Market Watch
May 21, 2009
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%).
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Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
May 21, 2009
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,...
Guidance
May 21, 2009
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...
Market Watch
May 21, 2009
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...
Market Watch
May 21, 2009
"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...
Guidance
May 14, 2009
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...
Market Watch
May 14, 2009
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...
Data Management
May 7, 2009
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...
Market Watch
May 7, 2009
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...
Guidance
May 7, 2009
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...
Market Watch
April 29, 2009
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...
Market Watch
April 29, 2009
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,...
Market Watch
April 29, 2009
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...
Market Watch
April 29, 2009
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...
Industry News
April 23, 2009
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...
Guidance
April 23, 2009
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...
Market Watch
April 16, 2009
The new RowPilot unit provides planter section control when connected to a CenterLine 230BP or BoomPilot Pro device and a Tru Count Air Clutch system for corn planters. The RowPilot will automatically shut off planter row sections where overlap...
Guidance
April 16, 2009
The new A21 Antenna is designed to maintain its tracking of GPS and differential correction signals even in environments featuring significant electronic "noise" such as agricultural vehicles, aircraft, and equipment, and in high-dynamic applications where the antenna may be...
Guidance
April 16, 2009
With real-time mapping to show exactly where the vehicle has been working and Virtual Road view to display the line of steering, the Leica iNEX provides an accurate visual representation of every application. The display is also fitted with...
Data Management
April 16, 2009
RT Commander Version 1.3.8, which is a free update via website download for GreenSeeker owners, includes updated prescriptions for corn and wheat from Virginia Tech and Kansas State University. A new cotton nitrogen algorithm (formula) is included from the...