Farmers who cultivate corn, peanuts, potatoes, rice and soybeans could increase harvest yields using nutrients designed by an agricultural technology research company and licensed to fertilizer manufacturers. Agtec Innovations Inc., which has offices in Los Altos, CA, and Kolkata, India,...

AgGateway, the non-profit consortium of agri-businesses working to expand electronic business within the agriculture industry, recently launched a new Grain Council in order to identify, develop and implement standards and guidelines to bring eBusiness efficiencies to grain, oilseed and...

Novariant, Inc, has announced today its decision to focus its business on providing tailored solutions for OEM partners across the globe. This announcement reflects the strategic shift that has been underway since Novariant established partnerships with Ag Leader Technology...

No matter what way you look at it, precision agriculture continues to play an ever more important role in the world today. Right now, precision ag technologies almost run the gambit of alphabet letters, from automatic steering to yield...

As a by-product of the Drought of 2012, many precision ag experts think that there will be a big push into different forms of water management in the next year. According to Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist for Crop IMS,...

According to many precision ag experts, sensor technology is one trend that could take off in 2013 and beyond.

As the dry weather continues this year, agriculture could be seeing some new uses for precision agricultural practices.

Lindsay Corporation, maker of Zimmatic irrigation systems, released three new products designed to improve irrigation installation and management.. They include the following: The new online calculator can be used to determine the return on investment of installing a custom corner...

Manufacturers of precision products delivered some cool new hardware and tools at the 2012 Farm Progress Show in Boone, IA.

Topcon Precision Agriculture to partner with the industry's global forum dedicated to the sharing of precision agriculture practices, research, products, and success stories.

Solum, Inc. has received state soil laboratory certification for both Iowa and Minnesota for its new facility in Ames, IA. State-level laboratory certification is an important component of soil testing quality assurance for U.S. agriculture. To be granted certification, participating...

Precision technology has revolutionized practices throughout agriculture, from field guidance to application to planting. But while electronic connectivity and overnight delivery improved the soil testing process, there hasn’t been a major challenge to the way soil tests have been...

Trimble has introduced yield monitoring for its CFX-750 display. Trimble Yield Monitoring provides an accurate system to collect yield and moisture data for grain crops so farmers can instantly see how well their crops performed. Yield data enables farmers...

Trimble has introduced the WM-Topo survey system, a portable topographic data collection solution for water management which includes a Trimble Nomad handheld computer and a pole-mounted Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver.The announcement was made at the Farm Progress...

Improved soil tilth for better root development, lengthened planting windows and  better nutrient access for crops are just a few benefits of field tiling. A new family of functionality for Ag Leader’s INTEGRA display, called Intellislope, makes achieving those...

Hemisphere GPS has introduced Outback MAX with Outback ConnX — the next-generation Outback Guidance system that redefines simplicity in precision farming. Working seamlessly with Outback eDriveX with eTurns, the Outback MAX integrated display terminal provides a full array of...

The company's Integrated Farming Systems program is all ready for a 2013 pilot launch.

Case IH Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) software is new and improved, offering more functionality and capacity to help producers farm more efficiently. Case IH worked with Farm Works information management solutions to create this industry-leading software, which gives Case...

Valley Irrigation recently introduced Tracknet, a family of web-based irrigation management products that offers growers the ability to manage their center pivots and linears both remotely and more efficiently. Valley's Tracker products have been available for nearly a decade,...

The all-new GeoSteer automated steering system from Ag Leader offers  repeatable, sub-inch accuracy, making it ideal for planting, spraying and other field operations that require precise automated steering.The single antenna design makes it easy to transfer the system from...