes Alex Sampson on WeeklyTimesNow.com.au.
And when lumped under the umbrella term “agtech”, it’s no wonder farmers, investors and business leaders can be...
Data Management
August 10, 2017
You would have to live under a rock to not have heard about farmers’ issues with dicamba this growing season. Arkansas banned the pesticide, Missouri temporarily banned and then changed the label, and complaints are skyrocketing in Indiana and...
Digital Farming
August 10, 2017
If you’re interested in an intense, week-long immersion in the use of high-tech products and practices in New Zealand agriculture, then this event could be just the opportunity you are looking for.
Space Exploration Asia Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) has partnered...
Data Management
August 9, 2017
DuPont announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire San Francisco-based Granular, Inc., a provider of software and analytics tools that help farms improve efficiency, profitability and sustainability. Granular also operates AcreValue.com, the leading digital marketplace for...
Market Watch
August 9, 2017
Convening a day prior to this summer’s Farm Progress Show at the I Hotel in Champaign, IL (about an hour’s drive up I-72 from Decatur, IL), our PrecisionAg® Innovation Series speaking agenda has rounded out pretty nicely as we’re...
Market Watch
August 8, 2017
Higher yields and greater returns are the ultimate goals for crop producers. To help corn growers better understand the role equipment plays in optimized crop production systems, AGCO launches the Crop Tour 2017 on-farm research and demonstration program. The...