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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Market Watch
November 13, 2015
Topcon Precision Agriculture announces the new Apollo line of application controllers designed to bring market-leading functionality to air seeders.
The Apollo application control ECUs (electronic control units) include the CM-40 control module and the EM-24 expansion module. Apollo application controllers...
Data Management
November 12, 2015
Big Data -- the current buzzword of choice. Today it's very easy to be overwhelmed by the hype promoting Big Data. Farm media, newspapers and general media, and conference speakers all extol the future transforming effects of Big Data,...
Data Management
November 11, 2015
Silicon Valley-based startup Granular has expanded its operations to the Midwest, opening a regional headquarters in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL.
This new location will fuel the growth of Granular’s customer success, data science and engineering...
Market Watch
November 10, 2015
Trimble announced that it will acquire the assets of privately held AGRI-TREND of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which operates the largest network of independent agricultural consultants in North America. The acquisition will enable Trimble to provide agronomists and other...
Data Management
November 10, 2015
aWhere and OnFarm will provide high resolution agricultural weather and agronomic data to OnFarm customers using the Grower Dashboard, where all relevant and important readings and conditions are available at a glance. For farmers and agronomists, making any in-field...
Guidance
November 9, 2015
Today at Agritechnica 2015, NovAtel introduced its GNSS-500 Series of competitively priced GNSS patch antennas, featuring an innovative new element and enclosure design. Offering single and dual frequency variants, GNSS-500 antennas track GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou satellite constellations,...
Guidance
November 9, 2015
Trimble announced today that it has added several new third-party apps to its Android-based Trimble TMX-2050 display. The addition of these apps demonstrates Trimble’s continued commitment to ensure farmers have access to specialized mobile apps that manage today’s complex...
Market Watch
November 6, 2015
Significant new contributions to AgGateway’s AgGlossary.org this year have boosted the usefulness of this important, open industry resource, with the number of validated terms now reaching more than 5,500. The glossary, launched last year, is available for free use...
Data Management
November 6, 2015
On November 3, John Deere and The Climate Corporation announced that Deere would acquire the Precision Planting, LLC equipment business and enable exclusive, near real-time data connectivity between certain John Deere equipment and the Climate FieldView precision ag platform,...
Industry News
November 5, 2015
FarmLogs today announced that it will host its first annual FarmLogs User Conference that will take place December 9-11, 2015, in Orlando, FL. The three-day event held at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes Hotel and Resort, will bring...
Data Management
November 4, 2015
AgEagle is the first UAV Company to offer customer financing.
"Financing will help our customers realize the benefits of robotic aerial imaging on the farm sooner. Thus optimizing the use of chemical and nutrient applications and allowing them to pay...
Market Watch
November 3, 2015
Rather predictably, the recently announced John Deere acquisition of Monsanto’s Precision Planting raised plenty of eyebrows around the office Tuesday morning, pinged the twitter feed without mercy and, I would assume, generated copious texting, phoning and discussion across our...
Data Management
November 3, 2015
PrecisionHawk and Genera Energy have partnered to develop new analysis algorithms specific to improving the efficiency and quality of sustainable biomass crop production and distribution. The algorithms will convert raw aerial imagery collected by drones and satellites into an...
Data Management
November 3, 2015
Deere & Company and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, have signed definitive agreements for Deere to acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business and to enable exclusive near real-time data connectivity between certain John Deere farm...
Data Management
November 2, 2015
Ag Leader InCommand Display Family
Ag Leader recently announced the release of a new family of displays under the brand name InCommand. The InCommand 1200 and InCommand 800 are designed with a host of features, including the ability to...
Market Watch
November 2, 2015
Deere & Co. said today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Monosem, the European market leader in precision planters. The purchase includes the company's four facilities in France and two in the United States.
"Through this action, we...
