Until recently, using agricultural apps and software was a rare practice among growers. This is now changing. The mass adoption of smart devices in the recent few years brought a huge change in the way growers all around the world...

Agriculture and the use of digital tools are almost inseparable today. Technology has become much more accessible and data more valuable for decision making. Mobile technology, such as smartphones and apps, have become particularly useful in agriculture. As someone who...

Ag professionals continue to reap the rewards of new smartphone apps. And perhaps no segment of farming is benefitting more from the increased productivity — and profitability — from using mobile technology than precision agriculture. From collecting data and...

The xarvio booth at Agritechnica 2017. As many of our CropLife IRON readers might know, every summer at MAGIE we award the most popular product featured at the show with the ShowStopper Award. Had we been doing...

Myriad Mobile, a software technology company focused on mobile and web applications, has raised $1.5 million in a Pre-Series A funding round to launch a new ag-tech product for the grain industry. With this investment, Myriad has raised a total...

RDO Equipment Co. has partnered with AgriSync to continue the organization’s tradition of providing the best service and support to area farmers. Through the AgriSync app, RDO Equipment Co.’s expert advisors can deliver additional support and problem solving remotely...

Mobile apps are helping ag retailers and consultants take their scouting services to the next level. Scouting is one of the most critical services that ag retailers and consultants can offer their grower-customers. The need for...

To help growers monitor, adjust and learn from the performance of their planter or sprayer while it moves through the field, the company has introduced the new John Deere Connect Mobile App. Over time, Connect Mobile will include other operations,...

There are dozens of easy-to-use mobile apps that are ideal for every day field scouting tasks. From record keeping and note taking, to real-time crop condition maps and in-field decision support, today’s apps help make scouting as fast and...

A Farmobile EFR Dashboard heat map. Farmobile today announced an EFR Dashboard, a real-time dashboard that helps farmers visualize their field data and derive insights to maximize profitability. The new product is available immediately and is...

AGSentry from HD Precision Analytics is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that offers simple data service and actionable analytics tool. It focuses on seed sales tracking and opportunity in a convenient mobile platform. AGSentry features include: Increases tracking efficiencies for multiple brands. Equips...

MZB Technologies announces a data connectivity agreement with The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., providing increased precision agriculture farm data collection and management capabilities for farmers and their trusted advisors. “MZB Technologies has a robust dealer network that’s...

Professional drone maker, senseFly, has teamed up with the popular aviation navigation app, Air Navigation Pro, to launch Safer Together. This joint initiative has been designed to address one of the biggest issues facing the General Aviation (GA) and...

American Implement, a John Deere dealership based in Kansas, and AgDNA, have announced a new partnership to deliver next generation precision ag services to farmers across west Kansas and east Colorado. Pictured are (from left):...

Iteris, Inc., a global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has announced the launch of ClearAg Insights, a new service that delivers targeted-purpose mobile apps to growers, agronomists and other agribusiness field staff for site-specific diagnostics, determination...

SST Software has announced the launch of Sirrus for iPhone for added in-field mobility and convenience. “Communication, accessibility and convenience are important to the precision ag community,” said Drew McMahon, Product Manager for Sirrus. “Increased mobility with Sirrus for iPhone...

Variable rate practices are maximizing farming resources, saving on input costs and improving yields, reports Loretta Sorensen on Yankton Daily Press. Companies like the United Kingdom’s SOYL are making it ever easier for farmers to effectively use variable rate technology...

So, I guess this mobile app frenzy isn’t a short-lived fad after all. Consider in 2010 there was a “meager” 300,000 mobile apps in the Apple App Store, according to Statista Inc. That number mushroomed to 1.5 million apps in...

SST Software continues to enhance its Sirrus application for agronomists and ag retailers with additional free and premium features. Sirrus is an iPad app that is used primarily for in-field agronomy services, such as soil sampling, scouting, and reporting. Though...

The first of its kind, iSOYL’s easy to use interface that can be used to manage precision crop production tasks on the move has already revolutionized daily routines on farms worldwide. The latest update of the free app allows growers to...