Market Watch
October 28, 2010
The 19th National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, from Jan. 12-15, 2011, promises to deliver the 4 most highly valuable days of learning experiences for cutting-edge farmers seeking to improve their no-till practices.
The just-completed conference program, now available at...
Guidance
October 21, 2010
PepsiCo recently unveiled its plan to roll out what it's calling the "i-crop farming technology, a crop management system that will enable PepsiCo's farmers around the world to monitor, manage and reduce their water use and carbon emissions, while...
Market Watch
October 19, 2010
Technology manufacturer Hemisphere GPS announced the release of HQ, a real-time, web-based asset tracking tool that allows companies to track the position and position-related data of aircraft and other assets, such as spotter vehicles and loader trucks.
Combining an Iridium...
Farm to Fork
October 18, 2010
From the editors and marketers at PrecisionAg.com and the Precision Ag Institute comes this look ahead to 2011 for retailers and those marketing precision ag equipment and services. Get their insights on market consolidation, wireless, GPS, the outlook for...
Guidance
October 13, 2010
David Greer has been named the Midwest sales manager for Leica Geosystems' agriculture group. Greer joined Leica Geosystems earlier this year, and is based in South Dakota.
Greer started his career working for an independent farm equipment manufacturer and wholesaler....
Guidance
October 13, 2010
Hemisphere GPS and Brazilian manufacturer Stara S.A. Industria de Implementos Agricolas launched Hemisphere's eDriveX product in Brazil under the Stara brand, SPEED DRIVEx.
Stara, one of the world's largest agricultural equipment manufacturers, is offering SPEED DRIVEx as a part of...
Guidance
October 13, 2010
The AgConnect Expo, set for January 7-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, is a world-class event that brings together the very latest in equipment, technology and ideas from all areas of agriculture, and from all around...
Guidance
October 7, 2010
Máquinas Agrícolas Jacto S.A. and Raven Industries announced a strategic partnership in which Raven will be Jacto's precision ag partner for factory-installed components, and the precision ag supplier for its global dealer network.
"Jacto and Raven's partnership brings together two...
Data Management
September 30, 2010
John Deere Agri Services and Telvent DTN announce an agreement to develop communications interfaces for streaming Telvent DTN information into the AGRIS Commodity Management system. The interfaces will help agribusiness professionals using the AGRIS system to reduce manual data...
Guidance
September 29, 2010
Matt Hayes has been named the southern region sales manager for Leica Geosystems' agriculture group. His home base is in Florida.
Originally from Canada, Hayes has more than 20 years of experience in precision agriculture and ag equipment sales. Hayes...
Guidance
September 29, 2010
New cotton technologies are hitting the market. Shifts in pest complex scenarios continue to cause producers and their consultants to re-evaluate their production and crop protection decisions.
To help the market cope with the changing market, Cotton Incorporated is once...
Drones | UAVs
September 29, 2010
A Switzerland based technology company called SenseFly has been touring the US with a new image-collecting aircraft, which they describe as a small, safe, autonomous and simple to operate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for agriculture.
Called the Swinglet CAM, this...
Data Management
September 23, 2010
Farm Works Information Management, a division of Trimble, announced three new products for growers and agribusinesses.
Farm Works Mobile streamlines data management in the field by bundling record keeping, scouting, soil sampling, and variable rate application into one solution. Field...
Guidance
September 23, 2010
MyWay RTK LLC today announced the launch of its new cell-based RTK GPS solution that brings always-on, subscription-based real-time kinematic positioning and wireless Internet access to growers and agribusinesses in the state of Illinois. What makes MyWay RTK unique...
Guidance
September 15, 2010
New Hemisphere Receiver Expands GNSS Capability
Hemisphere GPS' Eclipse II delivers improved RTK performance and access to GPS, GLONASS, SBAS and OmniSTAR positioning signals.
Hemisphere GPS recently released its next generation Eclipse II GNSS receiver technology. Based on new Hemisphere...
Irrigation
September 15, 2010
Lindsay Corporation recently introduced FieldNET Mobile pivot control, which allows growers to fully control and monitor their irrigation pivots anywhere through the convenience of smartphones. "FieldNET Mobile provides a labor-saving innovation with the convenience of web-enabled phones," says...
Market Watch
September 13, 2010
The 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) was truly an international experience this year, with more than 400 attendees from 40 countries represented at the biennial event in Denver, CO. An engaged and enthusiastic crowd took in scientific...
Market Watch
September 13, 2010
Terry Brase, associate professor of ag geospatial technology, and his team at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA, have built a program for students with designs on a career in agriculture technology. Terry discussed the outstanding educational program...
Market Watch
September 13, 2010
The introduction of trains in the U.S. in the early 1800s brought to light the perils of not having standards when building an infrastructure. One immediate problem was the lack of standard gauge on the rails. Each railroad owner...
Market Watch
September 13, 2010
ICPA honored two individuals for outstanding work in the field of precision agriculture during the ICPA Conference Awards Luncheon, categorized by the age and experience of the recipient. The Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Scientist Awards, named after the...