Market Watch
November 1, 2019
Raven Industries, Inc. has announced it has acquired Smart Ag Inc., a technology company that develops autonomous farming solutions for agriculture. This acquisition is part of Raven Autonomy, the company’s strategic growth platform to become the industry leader in...
Market Watch
July 19, 2018
Seeding and planting technology innovator Clean Seed has signed an agreement to strategically acquire U.S. planting equipment manufacturer Harvest International, uniting the two family-run companies. Executives from both companies will be discussing the partnership and what it means for...
Imagery
May 17, 2018
Taranis, an Israel-based provider of high-resolution agriculture aerial imagery and deep learning, today announced the acquisition of all Mavrx assets, one of the world’s leading agriculture aerial imagery providers. Effective immediately, current Mavrx and Taranis clients have access to a...
Data Management
April 11, 2018
Bayer's xarvio made quite the splash at Agritechnica 2017 in Hannover, Germany, back in November.
Germany’s Bayer plans to sell its digital farming business to BASF as part of changes to concessions it has offered to...
Data Management
December 28, 2017
It is here again--the end of another year. For me, this is always a good time to take a look back at some of the big stories from the past year, writes Ag Law Blog author and attorney Todd...
Connectivity
July 28, 2017
As I sit here and ponder just what it was that we all experienced last week, off the top of mind I'd say InfoAg 2017 seemed vastly different from the previous iteration — perhaps a bit subdued, or less...
Data Management
July 26, 2017
John Deere and Granular announced today a product development and co-marketing agreement that gives John Deere customers more tools to measure and improve their financial performance.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will work to further integrate...
Connectivity
July 26, 2017
AGCO and The Climate Corp. announced today that a definitive agreement has been signed for AGCO to acquire the Precision Planting equipment business.
(RELATED: Ohio Precision Planting Dealer Comments on Possible Merger Partners)
“Precision Planting is a strong business that plays...
Industry News
July 12, 2017
Tim Norris, Ag Info Tech
A few weeks ago I took a quick trip south down I-71 to Central Ohio (for you non-Buckeyes, I-71 runs North-South between Ohio’s three major cities) to visit with Ag Info...
Data Management
June 26, 2017
Crop Data Management Systems, Inc., (CDMS) announces the acquisition of SeedIQ as part of its growth plan to provide complete crop input data solutions.
The acquisition of SeedIQ will continue to expand CDMS’ position as the leading supplier of the...
Industry News
June 9, 2017
Land O’Lakes has made a minority equity investment in EFC Systems, an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and precision solution provider for the agricultural retail and distribution marketplace headquartered in Brentwood, TN, according to a press release distributed by AgPR.
“Advanced...
Digital Farming
April 27, 2017
BASF has signed an agreement to acquire US-based company ZedX, a leader in the development of digital agricultural intelligence. The acquisition is expected to be completed within four weeks, according to a press release from the company.
ZedX’s expertise lies...
Data Management
January 9, 2017
Waypoint Analytical (WP), based in Memphis, TN, and Highland Precision Ag (HPA), based in Mulberry, FL, are pleased to announce a strategic alliance in the Precision Ag industry.
As part of this alliance, WP’s subsidiary, Waypoint Analytical – FL, Inc....
Market Watch
November 21, 2016
Today, The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., announced the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia. The VitalFields team will join The Climate Corporation, strengthening the company’s efforts to deliver industry-leading...
Data Management
September 15, 2016
PERSPECTIVE: Over the next few days and weeks in the ag media space the major players will examine this latest proposed Bayer-Monsanto mega merger from every conceivable angle. Bear with us, dear reader, as it might get to be...
Data Management
July 14, 2016
A Green Aero Tech UAV-produced drainage map, which the newly formed company says "shows the natural water flow on the land. It also points out where water is getting trapped in sinks and depressions."
The unmanned...
Market Watch
April 19, 2016
HTS Ag, a rapidly growing precision technology company in Iowa, is pleased to announce they have acquired the business assets of Aeration Management Solutions (AMS) located in Indianapolis, IN.
AMS provides sales, installation and service of OPI Integris Advanced Grain...
Data Management
November 13, 2015
Trimble’s announcement this week of the acquisition of Canadian independent consultant network AGRI-TREND raised quite a few eyebrows around the office. So we connected with Michael Helling, business development in Trimble’s Agriculture Division, to go beyond the press release.
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Market Watch
November 10, 2015
Trimble announced that it will acquire the assets of privately held AGRI-TREND of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which operates the largest network of independent agricultural consultants in North America. The acquisition will enable Trimble to provide agronomists and other...
Data Management
November 6, 2015
On November 3, John Deere and The Climate Corporation announced that Deere would acquire the Precision Planting, LLC equipment business and enable exclusive, near real-time data connectivity between certain John Deere equipment and the Climate FieldView precision ag platform,...
