Digital Farming
May 22, 2019
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....
Digital Farming
May 22, 2019
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,...
Analytics
May 21, 2019
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...
Digital Farming
May 20, 2019
With India’s population increasing leaps and bounds every year, the day is not too far when it will surpass China to become the most populated country in the world. This population explosion in the country has put tremendous pressure...
Digital Farming
May 16, 2019
FFA members across the country will have access to some of the latest on-farm technology as part of a new effort backed by computer software giant Microsoft, reports Matthew Weaver at Capital Press.
The Microsoft FarmBeats Student Kit includes preconfigured...
Digital Farming
May 15, 2019
Already established on North America, Europe and Asia, Google’s artificial intelligence research program is now being rolled out in Africa: Ghana and Google have cooperated to open the first African AI laboratory, according to an article at Leaders League.
The...
Connectivity
May 14, 2019
Hello Tractor, a firm in sub-Saharan Africa that connects tractor owners with farmers, is benefiting from several powerful new technologies maturing such as the IoT, cloud, and AI, reports Ryan Daws for IoT Tech News.
“We start by informing the...
Digital Farming
May 14, 2019
Australian commodity management platform AgriDigital has handled over AUD$1.2 billion (US$861 million) of grain transactions to date, representing over six million tonnes, reports Eco-Business. The company is expanding into cotton and other commodities, and has begun exploring the U.S....
Digital Farming
May 9, 2019
Every year I attend Brazil's main agribusiness fairs to keep myself up-to-date on the latest agricultural technologies. This year I made a point to visit Indigo Ag, which made its first appearance at fairs in Mato Grosso.
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Digital Farming
May 7, 2019
Recasting the mission of PrecisionAg.com – a granddaddy among agricultural media website – to provide “Global Tech Insight to Drive Agribusiness” is one of the most satisfying jobs in my 30-plus-year career in agricultural media. Because the future has...
Data Management
May 6, 2019
Irrespective of which agricultural website, magazine, or newspaper you read at the moment, it is clear that there is a heavy focus on data in our industry. Collecting and storing data is pretty straightforward for most but, depending on...
Digital Farming
April 30, 2019
I’m sure the first thing you're thinking is, “Nathan, you are crazy!” The truth is, I probably am to some extent, but that’s besides the point I’m trying to address in this article. The reason I bring up this...
Analytics
April 27, 2019
The VISION Conference has become established as the definitive precision agriculture and digital farming conference for North America. Pictured: Meister Media Worldwide Group Editor Paul Schrimpf moderates a session at the 2019 VISION Conference in...
Digital Farming
April 26, 2019
If you have been following any precision ag media or technology news in general, there has been a lot of excitement and interest around blockchain. But what is blockchain? Where did it come from? More importantly, what does it...
Digital Farming
April 12, 2019
If you’re a regular visitor to PrecisionAg.com – and we hope you are – you’re keenly aware that precision agriculture and digital farming are changing and evolving.
So, too, is PrecisionAg.com. The site now offers entirely new look and focus...
Digital Farming
April 12, 2019
Nokia’s Smart Agriculture-as-a-Service solution runs on the Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING), which is a global horizontal platform which allows telcos to not only roll out IoT services more quickly on their network but gives them the flexibility to scale globally when they need...
Data Management
April 10, 2019
It has been nearly two years since I published my thoughts about "building your own" and, as the topic is still as relevant now as it was back then, I think it is time for a follow-up article to...
Data Management
April 8, 2019
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is helping to facilitate a new relationship between farmers and the digital world, reports Food Tank. Using the emerging tools of Big Data, the CGIAR Platform is developing approaches for solving complex...
Digital Farming
April 4, 2019
Technology in agriculture started as early as the 1960s. The decades that followed brought significant improvements in machine and methods, and technology presented novel methods of dealing with the imminent food crisis, writes CropIn Technology CEO Krishna Kumar on...
Digital Farming
April 3, 2019
What if rural, smallholder farmers in Asia could harness the power of digital technology to access solutions that were previously within each of only wealthy, large-scale farmers and agribusiness corporations?
Their laborious work supporting the global production of food and...
