Market Watch
February 19, 2013
Hybrid Mode is a new in-crop spraying feature for NORAC spray height control systems that increases the amount of time the boom is at the target spray height.
Market Watch
February 14, 2013
Precision farming has become much more than a useful optional technique considering the rising costs of fuel, seeds, workforce and the reduction of land available. The optimization of land usage is now a real necessity for any kind of...
Guidance
February 14, 2013
Citing the ever increasing importance of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to the global economy and infrastructure, a group of GPS advocates today announced the formation of the GPS Innovation Alliance, an organization dedicated to furthering GPS innovation, creativity...
Guidance
February 11, 2013
The CropLife Media Group is proud to announce that futurist David Zach will serve as the keynote speaker at the PrecisionAg Luncheon on July 17 during the InfoAg Conference in Springfield, IL. The PrecisionAg Luncheon is sponsored by SST...
Data Management
February 7, 2013
Raven Industries now offers the simple to install SmarTrax MD mechanical steering system, and announced an enhanced Slingshot offering that streamlines data sharing and management.
Guidance
February 6, 2013
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has an excellent opportunity for a full-time, non-tenure leading, faculty position located in the Southeast Research and Extension Center.
This position will provide strong regional leadership for focused, comprehensive educational programs in Cropping Systems and Agricultural...
Guidance
February 1, 2013
Hemisphere GPS Inc. has signed and closed a definitive agreement to sell the business assets associated with its non-agricultural operations to the Canadian subsidiary of Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (“UniStrong”) $14.96 million in cash. PI Financial...
Data Management
February 1, 2013
As technology improves, the lines between certain ag tools are certain to blur and combine.
Data Management
February 1, 2013
Leading product and software manufacturers provide insights on key trends in precision ag and reveal what they plan to bring to market in the coming year.
Guidance
January 29, 2013
Farmers requiring sub-inch accuracy for tiling and other precision farming operations have a new GPS option from Ag Leader Technology, Inc.: the GPS 2500B RTK Base Station.
Bill Cran, Ag Leader GPS Product Specialist, said, “The GPS 2500B is a...
Guidance
January 29, 2013
Raven Industries has named sales and marketing veteran, Michelle M. Lavallee as the new head of Global Sales and Marketing for the Applied Technology division. Michelle brings with her over twenty years' experience in international business, sales, marketing, innovation,...
Guidance
January 28, 2013
About a month ago we put out an article entitled, “Why Variable Rate Is Still a Tough Sell,” asserting that a combination of a lack of technology understanding and skepticism about the benefits have hampered adoption over the life...
Market Watch
January 25, 2013
On January 25, Kinze held a grand opening ceremony for its new Innovation Center, featuring Iowa Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds.
The Kinze Innovation Center is located at the Kinze world headquarters on Iowa Interstate-80 and houses all of the major...
Guidance
January 24, 2013
Launching at AgConnect Expo, the AGI-4 features multiple-constellation GNSS satellite reception, state-of-the-art inertial sensors for full terrain compensation and is the first all-in-one integrated receiver/steering controller, according to Topcon.
Guidance
January 24, 2013
Kurtis Kenne has been named the global field test manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). In this new position, Kenne will report to Kevin Cobb, director of TPA product management.
Kenne, who earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering...
Guidance
January 22, 2013
Auto-Guide 3000 is a complete satellite-assisted steering technology and will be available starting in the second quarter of 2013 as a factory-installed option on various equipment models.
Guidance
January 22, 2013
Trimble announced today a new technology for agriculture to sustain RTK positions during correction outage periods. Trimble xFill technology utilizes Trimble RTX technology, delivered via satellite, to "fill in" for RTK corrections in the event of temporary radio or...
Guidance
January 22, 2013
Trimble introduced today a new high-accuracy correction service available to the agriculture market. The Trimble RangePoint RTX correction service is an introductory, cost-effective correction service available to farmers across the contiguous U.S. as well as most of Canada, South...
Data Management
January 22, 2013
Trimble recently announced a two enhancements to its Connected Farm technology offering, including new features built into the Connected Farm app for use with GreenSeeker sensors, and Connected Farm remote diagnostics.
Trimble introduced a new feature of the Connected Farm...
Guidance
January 21, 2013
Leica Geosystems has launched Virtual Vista, a web based platform which allows farmers to monitor their fleet and field activities in a simple and effective way. Virtual Vista connects directly through the built-in modem of the Leica mojo3D and...
