Guidance
April 16, 2009
The new A21 Antenna is designed to maintain its tracking of GPS and differential correction signals even in environments featuring significant electronic "noise" such as agricultural vehicles, aircraft, and equipment, and in high-dynamic applications where the antenna may be...
Guidance
April 2, 2009
GPS Guidance will increase accuracy and precision of linear irrigation equipment when compared with conventional irrigation guidance. It also will help eliminate some maintenance issues associated with existing guidance options.
"GPS has become standard for precision farming, from field mapping...
Guidance
February 12, 2009
Outback Sts features a 7-inch, high resolution color touch screen. The electronically integrated Outback Steering Guide uses GPS data and specific job details to provide real-time job data and precision guidance. It features a variety of guidance patterns and...
Guidance
February 10, 2009
You probably won't find a more competitive market segment in agriculture these days than GPS steering. But despite the differences among manufacturers and marketing, there's one thing they agree on - the potential buyer needs to be absolutely clear...
Guidance
September 12, 2008
Valley Irrigation recently introduced the industry's first line of GPS Ready irrigation control panels. The GPS Ready PRO2 Pivot Control Panel and GPS Ready AutoPilot Linear Control Panel currently are available from Valley dealers. The GPS Ready Select2 Pivot...
Guidance
August 1, 2008
Reflex Technology provides continuity of position solution to maintain automated steering by seamlessly "flexing" to a lower accuracy mode when a higher accuracy mode is lost; such as loss of the RTK radio link.
"That's precisely why AutoFarm has introduced...
Guidance
May 29, 2008
Receiver and satellite technologies continued to show gains this past year. The buzz this season has been to purchase units that can access not only the robust U.S. GPS but also Russia's GLONASS system.
"All new receivers from the major...
Guidance
April 2, 2008
Satellite signal availability and accuracy options have increased significantly. And over the course of the last seven years, the availability and accessibility of real-time kinematic (RTK) correction has moved rapidly from the new technology on the block to an...
Guidance
February 14, 2008
Google bills the Trackstick as "the perfect tool for individuals, law enforcement and government agencies looking for a way to track anything that moves. The Super Trackstick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading, altitude and temperature at...
Guidance
January 31, 2008
Q. What improvements have been made recently in the signal technology?
A. One of the things that they used to talk about in the early days was how long it would take a high accuracy satellite signal to converge. It...
Guidance
January 31, 2008
Manufactured by Trimble and co-marketed by Ag Leader Technology, the EZ-Guide 250 system allows vehicle operators to steer tractors, sprayers, fertilizer applicators, harvesters and other farm vehicles with consistent pass-to-pass accuracy to help save fuel, increase efficiency and reduce...
Guidance
January 17, 2008
My partner on the sales side of PrecisionAg, Dan Bellanger, is a true technology enthusiast. Virtually every time we travel together, he has a new toy to show. Several years ago when iPods were still a glint in Steve...
Guidance
January 3, 2008
GPS Steering Fully Matures. When GPS steering first debuted in 1999, it was largely reserved for folks who could generate enough profit to pay the hefty entry fee. Today, there's something for just about every level of use, and...
Guidance
November 20, 2007
One of the key benefits that's been driving adoption of GPS steering among growers has been the ability to perform farming operations more efficiently and with fewer people. Rob Lindores, director of marketing for Trimble's Agriculture Division, shared a...
Market Watch
November 20, 2007
Nate Weinkauf, precision agriculture marketing manager, cites several advantages to having the Case IH AFS AccuGuide autoguidance system installed at the factory.
"You get the convenience and quality control of having everything set up and tested as your new Case...
Guidance
November 20, 2007
Traditional radar guns can be affected by ground surface variations, potentially compromising the output of the unit. The ACCU-SPEED system receives signals from global positioning satellites resulting in more accurate, more reliable ground speed detection. When put...
Guidance
November 8, 2007
TeeJet Technologies sells and supports GPS receivers utilizing the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), the United States' free DGPS correction system. WAAS exists primarily to improve the accuracy of GPS for aviation applications, but it is also a convenient...
Guidance
October 26, 2007
In October, sister publication CropLife magazine completed its sixth E-Survey, a study of agricultural retailers and their use of computers, technology, the Internet, and precision agriculture. What was found was a significant uptick in the adoption and use of...
Guidance
September 28, 2007
Eclipse was built to allow OEM customers to integrate it into a wide variety of precision-intensive applications including GPS machine control for ag equipment. Eclipse receiver technology is currently available as an OEM module and evaluation kit. Hemisphere GPS will...
Guidance
August 30, 2007
S-Lite is a low-cost, portable, entry-level GPS guidance solution for non-precision spraying, spreading, and broad-acre tillage and seeding. Offering many of the same features as its popular Outback S series products, Outback S-Lite includes Straight Guidance, Contour Guidance, and Return...