The new service is Encirca Yield Stand, which joins the Encirca Yield Nitrogen Management Service as a cutting-edge input management offering for growers.

Trimble announced today that it will be adding a profit and loss reporting feature to its Connected Farm Field application—a Web-based field data management tool where growers can manage field boundaries, task data, crop health maps and precipitation data.

The 2015 MapShots Customer Conference is scheduled Feb. 11-14, 2015, at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Global Learning Center in Atlanta, GA.

iSOYL, a new app from SOYL, streamlines the variable rate application process for iPad users, saving growers time, money and effort. It uses a smart cable and adaptor to connect with all popular spreader, sprayer and drill controllers.

ScoutPro of Lone Tree, IA, team lead Michael Koenig, was named Entrepreneur of the Year from a field of four finalists and received a total of $30,000 in prize money to implement his business idea, which is software to

Farmers Edge announced a business alliance with Canadian retail Lloydminster & District Co-op to promote precision agronomy services in Western Canada.

Alicia Gillman will oversee the development of diagnostic marketing strategies in alignment with company objectives to drive revenue.

The new partnership allows Agrian to provide agricultural retailers, crop consultants, growers, and agronomists with an enormous pool of high-resolution, multispectral RapidEye imagery, as well as soil data, crop and weather history, and crop performance data from Agrian.

Joe Mari Maja, a research sensor engineer at the Edisto center, received FAA approval in December to fly a UAV as part of his effort to "technologize" farming in South Carolina.

These new agriculture apps are certain to help ag professionals do their jobs more efficiently in 2015 and beyond.

By downloading the free app to an iOS or Android device, producers can record information out in the field or at the grain elevator without using an Internet connection.

WinField has increased its participation in Open Ag Data Alliance (OADA) and AgGateway to help simplify the exchange of information between software platforms.

Slingshot Link will give customers and dealers the ability to send Raven Operating Software (ROS) upgrades and updates wirelessly to compatible Viper 4 field computers through a Slingshot Field Hub.

FAA has approved a Section 333 exemption for the first agriculture-focused commercial UAV flights in 2015.

The system tracks multiple constellations reducing the signal loss caused by tree lines and other obstacles and there is no electronic interference from power lines, according to T-L Irrigation.

Coupled with Trimble’s Connected Farm solution, IRON Solutions will enable improved real-time decisions for equipment fleets and more tightly link equipment, seed and chemical dealers to the grower through its ERP/CRM systems.

The partnership is designed to provide Neerlandia Co-op members with convenience, quality service and a choice of options in packages called Precision Solutions for sustainable farming from an independent service provider

Kirkwood Community College will be offering Ag Spatial Analysis as a 3 credit On-Line course taught by Terry Brase during the 2015 Spring semester.

The RTK Bridge-X Bluetooth Receiver lets precision agriculture and machine control users avoid the time-consuming process of running cumbersome cables to their various implements and guidance systems.

Trimble announced today that its PurePixel Precision Vegetation Health solution is now available in Canada and Europe.