Two revolutionary seed placement optimization technologies from Precision Planting LLC are designed to provide greater seed placement precision, improve crop emergence and stand uniformity, and increase yield potential – all from the comfort of the tractor cab. [caption id="attachment_85282" align="alignright"...

To help producers more accurately document and follow each row of crops in fields throughout the season, John Deere introduces AutoPath. This new precision ag application uses data collected from the first pass in the field, either planting or...

John Deere has acquired Harvest Profit, a leading provider of farm profitability software based in Fargo, ND. "Harvest Profit software helps farmers forecast and measure profitability on a field-by-field basis," said Lane Arthur, Vice President, Data, Application, and Analytics at John Deere. "This...

DJI, a global leader in drone and camera technology, is again transforming farming with its latest agriculture drone, the DJI AGRAS T20. This durable, high-performance and intelligent precision agriculture spraying drone packs impressive features into a modular and portable...

TELUS has announced the launch of TELUS Agriculture, a new business unit dedicated to providing innovative solutions to support the agriculture industry with connected technology. TELUS Agriculture optimizes the food value chain by leveraging data in new ways to...

Technology breakthroughs in field equipment began to explode in the early 2000s with improving GPS technology and the initial wave of assisted steering systems, writes Paul Schrimpf at CropLife. The potential for increasing application efficiency and reduced operator fatigue...

Raven Industries, Inc. has announced that the company will be opening a new location near Regina, SK as Raven Applied Technology’s Canadian Headquarters. With significant capacity for machine production and five acres for testing, this new facility is positioned...

Agbotic, the leader in regenerative SmartFarm technology, has announced the establishment of Agbotic Limited in Dublin, Ireland, to conduct business across Europe. Regenerative farming cleans the air, water, and soil and can reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and...

As a pioneer of precision technology in the field of viticulture, Terry Bates hears it all the time from data-fearing growers, writes Thomas Skernivitz at Growing Produce. “I have all of this information and all of these pretty maps sitting...

FarmlandFinder Inc., a technology provider that helps farmland companies and lending institutions digitize farmland transactions, has launched the first online marketplace for farmland. Now at FarmlandFinder.com landowners are able to buy and sell farmland, entirely online. “Farmland is a highly fragmented and...

Agrellus Inc., a leading business and online marketplace for agricultural inputs and the American farmer, has announced the launch of AgrellusNow and the assignment of Evan Stone to Vice President of Operations and Business Development. Agrellus is loyal to the...

Ag Leader announced enhancements to InCommand displays and its launch of guidance and steering products designed and built in-house to its year-round precision farming lineup. New to the SteerCommand family of guidance and steering products include SteerCommand Z2 automated steering...

The cloud-based DataConnect system that enables the exchange of machinery data between CLAAS, 365FarmNet and John Deere is now commercially available, with further partners to follow soon. DataConnect enables the exchange of essential machinery data between different platforms, to allow...

The world’s population is steadily growing and as per the United Nations estimate, roughly 83 million people are added to the global population every year, writes Ranjeet Koul at Express Computer. By 2050, the number of people on planet...

Water and nitrogen are the two major drivers of yield within cereal crops, writes Phillip Clancy at CropLife. Insufficient nitrogen availability and uptake by plants throughout the growing cycle will limit the yield of the crop. Accurately identifying the...

Munckhof Fruit Tech Innovators maintains its leading position by applying the most efficient spraying techniques for fruit tree cultivation. Munckhof recently made the option of precision farming available for all its spraying solutions. This innovation is the result of...

At the beginning of 2020, China’s central government announced plans to pilot a “digital village”, writes Winston Ma Wenyan at World Economic Forum. It’s the country’s latest push towards a “Digital China” since the information consumption policy of 2013,...

In talking with growers this season from his base in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), Gregg Marrs could feel tensions rising as the crops continued, reports Growing Produce. “Our growers are most concerned about enough labor to harvest their crops,” says...

Ranch Systems, Inc. has announce they have completed integration with John Deere Operations Center allowing data flow from Ranch Systems’ telemetry solutions and field monitoring platform. Ranch Systems has also completed integration work necessary to remotely read the John...

The International Forum for Agricultural Robotics (FIRA), now in its fifth year, is set to go virtual Dec. 8-10, 2020 with a theme of “Agricultural Robotics: Part of the New Deal?” As of mid-October, more than 500 participants from around...