Connectivity
July 17, 2023
Agriculture and sustainability have been closely linked for many years, but there has been little data to quantify the benefits...until now.
Market Watch
April 21, 2022
The alliance will offer farmers an alternative to cope with high input prices through automated, real-time VRA.
Variable Rate
April 14, 2020
Make each and every choice on your farm a strategic one using VR technology with customized fertility and seeding plans to meet your farm’s production goals now, and for the future.
In-Field Technologies
July 16, 2019
Emerging precision technologies – especially drones/UAVs by air and “see & spray” units by ground – have the potential to revolutionize application and disrupt the entire production-to-distribution channel for crop input products. This is especially true of drone application...
Variable Rate
December 12, 2018
The Partnership for Ag Resource Management has released an updated and recently 4R-approved Phosphorus Loss Reduction Handbook for Agronomists. The Handbook serves as a communication tool for sales agronomists, Certified Crop Advisors, and others to learn and engage with...
Connectivity
September 10, 2018
Building on the success of its Reflex Variable Rate Fertigation system, Agri-Inject has taken fluid injection to the next level with ReflexCONNECT, putting fluid injection at the operator’s fingertips. Like the original Reflex system, ReflexCONNECT provides fully programmable variable...
Market Watch
September 5, 2018
Article Notes: This monthly column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas or ignite imaginations, how awesome is...
Farm to Fork
February 27, 2018
Do you remember your first time? You know, that first variable rate application (VRA) map of one of your farmers’ fields? I certainly remember mine and I was recently reminded that it is a tale deserving to be re-told...
Market Watch
February 20, 2018
Recently, we have seen important discussions about key aspects of precision agriculture. One of these articles, about the value in variable rate nutrition, explains how there is no easy recipe or universal method to do it successfully, even more...
Market Watch
February 6, 2018
At right, Roger DuMond of Kova Fertilizer shares experience, and a few laughs, with third-year intern Brandon Butz. “Sharing ideas with our younger employees is a joy, and we learn a lot this way,” says...
Market Watch
November 27, 2017
In the late 1990's, Oklahoma State University (OSU) developed a way to determine nitrogen (N) fertilizer requirements, writes Wilma Trujillo on Journal-Advocate.com. The new N management strategy addressed two conditions that greatly affect how much N fertilizer a crop...
Market Watch
November 14, 2017
Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC (Intelligent Ag), a leader in electronics innovations for modern farming, has released Engage Zone Control, the industry’s first retrofit section control available for John Deere air carts.
Custom designed and built for the popular John Deere...
Market Watch
November 13, 2017
Topcon Opus A6 (top) and A8 Consoles.
Topcon Agriculture has added industry-leading ISOBUS universal terminal and task controller functionality to the Opus A6 and A8 consoles.
The industry standard universal terminal provides compatibility with a wide range...
Market Watch
September 13, 2017
Several months ago I wrote an article about curve compensation in planters and how these systems can help create more uniform stands and improved yield in fields with curves.
Another area where there is a lot of value with curve...
Industry News
August 23, 2017
Last week AGCO hosted the Minnesota leg of its second annual summer U.S. Corn Belt Crop Tour at Nelson Farm, a corn and soybean operation on the outskirts of Hanska, MN, which is about an hour southeast of the...
Connectivity
July 26, 2017
AGCO and The Climate Corp. announced today that a definitive agreement has been signed for AGCO to acquire the Precision Planting equipment business.
(RELATED: Ohio Precision Planting Dealer Comments on Possible Merger Partners)
“Precision Planting is a strong business that plays...
Imagery
June 20, 2017
From left: Satellite imagery one week before application, as applied rate, and satellite imagery one month after application of plant growth regulator in cotton fields in Mato Grosso, Midwest Brazil.
A cotton crop presents some important...
Market Watch
June 12, 2017
A rule is a rule is a rule, right? Well, not always. Sometimes, rules are meant to be changed. Most people once thought the earth was flat, but the “truth” changed as new information became available.
One of the time-honored...
Market Watch
May 8, 2017
This year's summer crop season has been a tough one for most growers in Australia. Prolonged periods of high temperatures and a distinct lack of in-crop rain in most areas have caused the sky-high expectations at the beginning of...
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...