Market Watch
June 1, 2016
The new 1870 Air Hoe Seeder from John Deere features the latest in precision placement and depth and pressure control to make it one of the most rugged, dynamic air seeders on the market today.
Small...
Market Watch
June 1, 2016
The MaxEmerge 5 eDrive row units have an electric drive meter which allows each row unit to work independently.
To help corn and soybean growers improve planting accuracy, reliability and uptime during this critical time of...
Digital Farming
June 1, 2016
Agrible, Inc., has joined Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture as an associate member. As a leading multi-stakeholder initiative, Field to Market is working to unite the agricultural supply chain in defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability...
Guidance
June 1, 2016
Two new row guidance products available for John Deere sprayers
Two new AutoTrac products are available to help row crop producers and ag service providers more accurately navigate row-crop fields when making postemergence sprayer applications.
AutoTrac Vision utilizes a single-lens camera...
Data Management
June 1, 2016
SST Software and Iteris, Inc., have entered into a content partnership agreement to deliver ClearAg agronomic information to SST users. The partnership will integrate real-time weather insights to help SST users improve operational performance and decision-making.
“The integration of Iteris’...
Industry News
June 1, 2016
Intuicom, Incorporated, a supplier of wireless solutions to the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), precision agriculture, survey, construction and machine control markets, announced today the naming of Peter Miller as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
“Peter’s broad grasp of wireless,...
Drones | UAVs
June 1, 2016
The NDSU project uses this Hermes 450, a plane that weighs 1,200 pounds and has a 35-foot wingspan. The plane is owned by Elbit Systems of Haifa, Israel. It carries up to 400 pounds of...
Irrigation
May 31, 2016
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will unveil the world's most advanced precision irrigation at a partners' meeting which will take...
Data Management
May 31, 2016
In LiDAR drone market, precision agriculture application is expected to grow at the highest CAGR. Precision agriculture involves the usage of drones to monitor soil erosion and crop maturity, mitigate the effects of frost, and monitor invasive plant species...
Data Management
May 31, 2016
All it took was a few drone flights over Nebraska cornfields for Mike Ritter, CEO of SLANTRANGE, to show farmers the value of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in agriculture using the technology developed by his company, writes Patrick C....
Digital Farming
May 31, 2016
Despite the outlook for low farm net income and a down farm economy, large American farmers have a surprisingly aggressive outlook toward buying and utilizing new technologies on their operations, with high hopes for potentially disruptive entrants. According to a...
Digital Farming
May 31, 2016
Bayer and the aerospace technology company Planetary Resources, based in Redmond, WA, have signed a memorandum of understanding about the development of applications and products based on satellite images. Bayer intends to purchase these data from Planetary Resources to...
Data Management
May 30, 2016
Agustina Sacerdote, Granular Director of Marketing and friend to PrecisionAg.com, tipped us off this week that the Bay Area-based ag tech outfit will officially be launching a national digital plat map service this week via its http://www.acrevalue.com website.
According to...
Data Management
May 25, 2016
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – or drones as they are popularly known – is now becoming relatively common, but Brechin, UK-based precision farming specialists SoilEssentials is taking the whole concept of data collection and use to...
Market Watch
May 25, 2016
Farmers Edge, a global leader in precision agriculture and independent data management solutions, has announced that Osmington, Inc., a Toronto-based commercial real estate firm and one of the leading investors in Farmers Edge has exercised a $3.2 million investment...
Market Watch
May 24, 2016
Jason and Laura Kehler. (Submitted photo)
“What if I were to tell you that a Manitoba potato grower got the inspiration to dive into the world of yield monitors and light bars to save his relationship...
Analytics
May 24, 2016
SST Software is challenging the status quo in crop scouting by providing deeper insights through SST Analytics, according to a press release from the company.
The recent release in SST Analytics allows agronomists and agricultural retailers to perform a regional...
Data Management
May 24, 2016
DuPont Pioneer is offering an incentive for growers to try the Encirca Yield Nitrogen Management Service this summer to enhance their in-season nitrogen monitoring and management. The offer is free for growers who have enabled JDLink Connect to their...
Market Watch
May 23, 2016
PrecisionAg Media has released its latest white paper, "Six Trends That Will Drive Precision Farming in 2017 and Beyond." The paper outlines the key trends that are creating both opportunities and challenges for manufacturers and practitioners in the precision...
Market Watch
May 20, 2016
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Precision Farming for Crop Protection 2015" report to their offering.
The global market for precision farming technologies is forecast to reach a value of nearly $4 billion by 2018 at an...
