Vision Conference December 16, 2019
Matthew J. Grassi
Matthew J. Grassi was formerly the Technology Editor for Greenhouse Grower and American Vegetable Grower. Matthew joined Meister Media Worldwide in 2012 and held roles including Field Editor for CropLife and Senior Editor for PrecisionAg Professional.
Drones | UAVs November 6, 2019
2019 Commercial UAV Expo: 3 Quick Revelations From an Ag Drone Expert
NASA administrator James Bridenstein addresses the crowd as part of the opening keynote at Commercial UAV Expo 2019 in Las Vegas, NV, on October 29, 2019. As a longtime drone industry advocate, let me start by...
In-Field Technologies July 16, 2019
Specialty Crops: 8 More Precision Technology Companies We’re Keeping an Eye On
Editor's note: Last month Growing Produce Technology Editor Matthew Grassi published a list of 10 tech companies he feels has a chance to move the needle with specialty crop growers. It was by no means an exhaustive list, as...
Market Intelligence June 1, 2019
Specialty Crops: 10 Precision Technology Companies We’re Keeping an Eye On
The world of precision technology is as fast moving as it is complex. Companies that at first appeared viable for the long run have long nabbed their long-awaited venture capital exits, and the segment potentially will appear dramatically different...
Drones | UAVs May 21, 2019
Hype Train on the Tracks: Agricultural Drone Usage Uptick On Deck
U.S. regulations are finally moving in the right direction for widespread ag drone adoption, allowing the U.S. to finally join places like Japan and China atop the medal podium of drone usage. Photo credit: China...
Drones | UAVs May 6, 2019
Three Agricultural Spray Drone Models That Promise to Be Breakthroughs (Part Three)
Editor's note: Part Three of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features Rantizo. Be sure to also check out Part One (ADAMA/Tactical Robotics) and Part Two (Bayer CropScience). Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs May 2, 2019
Three Agricultural Spray Drone Models That Promise to Be Breakthroughs (Part Two)
Editor's note: Part Two of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features Bayer CropScience. Be sure to also check out Part One (ADAMA/Tactical Robotics) and Part Three (Rantizo). Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs April 29, 2019
Three Agricultural Spray Drone Models That Promise to Be Breakthroughs (Part One)
Editor's note: Part One of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features ADAMA/Tactical Robotics. Be sure to also check out Part Two (Bayer CropScience) and Part Three (Rantizo). Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs April 13, 2019
Drone Milestone? Sentera’s 2019 PHX Achieves 1,000 Acre Coverage in Single Flight
Farm drones have come a long way (a veritable COUNTRY MILE, if you will) since they first started hitting the InfoAg trade show floor back in 2013, and they’ve come an even longer way in the last two and...
Analytics March 11, 2019
On The Scene: Commodity Classic 2019
Image Credit: AgNewsWire/Chuck Zimmerman A little over a week and a half ago, the 2019 Commodity Classic took over the sprawling Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, for the annual celebration of American farmers and...
Data Management February 22, 2019
Domino’s Pizza Artificial Intelligence Play Demonstrates Data’s Immense Value
Instagram models and pizza - strange bedfellows perhaps back in the Nineties - but in today’s anything-goes, Internet-driven society? Like milk and cookies, my friends…. Here’s another coupling to add to the strange bedfellows list: Domino’s Pizza and Artificial...
Analytics February 14, 2019
12 Precision Farming Companies that Will Make Headlines in 2019 (OPINION)
Ah yes, time again for our annual click-collecting effort here on PrecisionAg.com, otherwise known as our (quasi) annual list of companies that we think will make news in precision farming circles in 2019. Our 2018 entry in the series...
Connectivity February 5, 2019
Develop With Deere API Conference Highlights: 5 Takeaways
Jeremy Leifker welcomes attendees to the 2019 Develop With Deere Conference Jan. 23, 2019, at the Chicago Sheraton Grand in downtown Chicago, IL. (Photo Courtesy - AgNewsWire/ZimmComm) The wide, wacky world of machine and data interconnectivity...
Connectivity January 17, 2019
Precision Planting Winter Conference 2019: Measure and React, Agronomic Focus, & More
Yup, strobe lights, disco balls, and precision ag planter technology. Pretty cool, no? (Photo Courtesy - Precision Planting/Brighton Agency) When we think of the areas and cities and regions that ag technology innovations are currently being spun...
Analytics January 4, 2019
2019 State of the Industry: Aerial Imagery Market Evolving, Embracing Efficiencies
A man walks past a scaled-down replica of the SAOCOM 1-A/B satellite on display at Argentina’s space agency CONAE in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 20, 2018. — Reuters photo Like the flying objects that convey its...
Industry News December 21, 2018
Helena Agri-Enterprises, Community Colleges Team Up on Fields of Knowledge Program
Helena Agri-Enterprises Gro-Link Technician Katie Carnahan helps student Nathan Tague and Ivy Tech Ag Program Chair John Rosene adjust the grain spout on the program’s 30-year-old Gleaner combine. Industry supported educational programs at the college level...
Analytics December 21, 2018
Q&A: Venture Capital Investment & Aerial Imagery with Finistere Venture’s Amara Kukutai
Source: Finistere Ventures & The Mixing Bowl Being our resident all-things-imagery geek here at PrecisionAg.com, I figured with the release of last week’s Finistere Ventures 2018 Ag Tech Investment Review – along with its handy Ag...
Market Watch December 20, 2018
Sunrise Cooperative: Precision Farming, Evolved
Craig Houin, Sunrise Cooperative; Photo Credit: Sunrise Cooperative, Piqua, OH. Asked to eulogize his precision program’s last 12 months in one singular word, Craig Houin, the R7/Data Innovation Lead at Sunrise Cooperative in Fremont, OH, thoughtfully...
Analytics December 18, 2018
Farmers Business Network: Farming in the Fast Lane? (F2F Conference Coverage)
"Life in the fast lane Surely make you lose your mind Life in the fast lane, yeah" Last week in Omaha, NE, was this author's inaugural (hopefully not the last?) trip to Farmers Business Network's annual all-things-pro-farmer blowout, Farmer2Farmer, which this...
Industry News December 14, 2018
#F2F18 News: Farmers Business Network Links Up with Amazon
Farmers Business Network (FBN) Co-Founder & VP of Product Charles Baron introduces Capt. Sully Sullenberger, the opening keynote at FBN's fourth-annual Farmer2Farmer Conference, December 12, 2018, in Omaha, NE, at the CHI Health Center arena. Appearing...
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