Irrigation
February 12, 2018
At the trial farm in Tamil Nadu, eight vegetable crops have been farmed using the SCORRES precision irrigation system.
A cloud-based, micro-irrigation system tested on a farm in India has cut water use by up to...
Connectivity
January 25, 2018
The Agricultural Broadband Coalition applauded bipartisan leaders in the House and Senate for introducing the Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018 on Thursday, a milestone piece of legislation that will help to revolutionize farming across the United States.
The legislation,...
Data Management
January 23, 2018
Growers are very mindful of their data and the importance of owning the rights to it. Even still, many are willingly giving their data to corporations in order to improve their productivity, increase their yield, and make their farms...
Irrigation
January 9, 2018
Winters Farming farm manager Alex Bergwerff (left) and Ranch Systems marketing and business development manager Hylon Kaufmann discuss water management in Manteca, CA.
As many of us already know, almonds tend to get a bad rap...
Drones | UAVs
December 7, 2017
American Robotics, an industrial drone developer specializing in agricultural automation, has unveiled its flagship product Scout. It is a self-charging, self-managing drone system capable of autonomously carrying out daily scouting missions.
Scout from American Robotics is...
In-Field Technologies
December 5, 2017
Simon Blackmore: “Agricultural robots are here. They are moving from academia into the commercial sector."
The market for agricultural robotics market is small but burgeoning, and their impact is likely to be quite a bit more...
Digital Farming
November 27, 2017
Monash University is establishing an ag-tech facility in Melbourne’s southeast with the vision to innovate new smart farming techniques including automated harvesting and driverless vehicles in response to the growing challenges faced by the agriculture sector, writes Priyankar Bhunia...
Farm to Fork
October 23, 2017
An agronomist on the pre-show tour at Ak-Chin Farms in Maricopa, AZ.
Now about a week removed from our second annual PrecisionAg Vision Conference in Phoenix, AZ, it’s glaringly clear that ag tech as an industry...
Irrigation
October 12, 2017
Variable rate irrigation (VRI) can allow growers to address field variability and potentially conserve resources and improve yield. Photo: Copyright Valmont Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.
Water management is becoming an increasing concern in agriculture, whether that’s...
Market Watch
October 3, 2017
It's harvest season in many parts of the world, but on one farm in the United Kingdom, robots — not humans — are doing all the heavy lifting, writes Tereza Pultarova on LiveScience.com.
At Hands Free Hectare, an experimental farm...
In-Field Technologies
September 22, 2017
Deepfield Robotics is preparing to showcase its robotics and automation technologies for the agriculture market at the Agrilevante event, in Italy, according to an article on RoboticsandAutomationNews.com.
The company is a startup established by industrial giant Bosch, and has a...
In-Field Technologies
September 11, 2017
One of Blue River's R&D See & Spray rigs hard at work in a cotton field outside of Lubbock, TX, in July 2017.
No, Blue River Co-founder and CEO Jorge Heraud has not been deposed —...
Market Watch
September 1, 2017
With Farm Progress Show wrapping up just yesterday, and our own Innovation Series having closed it's doors on 2017 this past Monday with a fantastic meeting in Champaign, IL, at the I Hotel, with those events in the rear...
Connectivity
August 31, 2017
Lack of broadband access, labor shortages, and the financial difficulty of getting started in agriculture were all up for discussion Friday at Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s listening session, writes Stuart Taylor on TiftonGazette.com.
Held at the University of Georgia...
In-Field Technologies
August 28, 2017
Dr. Ed Barnes of Cotton Incorporated is at it again.
A recent article posted on GrowingGeorgia.com describes the preliminary work that Barnes – Cotton Inc.’s senior director of Agricultural and Environmental Research – is conducting to test the viability of...
Irrigation
July 6, 2017
25 years ago, Bobby Kempenich had an idea. An idea to launch a business that combined his knowledge of irrigation equipment, a partnership with a local farming operation, and his passion to deliver the best service to farmers. Today,...
Digital Farming
June 13, 2017
PrecisionAg® is pleased to announce the return of its PrecisionAg Vision Conference, October 10-12, 2017. Based on overwhelmingly positive response among attendees at last year’s inaugural event, this year’s conference will again take place in Phoenix, AZ. Conference organizer...
Connectivity
June 12, 2017
Between population growth and climate change, farms of all sizes are being challenged to increase yields. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are showing promise in addressing these challenges, particularly with the use of field sensors. Today’s field sensors typically...
Analytics
May 9, 2017
Today, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., announced the acquisition of HydroBio, an agriculture software company based in Denver, CO, according to a press release from the company.
The HydroBio team will join The Climate Corporation, strengthening the...
Connectivity
May 3, 2017
Farms need to do more with less than ever before to remain competitive. This is especially true when it comes to big ticket items like agricultural machinery. We’re now seeing the implementation of new Internet of Things (IoT) technologies...
