Vision Conference attendees will be able to view the company's current and future technologies, meet SST staff, and network with other customers. Admission to the Vision Conference is free, but attendees who also attend InfoAg 2009 receive a $50 discount...

The satellite began broadcasting the new signal on April 10, 2009, and Topcon engineers reported successfully tracking the signal a few days later. The US Air Force is presently testing the L5 signal from one GPS satellite. Topcon had...

RapidEye is the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate its own constellation of Earth observation satellites. The imaging campaigns were concentrated in Europe, the U.S., Brazil and China. Nearly 14 million square miles (or more than 36...

The new A-Series Data Loggers offer myriad enhancements to the 100 Series. Battery life has been extended from 8 months to 12 months, and data storage has been increased from 73 to 83 days. A blinking LED light provides...

Precision agriculture use among no-till farmers responding to the magazine's survey was led by use of lightbar guidance (34.2%), field mapping (32.6%), yield monitor data analysis (31.7%), GPS-driven automatic steering (29.9%), and variable-rate fertilization (20.2%). To download the full 10-page...

Whether you are a crop producer just getting started with precision agriculture or if you already know a lot but want to learn more, you've come to the right place to learn more. If you are a grower of corn,...

AutoFarm recently announced the availability of embedded steering control (ESC) for Envizio Pro, allowing it to work with the AutoFarm OnTrac2 GPS Assisted Steering System to provide robust steering of a broad range of equipment including tractors, sprayers, spreaders...

Onset Computer Corporation recently introduced the HOBO U30/NRC Weather Station Starter Kit, a new weather monitoring kit that combines a rugged, research-grade data logging weather station with a suite of plug-and-play weather sensors. Ideal for agricultural research, ecology studies, wind...

"We have one of the best Agricultural Systems Technology programs in the country and are delighted to know that NAIT has given a full accreditation to this program. It is a clear indication of quality and excellence of the...

Solar storms are eruptions of energy and matter that escape from the sun and may head toward Earth, where even a weak storm can damage satellites and power grids, disrupting communications, the electric power supply and GPS. A single...

The S-Lite compact size, expandable features and sub-meter accuracy capability make it an ideal entry-level GPS guidance solution for farming applications including spraying, spreading, broad-acre tillage and seeding applications. "It's a case where we recognized a specific market need and...

A decade ago, Iowa-based AgWorks released a product call the Smart Gun. Essentially a ruggedized handheld computer, the Smart Gun was designed to help the custom applicator to track and record all the critical steps involved in doing an...

Last fall at a technical workshop for specialty crops, growers were asked what their top concern was for field production. They replied without hesitation — labor. At an international conference in Mexico this past spring, I was surprised to...

Tim Norris was one of the early pioneers in the construction of RTK tower networks. Through his consulting company, Agronomic Information Technologies in Gambier, OH, he launched the C.O.R.N. Network. (Central Ohio RTK Network). Over the past two years, Norris...

David Wildy, owner of Wildy Farms in Manila, AR, is truly one of the pioneers of precision agriculture in the Cotton Belt. A decade ago, he acquired his very first cotton yield monitor, admitting that "we did not know...

Ray Sneed rattles off the benefits of Helena Chemical's AGRIntelligence program with ease. The cotton, soybean, corn and wheat grower has employed the company's program for three years now on his operation near Millington, TN. "What we're after is better,...

You don't have to have a engineering background to make precision agriculture technology work in a cotton farm, but for Mississippi grower Byron Seward, having a background in mechanical engineering and a talent for tinkering has made it a...

Many segments of the ag industry have money to spend this year, but they want to invest it wisely. That's why growers are turning to GPS guidance systems and assorted add-on tools, say manufacturers of the technology. "Even though...

In comments to two federal agencies, AFBF stated that broadband service would bolster rural communities and families by giving them enhanced access to health care, education and business opportunities. The Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service and the Commerce Department's National...

So, you've got an order for an application of dry fertilizer to be applied by prescription map. But Mother Nature is managing to keep the fields just wet enough to make a ground application impossible. Could there be an...