Market Watch
January 14, 2019
It’s time to continue the countdown and unlock the secrets of better corn planting for #Plant19 and beyond.
I stumbled on a Bobby Knight YouTube video a few weeks back that made me think of corn planter preparation for 2019....
Market Watch
November 29, 2018
Casey Kasem made a pretty good living counting down the hits each weekend (along with being the voice of Shaggy in “Scooby Doo”). And there’s no doubt we love our lists — there was David Letterman’s top 10, the...
Market Watch
January 11, 2018
It’s always planter season in our shop but now that harvest is done the corn planter is the next piece of equipment on deck for most Midwest farmers. We all know margins are tight and it’s easy to call...
Market Watch
October 24, 2016
If you’re running a large corn or soybean operation, you’re a lot more likely to be using precision agriculture practices and seeing results like increased operating profits — at least that’s what research by the USDA says, writes Anna...
Market Watch
October 20, 2016
U.S. corn farmers are proving themselves to be quick learners, writes Mario Parker on Bloomberg.com.
Growers producing the grain on big plots -- those bigger than 2,900 acres -- are using precision-agriculture methods at twice the rate of the nation’s...
Drones | UAVs
August 3, 2016
Attendees of a recent Cornell field day at the Musgrave Research Farm heard from a number of researchers on ways to manage nitrogen inputs and soil health through precision agriculture, writes Helen Margaret Griffiths on LancasterFarming.com.
Cornell professor of nutrient...
Guidance
February 23, 2016
T-L Irrigation's GPS Navigation Corner System has been awarded two patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
T-L Irrigation Co., the exclusive world manufacturer of hydrostatically powered pivot irrigation systems, has announced it has been...
Irrigation
February 10, 2016
Trimble introduced today the Irrigate-IQ uniform corner, a unique solution that allows farmers to apply a consistent amount of water on the area covered by a center-pivot corner arm. The solution prevents over- or under-watering through a uniform application,...
Data Management
June 25, 2015
Today, The Climate Corporation, a division of Monsanto Company, announced that farmers have mapped more than 75 million row crop acres in their digital agriculture platform, up from 50 million acres in 2014. This significant acre adoption represents nearly...
Data Management
January 22, 2015
Blue River Technology's lastest commercial release is poised to revolutionize in-field research plot evaluation in corn.
Guidance
November 25, 2013
Use of global positioning systems and variable rate technology were identified by growers throughout a recent precision agriculture study.
Data Management
July 29, 2013
New research of corn growers report payback for the precision ag technology investment outweighs the cost.
Irrigation
July 12, 2013
Syngenta and Lindsay Corporation today formally announced a collaborative agreement to provide corn farmers with a more efficient way to grow and manage irrigated corn acres. This collaboration will provide farmers with access to a proven combination of best-in-class...
Market Watch
October 15, 2009
Harvest delays caused by the onslaught of wet and unusually cold October weather are adding another stress to this year's predicted near record corn crop. Conditions are ripe for stalk lodging, says Dan Froehlich, agronomist with The Mosaic Company.
"There...
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...