Excellence Awards
July 18, 2021
Since 2007, the Global Ag Tech Alliance has sponsored the annual Awards of Excellence program. Here's a list of the past winners.
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
April 12, 2019
Through advocacy, education and research, the PrecisionAg Institute advances precision technology and its efficiency, stewardship and profitability on farms around the world.
Connectivity
March 1, 2019
Learn more about the companies that have committed their corporate and financial support to the PrecisionAg Institute, an independent global forum dedicated to the sharing of precision agriculture practices, ideas, research, products, services and success stories.
Drones | UAVs
January 23, 2019
Precision agriculture intelligence leader Taranis announced the launch of its new solution that calculates and monitors the planting of seeds.
"Taranis is the first platform to offer farmers and agronomists a scalable answer to plot management strategy. The addition of...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
October 15, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDcsr032iMs
Kirk Appleford joins Paul Schrimpf at the 2018 InfoAg Conference to talk about current ag trends, and Proagrica’s recent acquisition of SST Software....
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
October 15, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNwGE-Vi8tM
Charlie Magruder joins Paul Schrimpf for a discussion of current trends in technology that are impacting ESRI, including news from the recent ESRI user conference....
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
October 15, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4KbGF__pM
Shane Swedlund of Raven Industries joins Paul Schrimpf at the 2018 InfoAg Conference to share some key learnings from the meeting and goings-on at Raven....
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
October 15, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9IPzD3ic4
Mike Gomes of Topcon Precision Agriculture joins Paul Schrimpf, Group Editor of PrecisionAg Professional magazine, for a discussion of key learnings from the 2018 InfoAg Conference, as well as some interesting industry trends....
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
October 15, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ced-4bOrclE&t=34s
Ernie Chappell of EFC Systems joins Paul Schrimpf, Group Editor of PrecisionAg Professional magazine, to talk about topics and trends from the 2018 InfoAg Conference, and what he’s hearing from retailers about data and value creation challenges....
Market Watch
June 13, 2018
Indigo, the Boston-based microbial crop technology startup that has raised more than $400 million, announced it is expanding its research platform, which is a collaboration with top growers and agronomic experts to evaluate agricultural technologies over more than 25,000...
Industry News
May 29, 2018
Vradenburg
Wilbur-Ellis announced earlier this month that Dan Vradenburg, longtime Agribusiness division president, will take on a new role in the company as board chair of Cavallo Ventures, its venture capital arm. The Agribusiness division tripled...
In-Field Technologies
April 9, 2018
Aymeric Barthès, Naïo Technologies Co-Founder and CEO.
One to watch in the growing agribotics niche is Naïo Technologies out of Toulouse, France. The company has a trio of robots that have been fully commercialized, ranging in...
Connectivity
January 26, 2017
Representatives from Partner organizations supporting the PrecisionAg® Institute in 2017 describe their companies’ unique roles, explain how they support retailer/dealer professionals, and take a stab at longer-term prospects in the quest for increased precision adoption.
WinField United
Teddy Bekele
Vice President of...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
December 29, 2016
https://youtu.be/x9-tWHKUtTM
The Climate Corp.'s Brandon Rinkenberger discusses why the company has developed connections with many retailers and equipment companies, and shares what farmers can expect in terms of functionality with products like FieldView Prime in the year ahead....
Market Watch
October 20, 2015
Over the past 20 years, precision agriculture technology has changed so quickly and has become an information-intensive endeavor. Growers, ag retailers, and others seeking to acquire new systems or upgrade existing equipment need to be fluent in terminology used...
Excellence Awards
July 28, 2015
Raj Khosla, Colorado State University, accepts the Precision Agriculture Research/Educator of the Year Award from PrecisionAg Executive Editor Paul Schrimpf at the 2015 InfoAg Conference.
Colorado State University professor Dr. Raj Khosla, a distinguished Monfort professor...
Excellence Awards
July 28, 2015
Dave Scheiderer (left), Integrated Ag Services, accepts the PrecisionAg Award of Excellence for Crop Adviser/Entrepreneur from PrecisionAg Executive Editor Paul Schrimpf at the 2015 InfoAg Conference in St. Louis, MO.
Dave Scheiderer, founder, Integrated Ag Services...
Excellence Awards
July 28, 2015
Dr. Randy Taylor, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Randy Taylor, professor and extension engineer, machinery systems 70/30 extension/research; Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, has been named a 2015 winner of the Legacy Award...
Excellence Awards
September 2, 2014
The 2014 Class of PrecisionAg Awards of Excellence recipients have spent their careers working to improve precision practices, increase adoption and put best practices in place on the ground.
Excellence Awards
July 30, 2014
Winners of the PrecisionAg Institute's Awards of Excellence were honored at The 2014 InfoAg Conference in St. Louis.