Market Watch
August 31, 2016
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at stopping Deere & Co. from buying Monsanto's Precision Planting farm equipment business, reports Diane Bartz of Reuters on StLToday.com.
Deere said in a statement that it would fight the lawsuit,...
Analytics
August 31, 2016
West Central Distribution recently announced the launch of IntelliMax, a confidential and customizable data management platform designed for ag retailers as a turnkey solution for grower data management and analysis, seller and grower program management, and manufacturer reporting.
In keeping...
Drones | UAVs
August 31, 2016
Swiss professional drone manufacturer, senseFly, expanded its portfolio today with the launch of the new eBee SQ fixed-wing agricultural drone. This cutting-edge unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is built for the Parrot Sequoia multispectral camera and can cover up to...
Data Management
August 30, 2016
Trimble is now connected with the John Deere Operations Center through John Deere's API services. This connection allows Trimble to enhance the value of its Connected Farm and Farm Works Software solutions — Trimble's web-based and desktop farm management solutions...
Market Watch
August 30, 2016
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) and CNH Industrial have announced the unveiling of concept autonomous tractors. ASI is CNH Industrial’s technology provider responsible for developing autonomous vehicle technology for a concept cabless Case IH Magnum and a concept New Holland...
Market Watch
August 30, 2016
ExactApply technology allows JohnDeere 4-Series Sprayers to run at a consistent pressure and droplet size, regardless of the sprayer speed and application flow rate.
Producers and ag service providers can gain greater accuracy over their spray...
Data Management
August 30, 2016
The "More Tools" page in the John Deere Operations Center provides information and links to solutions from other companies that are using the open data platform.
The John Deere Operations Center delivers value to farmers with...
Drones | UAVs
August 29, 2016
Precision agriculture is likely to play a significant role in what is projected to be a roughly $82 billion unmanned aerial vehicle industry, but it will take time to develop, experts said Friday at Precision Agriculture Day at the...
Data Management
August 29, 2016
Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd, along with its local partners, hosted an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) field day August 22 at the Hillsboro Regional Airport to highlight its recent HERMES 450 flights over North...
Drones | UAVs
August 29, 2016
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Today is a day that many in this industry have been awaiting for quite some time. With today's implementation of FAA's new Part 107 Commercial Drone regulations, the use of UAV technology and sensing becomes more accessible...
Data Management
August 25, 2016
*GUEST COLUMNIST'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...
Drones | UAVs
August 24, 2016
PrecisionHawk and Skyward have come together to assemble a complete package of technology tools to increase efficiency across the commercial market. (EDITOR'S NOTE: New FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Regulations go into effect Monday, 8/29/16.)
The partnership provides a one-stop...
Market Watch
August 24, 2016
DroneDeploy, a leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, today announced the company has raised $20 million in Series B financing led by Scale Venture Partners, bringing its total amount of funding to $31 million.
As part of the financing,...
Data Management
August 23, 2016
A number of ag tech companies have developed ag data use policies. Others are working on these. This is a good trend and will benefit farmers, writes ag tech attorney Todd Janzen in his latest blog post.
“Data Use Policies”...
Data Management
August 22, 2016
Simply put, as editors we tend to receive a TON of advertiser-generated press releases between our dual-roles publishing both CropLife.com and PrecisionAg.com.
Most of the time we re-post the text (with a few minor edits for style, punctuation, and the...
Market Watch
August 19, 2016
AGCO Corp. continues to expand its open approach to precision farming through new data connections and industry alliances to provide more robust solutions to its customers. As part of Fuse and its open approach to precision agriculture, AGCO is...
Market Watch
August 19, 2016
Steve Cubbage has seen that precision agriculture use has been closely tied to farmers’ ability to see a profit from it, writes Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today.
Farmers have kept looking for ways to use precision ag to improve their...
Market Watch
August 19, 2016
Veris Technologies and The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., recently announced a partnership that will make high resolution soil maps from Veris on-the-go soil sensors available as a key data layer for the agronomic models in The...
Data Management
August 18, 2016
To share or not to share? For farmers working in a world of data management, that is the question, writes Nat Williams on IllinoisFarmerToday.com.
Some are comfortable relaying information about their operation to crop consultants, seed salesmen and other farms....
Data Management
August 18, 2016
New standards, models and other resources to help growers more easily manage their field data have been introduced by AgGateway, a nonprofit consortium of agribusinesses, according to an article on AgriView.com.
“We’re entering a new era for solutions in precision...
