Irrigation February 10, 2022
Eric Sfiligoj
Sfiligoj is the Editor for both CropLife and CropLife IRON magazines. He travels regularly to cover industry events and has been dedicated to the ag retail industry since he joined the staff in 2000.
Market Watch January 25, 2017
Precision To Lead Agriculture In 2017?
Another new year is upon us! And I’m certain I speak for many in the agricultural world when I say that very few people in the industry are probably glad 2016 is done with, for a variety of reasons....
Market Watch August 12, 2016
Top 10 Technologies In Precision Agriculture Right Now
Many media companies regularly rank their favorite or most important developments for the past year in various Top 10 lists because they provide a nice snapshot of what’s been taking place in a particular marketplace. And if there ever was...
Data Management April 6, 2016
Mobile/Wireless Update: Real-Time Realities
In the world of technology, October 7, 2014, was a red letter day. According to most sources, this was the date when the number of mobile devices present around the globe topped 7.22 billion. Significantly, this marked the date...
Data Management December 2, 2015
Precision Ag Survey: UAV, Variable-Rate Seeding Services Expected To Increase Significantly Among Retailers
There's little denying that the precision agriculture market is fast-paced and rapidly evolving, as any sector so heavily tied to technology tends to be. But is its reach across the whole of the agricultural landscape expanding or merely holding...
Market Watch December 1, 2015
Precision Agriculture 2016: Half Full Or Half Empty?
Usually, as the calendar is about to turn from one year to the next, market watchers often sum up the results from the previous 12 months using some kind of sound bite or catchphrase. Also popular is ascribing a...
Data Management September 21, 2015
Top 5 Precision Agriculture Technologies For 2015: Data’s Day
By its nature, the precision agricultural marketplace features myriad products and services. From hardware options to attach to Big IRON to software programs that continuously crunch numbers to find useful patterns/make yield recommendations, the host of offerings is seemingly...
Data Management September 21, 2015
UAVs: Idiot-Proof Or Idiot Proof
For what seems like the umpteenth year in a row, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) dominated much of the conversation at this summer’s agricultural industry trade shows. At virtually every event being held the past few months, exhibitors were alternately...
Data Management August 6, 2015
Precision Ag Could Shine In Increased Spotlight On Agriculture
By any measure, 2015 is turning into one of the most challenging years agriculture has ever experienced. All throughout good portions of the Midwest, Mid-South and elsewhere, crop fields are near the saturation point or visibly underwater. Of course,...
Guidance January 27, 2015
VRA Seeding Primed For Growth
As technology options increase, experts foresee a big year for variable-rate seeding adoption.
Guidance November 3, 2014
A Doubleshot Of Precision Ag Services
Ag retailer South Dakota Wheat Growers is using an innovative piece of equipment to enhance the precision ag application work for its growers-customers.
Guidance September 2, 2014
2014 Precision Ag Top 5 Technologies
The top precision agriculture technologies didn’t change in the past year, according to experts. What has changed, however, is their order of activity.
Guidance September 3, 2013
Precision Ag 2013: Top 5 Technologies To Watch
Precision agriculture insiders foresee lots of possible areas of growth for technology right now, with a handful of categories leading the way.
Market Watch September 17, 2012
Up-And-Coming Precision Ag Trend: Sensors
According to many precision ag experts, sensor technology is one trend that could take off in 2013 and beyond.
Guidance September 17, 2012
Precision Ag Trend Of The Moment: Water Management
As a by-product of the Drought of 2012, many precision ag experts think that there will be a big push into different forms of water management in the next year. According to Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist for Crop IMS,...
Data Management September 17, 2012
Top 5 Tech Trends In Precision Ag For 2012
No matter what way you look at it, precision agriculture continues to play an ever more important role in the world today. Right now, precision ag technologies almost run the gambit of alphabet letters, from automatic steering to yield...
Market Watch November 1, 2011
Investing In The Future Of Agriculture
At United Cooperative, the company’s leaders view precision agriculture as the next step in the evolution of the marketplace.
Guidance November 1, 2011
Valley Irrigation: Expanded Options
Kurt Dunker is a long-time grower in North Bend, NE. Annually, he produces both corn and soybeans on his 2,000 acres and, as several other growers located in the Midwest, utilizes irrigation in his operations. For years, this has...
Market Watch November 1, 2011
CPS: A Paperless Trail
CPS Washington Court House, OH, is working with a pair of precision ag systems to not only help its customers increase their bottom lines, but reduce the company’s own reliance on paperwork as well.
Data Management September 6, 2011
The Integration Quest
History is littered with failed attempts to predict the future. Of course, this problem is compounded by any predictions when it comes to technology, particularly since this field tends to see advances take place at near the speed of...
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