Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has announced personnel changes in its Precision Agriculture (TPA) business unit. Albert Zahalka, who joined TPA as its senior vice president early in 2010, was promoted to president of the unit and Mark Bittner was...

In 2010, more than 20,000 growers across the country attended Answer Plot Knowledge Events, where they got up close and personal with the latest technologies, products and production practices at more than 150 locations.These local education sites combined field...

Ag Leader Technology announced that it will make Advanced Seed Monitoring through the SeedCommand system available by next February. Advanced Seed Monitoring — available on the INTEGRA display — provides planter performance monitoring of seed meter singulation, skips/doubles and...

Hemisphere GPS recently announced the availability of new installation kits for the high-performance Outback eDriveX auto-steering system. These new kits support autosteer ready tractors, a feature of many new tractor models. Hemisphere has designed the kits to ease installation...

With crops in the bin and fall work nearly completed, growers are beginning to think seriously about 2011 crop input decisions. The ever-increasing world demand for feed, food, fuel and fiber will bring even greater challenges to increase yields. To...

Hemisphere GPS and CLAAS Agrosystems recently announced the introduction of the eDriveX automatic steering system in Europe under the CLAAS brand GPS Pilot. CLAAS Agrosystems is offering GPS Pilot as a part of its precision automated steering solution that also...

This February, Ag Leader Technology will make available support for ground drive air carts with linear actuator control for seeding and fertilizer application. This new functionality enables control of up to three channels of granular product or a combination...

I have often marveled at the evolution of perspectives in art over the many centuries. Art ranged from simple stick figures on walls of caves in prehistoric times to multi-dimensional cubism in the twentieth century. Art, it has been...

Tim Norris was enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with family when the call came. There's a fire on his property. Norris manages Ag InfoTech LLC, a precision technology consulting firm in Gambier, OH. On his property at the time were four buildings...

Precision technology is most often discussed in terms of how difficult, inaccurate and messy tasks are made simpler, more accurate and cleaner through the use of cutting-edge equipment and software. Installing drain tile qualifies as one of the messiest...

The Nomad 900 ruggedized handheld computer offers more features and improved functionality.

AgriSolutions, the developer of AgManager accounting software, announced the availability of an upgrade which includes many feature updates and a new interface. The upgrade is currently available on the company's website, www.agrisolutions.com. AgManager is getting a new face and enhanced...

Onset Computer Corporation announced the expansion of its line of research-grade soil monitoring solutions with the new 10HS Soil Moisture Smart Sensor. The 10HS sensor measures soil moisture over a large volume of soil to provide a more accurate picture...

The lack of data standards in precision agriculture has hampered broader adoption of high-technology products and techniques for years. But the proliferation of new technology in the cab and at the office, combined with the development of wireless communication,...

Hemisphere GPS recently announced the release of its VersaSteer interface (VSi), a new electric steering wheel option for the Outback eDrive automated steering system. eDriveVSi’s electrically controlled steering wheel adds to the versatility and ease of automated steering, as it can quickly...

Trimble recently introduced the new AG GCS200 system for agricultural water management. The system, specifically designed for land leveling and drainage applications, works in conjunction with a laser transmitter to provide automatic machine control of implements such as scrapers and...

Arkansas-based Ag Software Designs, LLC has launched FieldRx, an independent web-based precision ag engine to be used by ag professionals for creating site-specific field prescriptions. Now available nationwide for any crop, FieldRx is currently being offered at promotional pricing...

Fall releases from Ag Leader Technology include the new GPS 2500 combination antenna/receiver offers dual frequency capability and GLONASS and OmniSTAR compatibility, and the INTEGRA in-cab computer is now ISOBUS compatible and supports the OnTrac2 assisted steering system. The...

The Trimble VRS Now Ag service offers the correction data for GPS and GLONASS where Trimble VRS networks are operational. Tuned to the special needs of subscribers, the service provides Trimble VRS Now Ag corrections of the highest quality...

Valley Irrigation reported record yields on non-traditional rice fields in the U.S. this year with its Circles for Rice project, an initiative that is establishing benchmarks for the production of rice under center pivot irrigation. A production ag rice field...