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Crop Specific Stories

Corn

Research: Boom And Clutch Control Save Money

A computer modeling program developed at Auburn University finds solid savings for users of automatic swath and seed control technologies. Read more

Building A Precision Program Piece By Piece

Grower Byron Seward continues to build on his successful implemention of GPS-driven variable rate application.

Ohio: Straight On To Success

The Central Ohio Farmers Co-op is on the path to success behind program coordinator Tim Norris.

Grower Profile: The Mitchell Farm, Part II

Using automatic steering on all farm operations, Iowa grower Clay Mitchell has seen significant gains in efficiency.

Central Ohio Farmers Co-op: A True Collaboration

Central Ohio Farmers Co-op created a branded precision agriculture division to better serve the diverse needs of its most progressive grower-customers.

Grower Profile: The Mitchell Farm, Part III

Precision technology is making intercropping possible for this progressive Iowa grower.

Grower Profile: The Mitchell Farm, Part I

How fast can a farmer react to the perfect planting conditions? How quickly can harvest be completed? Using precision technology, Clay Mitchell is determined to push the limits of farming efficiency.

Precision Vision: Cultivating The Right Business Plan

What do you want your operation to be when you grow up?

Tim Norris: Taking RTK All The Way

Norris’ tower network is bringing the RTK option to many central Ohio growers.

Cotton

Research: Boom And Clutch Control Save Money

A computer modeling program developed at Auburn University finds solid savings for users of automatic swath and seed control technologies. Read more

Precise Timing

Ray Sneed rattles off the benefits of Helena Chemical’s AGRIntelligence program with ease. The cotton, soybean, corn and wheat grower has employed the company’s program for three years now on his operation near Millington, TN. Read More | Watch Video  

Seeking The Straight Path

Input costs and improved technology have growers looking at the myriad options in guidance.

Building A Precision Program Piece By Piece

Grower Byron Seward continues to build on his successful implemention of GPS-driven variable rate application.

Advice From a Precision Pioneer

David Wildy has spent a decade in search of technology to improve his farm operations. He recently shared his insights with the editors of Cotton Grower Plus.

California: Steady As She Goes

California grower John Diener has embraced a number of precision agriculturepractices, including the use of soil conductivity mapping to uncover salinity problems.

Tim Sharp: Making Precision Agriculture Work In Oklahoma

Transferring Mississippi Delta precision practices to Southwest cotton production will be a key challenge for this groundbreaking researcher.

Precision Agriculture Present And Future

After a decade of evolution, precision agriculture techniques and products hold benefits for anyone willing to make the leap.

Cotton And Precision: RTK Payoff

Three years ago, grower Jared Fiveash was asking what a real-time kinematic GPS system could do for his operation. These days, he finds himself trying to find something the system can’t do.

Soybean

Building A Precision Program Piece By Piece

Grower Byron Seward continues to build on his successful implemention of GPS-driven variable rate application.

Precise Timing

Ray Sneed rattles off the benefits of Helena Chemical’s AGRIntelligence program with ease. The cotton, soybean, corn and wheat grower has employed the company’s program for three years now on his operation near Millington, TN. Read More | Watch Video  

Seeking The Straight Path

Input costs and improved technology have growers looking at the myriad options in guidance.

Grower Profile: The Mitchell Farm, Part III

Precision technology is making intercropping possible for this progressive Iowa grower.

Yield Monitors: What Makes Them Tick?

Here's an inside look at how yield monitors work.

Automatic Steering: Precision Agriculture's Killer App

After a decade of evolution from simple guidance, GPS steering is an efficiency technology who's time has come.

Precision Vision: Cultivating The Right Business Plan

What do you want your operation to be when you grow up?

Missouri Soybean Grower Talks Precision

Recent research conducted by the PrecisionAg Institute in conjunction with dmrkynetec took us deep into the strategies and mindset of precision-savvy growers through in-depth interviews. Below, we share the thoughts of a 35-year veteran grower in Missouri who planted 3000 acres of beans in 2007.
 

Wheat

Seeking The Straight Path

Input costs and improved technology have growers looking at the myriad options in guidance.

Precise Timing

Ray Sneed rattles off the benefits of Helena Chemical’s AGRIntelligence program with ease. The cotton, soybean, corn and wheat grower has employed the company’s program for three years now on his operation near Millington, TN. Read More | Watch Video  

California: Steady As She Goes

California grower John Diener has embraced a number of precision agriculturepractices, including the use of soil conductivity mapping to uncover salinity problems.

Precision Agriculture Present And Future

After a decade of evolution, precision agriculture techniques and products hold benefits for anyone willing to make the leap.

Yield Monitors: What Makes Them Tick?

Here's an inside look at how yield monitors work.

Specialty Crops

Tree Fruit: Precision Agriculture Coming Into Focus

Precision agriculture is a powerful concept, especially as fruit and nut producers look harder than ever for any competitive edge.

Picking Winners

A Washington grower uses precision agriculture to harvest premium winegrapes from ordinary vineyards.

Huge Yield Variability

Researchers are finding tremendous differences in yields within pistachio orchards.
 

Precision Pointers

Here's what you need to know to start making more money with precision agriculture.

The Precision Decision

Growers see economic, environmental, and horticultural benefits through the use of precision agriculture.

Precision Agriculture 101

GPS technologies and software applications can be used for any size farming operation, but the investment and approaches to using these technologies can be different.