Market Watch
December 1, 2015
Usually, as the calendar is about to turn from one year to the next, market watchers often sum up the results from the previous 12 months using some kind of sound bite or catchphrase. Also popular is ascribing a...
Data Management
November 30, 2015
Clark State Community College courses offered online might soon help vineyard owners and wine makers from across the U.S. produce a better product, reports Matt Sanctis on SpringFieldNewsSun.com.
Beginning this fall, Clark State will partner with the Viticulture and Enology...
Market Watch
November 25, 2015
Gary Knutson, executive director of the North Dakota Agricultural Association. Photo credit: Mikkel Pates/Agweek/Forum News Service
The 45th Northern Ag Expo, December 1 and 2 at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND, will be a showcase for...
Data Management
November 24, 2015
Farmers Edge announced it is expanding its local partnerships throughout the agriculture supply chain. The new cooperatives signal the commitment Farmers Edge continues to demonstrate in advancing opportunities and facilitating innovations among different stakeholders in the agriculture sector. Comprised...
Market Watch
November 24, 2015
The move to a high tech agricultural environment continues apace with recent agreements and acquisitions cementing intent of key players in the machinery segment, reports Tom McKenny of StockJournal.com.
Data and the tools needed to produce in-field agricultural data has...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
A 32-hour app hackathon fueled by pizza and caffeine, an “idea hack” tackling global challenges, a precision-agriculture workshop for drought solutions and a full-day symposium with fast-pitch, ag-tech presentations are all slated for the Dec. 1-3 UC Davis Food,...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
Spensa Technologies Inc., a startup in Purdue Research Park, closed on $2.5 million in Series A funding to expand its workforce and further conduct research on its precision agriculture technologies.
"We will be able to do a tremendous amount with...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
The AgEagle has been used for multiple missions in multiple growing seasons since it was first developed. Photo credit: AgEagle Aerial Systems
A group of students in Kansas are pairing with some of the state’s farmers...
Market Watch
November 19, 2015
AgGateway members have created a new council to address electronic connectivity issues related to the specialty chemical business. Segments covered by the council will include professional vegetation management, pest control services, and turf and ornamental, as well as subset...
Market Watch
November 19, 2015
Raven Industries and CNH Industrial have established a new long term agreement, strengthening the partnership between the two companies. This agreement will expand the use of Raven products and technology through the global dealer network for CNH Industrial brands...
Data Management
November 19, 2015
Farmers Business Network (FBN), the independent and trusted farmer-to-farmer information network, today announced the company is hosting a major farmer conference – Farmer2Farmer: Bringing Moneyball to Farming, at the Quad Cities Riverfront Convention Center, in Bettendorf, IA.
Farmer2Farmer will convene...
Analytics
November 19, 2015
SST Software has released a new web-based application, SST Analytics, that allows agronomists and ag retailers to perform regional analysis across their precision farming data sets. SST first began performing regional agronomic analysis in the late 1990's with its...
Market Watch
November 18, 2015
Agworld, a provider of mobile farm management software, announced a new partnership today with CDMS to provide crop protection and other product compliance information within Agworld's comprehensive platform.
Zach Sheely, President of Agworld, says "CDMS represents the most accurate and...
In-Field Technologies
November 18, 2015
Teams representing the educational and business sectors are entered to compete in the 2016 agBot Challenge, which will be held May 7 in Rockville, IN, and is aimed at developing autonomous crop seeders with specific capabilities. The winning team...
Data Management
November 18, 2015
Retailer Wilbur-Ellis has chosen Colorado-based aWhere to provide agricultural weather data and agronomic modeling services to the retailer's AgVerdict decision-making toolkit. aWhere is working with Wilbur-Ellis to provide agricultural intelligence to AgVerdict ag retail customers, providing additional field level information for more...
Market Watch
November 17, 2015
John Deere continues to focus on precision agriculture, as the company announced on November 3 that it reached an agreement with The Climate Corp. to acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business and to enable exclusive near real-time data...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
The Aviation Program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is producing cutting-edge drone research and hands on field operations that will improve agriculture — a major economic influence in northeast Louisiana. Photo credit: University...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
A sense of history hovered over Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts on Friday as he gingerly took the controls of an unmanned quadcopter on the edge of an alfalfa field, reports Tim Unruh of the Salina Journal.
“I feel like Orville...
Market Watch
November 13, 2015
Trey Koger, Silent Shade Planting Co., Belzoni, MS.
Silent Shade Planting Company has only scratched the surface when it comes to using precision agriculture in its 12,000-acre operation.
"Even though we've embraced precision agriculture technology for more...
Data Management
November 13, 2015
Trimble’s announcement this week of the acquisition of Canadian independent consultant network AGRI-TREND raised quite a few eyebrows around the office. So we connected with Michael Helling, business development in Trimble’s Agriculture Division, to go beyond the press release.
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