Terra Industries has committed its corporate and financial support to the PrecisionAg Institute, an independent global forum dedicated to the sharing of precision agriculture practices, ideas, research, products, services and success stories. The PrecisionAg Institute is managed by the...

More than eight out of ten soybean, corn, wheat and cotton growers who use precision technology on their farming operation say that this factor has increased their profitability, according to preliminary research findings from an effort conducted by dmrkynetec,...

In 1999, Debbie Waters was one of only a handful of believers in the power of precision agriculture in the Cotton Belt. Her time spent honing in on the benefits and best practices in her region as precision agriculture...

Precision technology for site-specific management systems has been around for many years, but it has been widely discussed and tried for about the past 10 years. So maybe it is time to take a look back at what has...

As farmers take to the fields to begin planting in Colorado, so do the weed management workers who are responsible for spraying, tracking, and analyzing weed control efforts for farmers and government agencies, as well as enforcing noxious weed...

If you ask 10 people what is their definition of precision ag, you would probably get that many different answers in return. But I bet you that most would give you a definition that somehow relates to the use...

Working to provide the industry with updated information on trends in precision agriculture, the PrecisionAg Institute today announced they will partner with Doane Marketing Research, Inc. on the most comprehensive precision agriculture adoption research in the industry to date. "Doane...

Situated in the East Central Iowa, about a half hour's drive south of Waterloo, The Mitchell Farm is like thousands of others in the heart of the Corn Belt — rich, dark soil that creates some of the best...

Every day there is a news item that reinforces the importance of food security in our lives. Just a few days prior to writing this article there was the announcement that salmonella bacteria had once again been found in...

The electronics manufacturer Philips has one of those interesting ad campaigns that it is using to define itself as a company and the products it makes. Each ad features one quotation in large type, with an explanation of what...

Outback Sts features a 7-inch, high resolution color touch screen. The electronically integrated Outback Steering Guide uses GPS data and specific job details to provide real-time job data and precision guidance. It features a variety of guidance patterns and...

The CabCAM line offers a variety of sizes, shapes, and mounting options to match the type of monitoring desired, as well as both wired and wireless designs. The wired system features a 1/3-inch weatherproof color camera and a 7-inch...

The VRH-1000 is designed to work with LF, L, LM and NGP series piston pumps, and is compatible with many software and GPS packages currently available on the market. The system utilizes Rawson's Accu-Rate controller to deliver simplicity in...

The new DT Series tractors are complete redesigns for AGCO, adding a wide range of comfort features based on customer feedback. "We've listened to our customers talk about what they want in their tractors," says Jason Hoult, product marketing...

The recent, if brief, warm snap in the Midwest seemed to have warmed up some grower activity, and folks I talked to felt a bit less uneasy about the season ahead. Of course, it's a long road til harvest...

It is not the technology that makes a farmer a precision farmer, but the process of data collection, conversion of data to knowledge, and the application of the knowledge to site-specific management whithin field boundaries. Virtual Farmer A is...

Should I Start With Yield Maps Or Soil Tests? It depends on your area of the country. In some parts, soil testing on grids has been popular for years. In which case, it's a natural to add GPS to that...

You probably won't find a more competitive market segment in agriculture these days than GPS steering. But despite the differences among manufacturers and marketing, there's one thing they agree on - the potential buyer needs to be absolutely clear...

Precision agriculture clearly is one of the most exciting components of the emerging agricultural technology field. Yet, it is critical that producers resist the temptation to approach precision agriculture like a kid in a candy store, who grabs every...

Wider adoption of remote imagery in agriculture has always been dogged by some critical shortcomings. First, it can prove complicated to interpret and turn into activity in the field. Second, the turnaround time from when an image is taken...