In a field that’s both 30-40 years old and also perpetually new, precision agriculture suppliers can range from the granddaddies of farm equipment to the latest startup in somebody’s garage. How can someone possibly get a handle on the emerging...

Kambyan Network, which is implementing digital farming methods at an 800ha oil palm plantation in Tanjung Malim, Perak, is rolling out phase 4 of the project, reports The Malaysian Reserve. Under this phase, the company will introduce its autonomous harvesting,...

The agriculture industry now is experiencing rapid growth and adopting advanced technologies in order to bolster the overall yield of the crops, writes Vivek Kumar at Analytics Insight. Accessibility of a large number of equipment and state-of-the-art technologies like...

I previously posed the question: Why not just call precision agriculture “precision agriculture”? Mercifully the majority of you agree with me, if the poll that accompanied the post is any indication. At last count about 80% of poll participants said...

https://youtu.be/4vUynG5Wrl4 Jonah Kolb of Moore & Warner joins PrecisionAg's Paul Schrimpf for a discussion of data and technology in the near and medium term for precision agriculture stakeholders working in the U.S. Midwest....

Heightened interest in farm data has arisen since commercialization of precision agriculture technology. Venture capitalists, agricultural service providers, farmers, and policy makers are all concerned with farm data. Farm data are prone to inherent problems and analysis shortcomings that...

Benchmarking how a farmer's operation performs can be useful, but it can also be wrong. In agriculture where many fields appear similar from the road, more farmers are looking for ways to compare their operations against their neighbors, their region,...

The digital age has brought many partnerships in agriculture with new access to technology and tools. These strategic partnerships have become a daily discussion in precision agriculture, and for good reason. Partnerships are shaping a new model of business,...

Currently, data is being collected at the highest rate since the inception of precision agriculture in the mid-90’s. Today, there exists a variety of precision agriculture hardware and digital technologies that enable farm and field level data to be...

Plagued by tight profit margins amid climate change, a volatile global trade environment, falling commodity prices, and increases in costs for seed, fertilizer, and chemicals, U.S. farmers face a challenging landscape, with virtually no margin for error. That makes...

The landscape of agriculture is becoming more digital by the day. A USDA study in 2016 found growers across several crops adopted GPS yield monitoring and variable-rate input application technologies at a rate of 8% and 15%, respectively, in...

Are geographical silos impacting our ability to communicate a unified vision in precision agriculture? It’s a loaded question, for sure, with no simple answer. But it’s one that technology-focused leaders should ask themselves if they truly want to make...

While New Zealand’s agricultural sector is very different from that in other countries, the needs of growers in respect to digital ag are very similar. What are the big challenges that farmers and agronomists in New...

From ox and plow to the advent of autonomous tractors, farmers have always sought new and more efficient ways to grow crops. The demand for high-quality, protein and nutrient-rich food increases annually as the global population is on pace...

https://youtu.be/jcfcVNd7E4I Since spinning off from Los Alamos National Labs in 2014, Descartes Labs has been focused on applying its defense-oriented technologies to commercial industries, including agriculture. It made a name for itself in the industry in 2015 when it was...

You know the line, “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help”? In 20 Nebraska counties, work the USDA is doing this season has the potential to positively impact 95% of American producers within five years, based...

The mechanization of agriculture is an old story. In the U.S., writes Bruce Posner for MIT Sloan Management Review, bigger and more automated tractors are planting and harvesting thousands of acres of megacrops like corn, wheat, and soybeans, using...

Popped over to Internet of Things World in Silicon Valley, CA, last week, and during one talk on heavy equipment, I couldn’t help think about the many concerns I’ve heard from large fruit, nut, and vegetable producers here in...

A senior engineer at John Deere has been honored with a prestigious prize in recognition of his contribution to advancing digital farming technologies, reports IVT International. Receiving the Grashof Commemorative Medal from the Association of German Engineers (VDI), Dr-Ing habil....

IBM is hoping Watson can improve the future of food and crop years as it launched a global version of its cognitive tools for agriculture, ZDNet reports. Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture aims to combine predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, weather data,...