Connectivity
September 6, 2017
Deere & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue River Technology, an agriculture technology company specializing in machine learning.
“We welcome the opportunity to work with a Blue River Technology team that is highly skilled and intensely dedicated...
Guidance
August 23, 2017
Raven Industries announces the release of two new precision agriculture products: RS1 and CR7.
The RS1 combines autosteer, GPS, and Slingshot into one intuitive, easy-to-use unit for navigation. The RS1’s incredible accuracy at both high and low speeds, along with...
Market Watch
July 31, 2017
AMVAC Chemical Corp. has announced collaboration with the J. R. Simplot Co. to field test the proprietary SIMPAS prescriptive application equipment from AMVAC. SIMPAS stands for Smart Integrated Multi-product Prescriptive Application System. This technology enables Simplot Grower Solutions (SGS); a...
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...
Imagery
July 25, 2017
EFC Systems, Inc. has announced a new integration between its FieldAlytics product and Geosys Bridge API for direct delivery of in-season and historical imagery. With this functionality now in release, FieldAlytics users can leverage field-level satellite imagery layers and...
Market Watch
July 24, 2017
Farm Dog, the leading pest and disease management platform for growers and agronomists, has completed the second stage of its integration with John Deere Operations Center. This milestone helps streamline growers' adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) for their...
Data Management
July 17, 2017
EFC Systems is pleased to announce an expanded integration between its FieldAlytics product and Agronomic Technology Corp’s Adapt-N nitrogen recommendations and monitoring system. With this functionality now in mass release, FieldAlytics users have the ability to leverage field data already...
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...
Market Watch
July 5, 2017
Agronomic Technology Corp announces the immediate availability of an integration between Adapt-N and the John Deere Operations Center. This integration makes it even easier for farmers and agronomists to get Adapt-N's leading nitrogen diagnostics, insights, and in-season recommendations, then...
Market Watch
June 27, 2017
As farmers and retailers, we know it’s important to have the latest news and insights about tools that can make using on-farm technology easier. To help you sort through the complex market, WinField United partners with highly regarded precision...
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...
Industry News
May 2, 2017
Deere & Co. announced it was informed by Monsanto Company that it has chosen to terminate a 2015 agreement for Deere to acquire the Precision Planting, LLC., business, according to a press release issued Monday evening by Deere.
“We are...
Market Watch
April 28, 2017
J.R. Simplot Co. announced it has entered into a partnership with Spensa Technologies Inc., an agriculture services company based in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette, IN, to build the Simplot Advisor Platform.
Spensa’s precision agriculture technologies will power...
Data Management
April 19, 2017
Ernie Chappell of EFC Systems discusses five factors impacting the ag retail industry, the competitive advantages of enhanced customer engagement and business risk management solutions.
https://youtu.be/sGeFCYL_TNQ...
Imagery
April 12, 2017
Planet and FarmShots have collaborated to provide John Deere Operations Center users access to Planet's unprecedented global imaging capacity, allowing farmers to view up-to-daily imagery of their fields. Planet operates the largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites and provides cost-effective...
Drones | UAVs
April 4, 2017
DroneDeploy is now connected with the John Deere Operations Center.
Just in time for the critical spring planting season, the integration allows users to synchronize their DroneDeploy and MyJohnDeere accounts to view and analyze drone-generated field maps in combination with...
Market Watch
March 10, 2017
Farmer and technician Kyle Schwarting, from Ceresco, NE, in the cab of his Case IH tractor. Photo credit: Olivia Solon for The Guardian.
There are corn and soy fields as far as the eye can see...
Market Watch
March 2, 2017
In an ideal world, all of the fields in a farming operation would fit together like a puzzle, be perfectly flat and have the same rich, dark soil. Since that’s more of a dream than a reality, farmers need...
Guidance
February 28, 2017
Topcon Agriculture announces the release of the SI-21 Lightbar, designed as a cost-effective, user-friendly product to complement manual guidance, providing users better visibility of steering corrections required to stay on line.
“The SI-21 Lightbar can be installed remotely by the...
Guidance
February 27, 2017
Topcon Agriculture introduces the new X35 — the next generation in the X-Family of touchscreen displays with advanced functionality.
Designed as a modular solution, the 12.1 inch console runs Topcon Horizon software, providing icon-based and user-definable views for a variety...