Data Management
August 24, 2015
The agriculture industry is increasingly relying on remote imagery services to make timely and effective decisions in the field.
According to a survey of 2015 InfoAg attendees, nearly half (47%) said that they plan to increase their investments in remote...
Guidance
August 19, 2015
The damn cattle just didn’t want to cooperate.
After a day of pretty much every detail (during an event with a lot of moving parts, no less) going off without a hitch, a planned demo of Phil and Nate Maring’s...
Data Management
August 19, 2015
Waypoint Analytical, the largest agricultural and environmental soil testing network in the U.S., announces its newest location in Champaign, IL. The new facility joins nine other Waypoint Analytical locations across the country providing next day testing service on routine...
Industry News
August 18, 2015
Farmers Edge has appointed Kevin Grant, PhD, as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), to drive the company’s existing precision agriculture technology platform and accelerate the potential of its big data capabilities.
“Kevin brings an incredibly unique combination of talent and expertise...
Data Management
August 17, 2015
DTN/The Progressive Farmer and FarmLink today announced a collaboration agreement to develop a new decision dashboard product that will help farmers and their advisors evaluate field-by-field productivity and marketplace dynamics to enable fair value and grain marketing decisions for...
Data Management
August 13, 2015
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announces the formation of a new technical committee focused on unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Joining more than three dozen established committees in the Society’s Machinery Systems technical community, the UAS committee,...
Industry News
August 13, 2015
WinField, a leading provider of seed, crop protection products and agronomic expertise, has announced four personnel changes to its agronomy and product development team aimed at bolstering the company’s technology and data capabilities.
“These changes will further enhance our ag...
Farm to Fork
August 6, 2015
The political polarization between liberals and conservatives is well known in the U.S. Each side has their ideology which is bolstered by a few facts and lots of opinions and beliefs.
The same is true in agriculture. There is a...
Market Watch
August 6, 2015
AGCO has entered into an agreement with Precision Planting, an affiliate and business of The Climate Corporation that introduces factory integration of select Precision Planting technology to AGCO's White Planters line. New options will soon be available to give...
Farm to Fork
August 6, 2015
There are some out there who would have you believe that practice simply makes perfect. That same group would also probably still say that 90% of being successful in life is just showing up.
Over the years these common thoughts...
Data Management
August 6, 2015
An Agribotix pilot flies over emerging corn.
For a grower or agronomist looking to implement aerial imagery into their precision ag repertoire there are three options — unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), manned aircraft and satellite —...
Data Management
August 6, 2015
Getting a handle on how to prep and operate yield monitors still poses a problem for many current and would-be users.
In the Technology In Ag study released in 2012, yield monitors had the second highest...
Data Management
August 6, 2015
By any measure, 2015 is turning into one of the most challenging years agriculture has ever experienced. All throughout good portions of the Midwest, Mid-South and elsewhere, crop fields are near the saturation point or visibly underwater. Of course,...
Data Management
August 5, 2015
Iteris, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council (MWRPC) to provide custom weather and soil data to localize wheat disease models for Minnesota wheat growers via Iteris' precision farming data delivery platform,...
Market Watch
August 5, 2015
Weather Trends International launched www.wt360ag.com to help farmers become proactive vs. reactive with their 2015 and 2016 crop plans given the forthcoming impacts of the strongest El Niño in over 100 years.
For over 12 years, many of America's most...
Data Management
August 4, 2015
AGCO Corp. announces the arrival of the SOLO AGCO EDITION Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Utilizing intuitive mission planning and cloud-based, high-resolution mapping software, the UAV is easy to use and can increase farmers' efficiency, says the company.
With the SOLO...
Data Management
August 4, 2015
The eager hands have all been shaken and the introductions made, the drinks with colleagues sipped and the banner stands are all packed away until the next show. InfoAg 2015, occuring during a year of widespread uncertainty in just what...
Guidance
July 30, 2015
SonicTrakk is ISO VT compatible and utilizes four exterior sensors for consistent implement repeatability all season long.
The precision agriculture industry continues to introduce new products that allow for increased accuracy and control. ProTrakker, an Iowa-based...
Imagery
July 29, 2015
Today from InfoAg, FarmLogs, the leading all-in-one field monitoring platform and trusted partner to over 25% of U.S. row crop farms, announced the release of FarmLogs Flow, the first connected machine product to generate instant yield maps. The small...
Data Management
July 29, 2015
The agriculture industry is poised to leverage advanced data-driven, connected technology and sharing models to drive new innovation that will promote reinvestment in our rural communities, FarmLink’s CEO Ron LeMay said Tuesday at The White House Second Annual Rural...
