Eclipse also now utilizes an expanded number of standard real-time kinematic (RTK) message formats, such as RTCM v3, CMR, and CMR+, making the Eclipse receiver compatible with CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Stations) and other RTK base station networks. The...

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...

I'm here to see view the whole agronomic package these growers are using, but I will be especially interested in the how precision technology is helping them reach their yield goals. Precision continues to be in the news as a...

Prior to implementing the Intelleflex and InCom solution, John Taylor found it difficult to track outgoing and incoming equipment, resulting in underutilized assets, delayed customer response times and unnecessary purchases of new equipment. Using a solution called OnSite, John...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...