Guidance
June 1, 2015
Corn is planted and the 2015 growing season is underway. As with any season, Mother Nature is already throwing many farmers a few curve balls. Throughout the last few weeks, many areas of the U.S. have experienced large rainfall...
Market Watch
May 28, 2015
Iteris, Inc. announces the general availability of ClearAg, a decision support application for precision farming.
The new ClearAg features, which are available internationally, are Crop Health Advisory Services that assist in defining, defending, and clarifying what is happening in farm...
Data Management
May 27, 2015
AgGateway, the organization that is facilitating the creation of data standards across all segments of agriculture, is hosting its mid-year meeting in Altoona, IA June 8-11.
Data Management
May 27, 2015
Data management and precision solutions provider Farmers Edge, announced the backing of new investment partner Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Industry News
May 21, 2015
As of May 4, 2015, Allison Bass joined the Topcon Precision Agriculture business unit as Channel Marketing Manager — Agriculture, reporting to Scott Langbein, Director, Channel Marketing Manager – Americas and Australasia
Bass brings a wealth of ag marketing experience...
Data Management
May 19, 2015
When disease threatens yields this season, farmers have reliable data to help them decide if and when a certain treatment will benefit their potential bottom-line profits. Key insights from the 2014 Answer Plot Program by WinField show that fungicide...
Analytics
May 18, 2015
AgReliant Genetics announced today its collaboration with Weather Trends International, a weather forecasting and trends firm that provides weather predictions day-by-day, week-to week, 11 months ahead for 6.4 million locations around the globe.
This relationship will allow AgReliant Genetics to offer...
Market Watch
May 14, 2015
Agren, Inc. today released a new version of its SoilCalculator application to estimate erosion and its associated economic cost.
SoilCalculator's updated web interface provides quicker results than in the past. And, report outputs quantify the economics of lost production due...
Market Watch
May 11, 2015
With commodity prices at levels that haven’t been seen for a number of years, farmers nationwide are looking for ways to cut costs, increase yields or, preferably, both. In fact, the USDA is already predicting that U. S. farm...
Data Management
May 8, 2015
According to legend (or Wikipedia), the first step towards modern bar codes came back in 1948, when Bernard Silver, a graduate student, overheard a conversation in the halls of Philadelphia's Drexel Institute of Technology. The president of a local...
Data Management
May 7, 2015
The Federal Aviation Administration said it would work with two private U.S. companies to test commercial drones that can fly beyond an operator's line of sight, a precursor to sophisticated drone operations such as package delivery, reports Reuters' David...
Data Management
May 6, 2015
Prices are down yet input costs remain high. Profit management has become increasingly important for every grower. But there are variables in agriculture which we cannot control that cause never-ending challenges to this ever important task. This is especially true when the...
Market Watch
May 6, 2015
The eighth annual Conservation in Action Tour, organized by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), will explore innovative conservation farming practices and productive partnerships in southeastern Minnesota on August 11 and 12, 2015.
“This year’s Conservation in Action Tour will...
Data Management
May 5, 2015
This week AgDNA has revealed a new campaign with AgFunder to deliver all new mobile automated precision farming services to farmers and crop producers worldwide.
The new platform processes machine-generated data — such as seeding records, fertility applications, weather patterns,...
Irrigation
May 4, 2015
Trimble announced today that it has launched a new fully scalable version of its Irrigate-IQ precision irrigation solution that also works with a wider range of irrigation equipment. Growers can now affordably purchase a basic system to remotely monitor...
Data Management
May 1, 2015
Grower Steve Pitstick
Reached on a sublime sun-drenched afternoon in early May amidst the once-a-year blitzkrieg also known as spring planting, at times one could barely discern grower Steve Pitstick’s gravelly voice over all the displays...
Guidance
April 29, 2015
NextSwath automatically calculates and executes the best possible path to approach the next crop row or swath, with the implement precisely aligned to boost accuracy and efficiency.
Data Management
April 29, 2015
Farmers Edge recently announced the appointment of Patrick Crampton, as Chief Product Officer to assist in the leadership of the precision agriculture company’s product innovations.
Data Management
April 28, 2015
Topcon Positioning Systems announces it has received a national exemption from FAA that allows for operation of its unmanned aerial system (UAS) in the United States. The exemption covers the operation of the Sirius Basic and Sirius Pro for...
Guidance
April 27, 2015
Trimble has announced today that its NextSwath end-of-row turn technology is now available. When approaching the end of a crop row, NextSwath automatically calculates and executes the best possible path to turn the farm vehicle around and approach the next...
