Data Management
October 13, 2011
Matt Darr has been heading a booming precision agriculture program at Iowa State University for the past four years, and it’s made tremendous progress in generating interest among young people who've considered agriculture for their career.
"We have seen another...
Market Watch
October 13, 2011
HTS Precision Solutions, a precision technology consulting company based in Iowa, experienced strong growth in 2011. And growers are more interested than ever in exploring the potential of new and emerging ag technology, according to HTS' Adam Gittins. He...
Data Management
October 6, 2011
Steve Cubbage and Justin Ogle have been advocates for preserving and protecting field data for a number of years from their home base in Missouri. Now, they're ready to expand their data aggregation service, Prime Meridian, to a national...
Market Watch
October 6, 2011
University of Maryland's Josh McGrath says that a highly successful field day this past summer revealed significant interest in precision ag products and practices from consultants and growers in the region....
Guidance
September 29, 2011
The Coalition To Save Our GPS released the following update on activities related to the Lightsquared initiative and the push to keep high accuracy GPS viable in the US:
Two recent hearings focused on LightSquared and its impact on...
Guidance
September 29, 2011
One year after its initial launch in Illinois, MyWay RTK continues to grow and evolve its RTK GPS offering. Its latest service, called MyWay Xchange, provides its customers, support personnel and resellers with an interface that gives users the...
Irrigation
September 21, 2011
AgSense, manufacturer of remote management solutions for agricultural irrigation, has received a patent on its remote irrigation management system.
"We are very excited to receive this patent for our unique technology," said Terry Schiltz, President of AgSense. "Our technology enables...
Guidance
September 15, 2011
Leica Geosystems recently released a new high accuracy upgrade option for the Leica mojo3D guidance display, the Leica mojoXact.
The new product provides RTK positioning with the Leica Geosystems patented terrain compensation and various options for a wide range of...
Industry News
September 8, 2011
Equipment Technologies (ET) recently announced an OEM agreement with Trimble. The agreement gives Equipment Technologies the ability to manufacturer its Apache sprayers Trimble Ready, or with select precision agriculture components from Trimble factory-installed and factory-serviced, including the following Trimble...
Guidance
September 8, 2011
The 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis July 15th-18th, 2012. ICPA will be the world's major event of its kind in 2012, with the presentation of over 300 research...
Guidance
September 8, 2011
The Satshot Landscout mobile application is now available for Android and iPhone smartphone users.
Satshot Landscout for Android is a convenient, powerful mobile app developed for Satshot customers. The app lets users locate their fields using either location information from...
Market Watch
September 6, 2011
Not since the mid-1990s, when the convergence of GPS availability from the military and the dawning of the Internet, has so much attention been focused on technology in agriculture as it was in July at the 2011 InfoAg Conference....
Market Watch
September 6, 2011
Like agriculture itself, precision technology’s increasing use worldwide will influence farming’s global evolution.
Data Management
September 6, 2011
History is littered with failed attempts to predict the future. Of course, this problem is compounded by any predictions when it comes to technology, particularly since this field tends to see advances take place at near the speed of...
Excellence Awards
September 2, 2011
It has taken exceptional individuals doing extraordinary work to bring precision agriculture practices and technology to where we are today, and in July the industry took a moment to honor four of those people who are improving agriculture by...
Guidance
September 1, 2011
Trimble has introduced is EZ-Pilot system, a new high-accuracy assisted steering offering price and performance that falls between the basic EZ-Steer and the high-end AutoPilot systems. EZ-Pilot controls the steering wheel with an integrated electric motor drive using Global...
Data Management
September 1, 2011
RapidEye Canada Ltd., an affiliate of Iunctus Geomatics Corp., announced that it aquired the assets of RapidEye AG of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, a global provider of high- resolution imagery and geospatial solutions. The purchase was finalized on...
Guidance
August 25, 2011
2011 has been an interesting year. Weather issues in my area and the rest of the U.S. have created some excitement in the markets. We had record rainfall and a full soil profile that kept me from getting into...
Guidance
August 25, 2011
AGCO's System 350 Automatic Steering, featuring a new X30 all-in-one control console, is now available through the company's dealer network.
AGCO has introduced the availability of System 350 Automatic Steering through AGCO's North American dealer network. The System 350 features...
Market Watch
August 11, 2011
As part of its recently announced Autonomy Project, Kinze Manufacturing unveiled its precision planting technology, an autonomous planter that operates without a person in the tractor cab.
The first of its kind in row crop production worldwide, the Autonomy Project...
