Higher crop input costs are accelerating the payback for precision agriculture technology and per acre savings on crop inputs have risen, according to recent research conducted by dmrkynetec, formerly Doane Marketing Research, in partnership with the PrecisionAg Institute. "Research shows...

I don't know about you, but I am quite weary of the cannon fodder being blasted into the Heartland over "increased farm profits." My Google News Alert for agriculture keeps sending me stories about wild farmer profits .. well,...

For the past three seasons, the Fiveash family farm has been taking its use of RTK to the max, using it on as many field operations as they could imagine. Based in Donalsonville, GA, the Fiveash farm grows peanuts,...

Updates Check. Before you head to the field, go to the manufacturer's web site and make sure that your field computer has the latest software in it. "We continually make changes and improve it, so to take advantage of...

Receiver and satellite technologies continued to show gains this past year. The buzz this season has been to purchase units that can access not only the robust U.S. GPS but also Russia's GLONASS system. "All new receivers from the major...

For the 13th consecutive year, the ag retail publication CropLife magazine conducted a survey of its readers regarding the adoption and use of precision agriculture technologies in their businesses and their growers' operations. Within the survey, a series of...

How is the adoption of precision agriculture evolving in the Cotton Belt? Precision Agriculture's impact in cotton production has increased dramatically over the past few years. In fact, from 2001 to 2005, the number of cotton producers practicing...

Well, the good news is that former Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes GLONASS seriously. So much so that its slow implementation may have cost one of his deputy prime ministers the top job in Russia, according to a...

The 110 and 115 hp models expand the mid-range line effectively balance weight and power, and a new hood offers improved serviceability, closer to its high horsepower 6400 and 7400 Series cousins. "We understand how important mid-range tractor dependability is...

After John Deere's exit from the aerial imagery business and the shuttering of its OptiGro program, many in agriculture were left to wonder how remote imagery would continue to progress in the agricultural market. Behind the scenes, new parties...

The new flow controller interface is offered as an extended option available with the oneWeigh scale automation system. As part of the integrated business system for ethanol facility management, the scale system automates shipping and receiving operations. This new flow...

Last week I referenced a study claiming automatic steering is the most rapidly adopted technology in the history of agriculture. Given all the benefits and the current payback potential for saving chemical, fertilizer, fuel, and seed, I had to...

"The improvements seen in lightbar products are generally in features and application," says Tom Causey, Topcon Ag and OEM advertising manager. "The PCS-100 brings core features with the benefit of simple operation, rugged design, and upgrades to the industry...

The mojoRTK auto-steer system's capacity to store waylines makes repeatability easier for equipment operators. Wayline storage eliminates the need for users to continually re-set their first AB wayline when working in multiple fields. "The wayline storage feature allows the user...

Earlier this week, I got an email from my friends at AgriMarketing magazine about some research conducted by Caledonia Solutions. The headline reads, "GPS Steering The Fastest Technology Adoption in History of Agriculture." Hopefully, this is not a stunning...

Ag Leader will promote, sell, integrate and support the products to growers, service providers, system integrators and original equipment manufacturers globally. Distribution of the second-generation sensors and interface modules by Ag Leader is expected to start in 2009. "We are...

NTech Industries, Inc., has released the newest version of RT Commander Software for its six-sensor GreenSeeker RT200 optical sensing and variable-rate application system. New nitrogen fertilizer algorithms also are available for variable-rate topdresssing and/or sidedressing of corn, wheat, sorghum,...

A new subsidiary, HHCS Handheld USA, Inc., based in Corvallis, OR, will be led by President & CEO Dale Kyle who most recently served as rugged handheld product manager for Tripod Data Systems (TDS). "The growth of rugged computing in...

The new features allow users to create and utilize custom reports faster and easier, and enable the storage of information used most. pull-down menus allow the user to select the desired information they want to input. Surety users will be...

You simply right-click on the message in your junk e-mail box, and choose the option "Add to Safe Senders List." If the e-mail is reaching your desktop this should put future emails from the sender in your regular in-box. This...