Data Management
September 5, 2008
The IntelliView Plus II monitors also feature a new user interface for New Holland pull-type sprayers and air carts to more easily manage and track field and production data and produce prescription maps.
The IntelliView Plus II monitor can be...
Market Watch
August 29, 2008
Jim Sulecki, our e-media director, presented some pretty eye-opening statistics about the use technology by the public at large. For instance, adoption of HIGH SPEED internet in the U.S. has surpassed 50%. We're really at the level of critical...
Market Watch
August 29, 2008
The advanced features on the new restyled Challenger MT700C, MT800C and MT900C Series track and articulated tractors focus on operator functions for optimum user comfort, convenience and control.
A redesigned cab has put command of the machine at the operator's...
Data Management
August 28, 2008
New information will be available to growers this fall using the FIT mapping service from Pioneer Hi-Bred. Growers who used GPS data and FIT mapping for both planting and harvest operations will receive detailed product-specific performance information for making...
Industry News
August 26, 2008
Under the agreement, TeeJet will private-label and distribute Leica's No-Drift mojoRTK auto-steer system, adding RTK-accuracy guidance to its suite of precision agriculture products.
"TeeJet has a long history of building high-quality application equipment and control technologies," says Rich Gould, vice...
Guidance
August 25, 2008
"In AGCO's AUTO-GUIDE2 we developed the world's first integrated multi-constellation capable (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) integrated antenna, receiver, and guidance control," said Ivan Di Federico, senior vice president of worldwide engineering for TPS. Bill Welscher, general manager of TSD,...
Market Watch
August 22, 2008
I sat down with the two guys that have been responsible for driving the project thus far, Jeremy Wilson of the crop consulting company CropIMS, and John Fishel, director of operations for the technology sales company PrecisionAg Equipment.
I was...
Data Management
August 22, 2008
The system is capable of tracking all makes and models of equipment, and provides up to one minute frequency updating of the GPS position of equipment in the field. Next job location information can be sent directly to the...
Market Watch
August 22, 2008
The AgLogic system utilizes cellular technology that allows communication between a base office and a ruggedized field computer carried in each piece of equipment. At the office, the AgLogic software allows a dispatcher to build a schedule from electronically...
Guidance
August 22, 2008
Ron Storms was a prominent committee chairman and member of numerous industry organizations including RAPID and TFI. He had a distinguished career at CF Industries starting in 1966. Ending his career as an eCommerce Manager, Ron was responsible for...
Market Watch
August 22, 2008
Each afternoon, demonstrations will focus on GPS technology and strip till application and variable rate lime technologies, among other topics. Representatives from many leading precision manufacturers will also be on hand to demonstrate and explain their equipment and software...
Market Watch
August 15, 2008
It'll be great to get behind the wheel of some of these new machines, and to chat with the retailers looking to buy (with some actual cash in pocket), but I will also be interested in the technology side...
Market Watch
August 14, 2008
The Prairie State Technology Center is a state-of- the-art facility created with the purpose of educating agriculturalists on the value of information management and the foundational applications needed to glean that value.
The facility is largely funded and staffed by...
Farm to Fork
August 14, 2008
Traceability is defined as the "ability to trace and follow a food, food-producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, throughout all stages of production, processing and distribution." Defining traceability...
Data Management
August 14, 2008
"We've retained many of the features of our original SeedStar system," says Khris Montgomery, senior sales/service representative, John Deere seeding division. "And now, SeedStar 2 is fully functional with the GreenStar 2 Display." SeedStar 2 includes several enhancements including...
Guidance
August 14, 2008
Pierce, currently serving as the director of Washington State University's Center for Precision Agricultural Systems and as a professor in the crop and soil sciences and biological systems engineering departments, received the award at the 9th International Conference on...
In-Field Technologies
August 8, 2008
For several years, high-technology advocates in agriculture have been predicting the development of more and more robotics for the farm field. The desire to automate labor intensive processes and improve the practice of farming through the use of robotic...
Guidance
August 8, 2008
The system accurately guides the combine down the row at optimal harvesting speeds and helps maneuver around curves, through waterways, or in weedy areas. Steering is handled by the AutoTrac system while the cornhead, with RowSense, makes small adjustments...
Guidance
August 8, 2008
Last week's reader poll question asked our eNews readers if they are using a real-time kinematic GPS system for field operations, mainly to test the idea that RTK has made the significant inroads that many in agriculture have expressed...
Market Watch
August 1, 2008
Called the Smart Nozzle system, this new technology provides automatic on and off control of individual nozzles based on a field map. When the system encounters field borders or any areas of the map marked as "no apply" zones,...