Data Management
March 24, 2011
Pending approval of the University Board of Trustees, Dr. Scott Shearer has been chosen to chair The Ohio State University's Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering. His appointment would begin July 1.
Shearer would be returning to his alma...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
March 17, 2011
We've long held that profitability from optimizing inputs was the key reason we're seeing more precision ag tools being adopted, but Dr. Tracy Blackmer, of the On-Farm Network and Iowa Soybean Association says that he's seeing an up-tick in...
Industry News
March 16, 2011
Trimble announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets related to the OmniSTAR Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal corrections business from Fugro N.V. Trimble and Fugro also entered into a multi-year service agreement...
Guidance
March 16, 2011
Lindsay Corporation, maker of Zimmatic irrigation systems, announced the launch of MAXfield GPS Guidance GPS positioning for MAXfield Custom corner systems.
MAXfield GPS Guidance utilizes a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) correction signal, emitted from a built-in base station, to provide...
Market Watch
March 4, 2011
Wireless communication is providing a host of opportunities for growers to connect and communicate between the office and equipment using handheld devices like smartphones, and John Deere is putting its stake in the ground with the announcement of a...
Data Management
March 4, 2011
This year's Innovation in Action tour will be held on August 9 in Northwest Ohio, and will focus on agriculture influence on the environmental and economic health of Maumee River and Bay, as well as Lake Erie.
The Tour will...
Guidance
March 4, 2011
Leica Geosystems recently released its and improved Leica mojo3D and Leica mojoMINI, together with the Leica SteerDirect Hydraulic steering solutions. The products are now available from Leica dealers.
The enhanced Leica mojo3D is a smart precision agriculture guidance system designed...
Market Watch
March 1, 2011
"While we see the adoption of precision ag tools as a continued trend in 2011, we are finding less focus on the individual tools available and greater emphasis placed on systems able to work together and more fully understanding...
Data Management
March 1, 2011
According to Scott Mueller, senior vice president, business development at CDMS, multi-tasking is coming to precision products in 2011. The trend today is to use multi-variant analysis in determining the correct hybrid, fertility and rate of each, says Mueller....
Market Watch
March 1, 2011
According to John Pointon, director of sales for OmniSTAR, there are several precision product trends that will drive 2011. As far as OmniSTAR is concerned, the increased adoption of auto-steer and steering assist will continue to dominate our area...
Guidance
March 1, 2011
Raven Industries is gearing up for a bigger focus on wireless technology. "Now that RTK steering is more readily available through dealer networks and public CORS networks, we expect 2011 to focus on the wireless technology that has made...
Market Watch
March 1, 2011
According to Jeff Dearborn, managing director of GVM AgJunction, a key technology trend this year will be growth in automated data delivery and logistics systems. These systems representing the convergence of precision agriculture, operational efficiencies and logistics will become...
Market Watch
March 1, 2011
NORAC recently announced that ISOBUS 11783 certification was received for its UC5 Spray Height Control product line. NORAC is the first independent height control system to receive ISOBUS certification.
"ISOBUS certification will allow NORAC's Spray Height Control system to be...
Guidance
March 1, 2011
For 2011, Hemisphere GPS will offer new Outback Guidance products that deliver the highest level of precision farming performance and an electric steering wheel solution that adds even more flexibility to its popular eDrive product line, says Hemisphere's Jeff...
Guidance
March 1, 2011
With product releases coming this March, Trimble will complete its circle of products and services, filling some voids in the company's offering inventory and bolstering important features.
A key new component is the DCM-300 modem, which is capable of accessing...
Guidance
March 1, 2011
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) kicked off the new year with an important new product release: the System 350 for global precision agriculture, featuring the new all-in-one X30 control console.
"With all new hardware and a revolutionary new interface, Topcon's System...
Data Management
March 1, 2011
Improving nitrogen efficiency is a prominent trend in agriculture, and Ag Leader is providing innovative technology to meet growing market demand. OptRx is a crop sensor that measures and records data necessary to determine the impact of nutrients, water,...
Market Watch
March 1, 2011
According to Barry Nelson, manager, media relations for John Deere Ag and Turf Division, the company is beginning to see the birth of intelligent units for the marketplace. "We are starting to see the emergence of the 'smart machine'...
Market Watch
February 23, 2011
The Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network has released a fungicide management calculator tool it has developed to help Iowa growers determine the probability of seeing a profitable return from using fungicides on soybeans.
The calculator allows growers to put in...
Data Management
February 17, 2011
Data are the foundation for decisionmaking in any enterprise but the complexity of their realization and their importance as a “currency” in the flow of information are overlooked by many practitioners. This is particularly true of precision agriculture, which...
