Market Watch
March 30, 2016
For those contractors and fleet managers interested in telematics but hoping to see those benefits illustrated in dollars and cents, John Deere has released an online ROI calculator for its JDLink telematics service, reports Wayne Grayson with Equipment World...
Data Management
March 15, 2016
GEOSYS' in-season imagery, delivered through SST Software's agX Platform, allows users to monitor plant growth and identify actual in-field issues quickly, protecting yield potential and maximizing return on investment. Photo credit: GEOSYS
GEOSYS, a leading global...
Market Watch
February 26, 2016
Intuicom, Inc., a supplier of wireless communications solutions to the precision agriculture market, announced that Raven’s Viper 4 field computer is now fully compatible with the entire RTK Bridge Family of Communication Devices, including the RTK Bridge-C, RTK Bridge‐M,...
Industry News
February 25, 2016
Deere & Co. is better equipped to ride out the agricultural slowdown, reports Jennifer DeWitt of WCFCourier.com, and is focused on leading the industry with its innovations, the company’s CEO told shareholders Wednesday morning.
Sam Allen, Deere’s chairman and CEO,...
Data Management
February 22, 2016
AgEagle Aerial Systems CEO Bret Chilcott during the InfoAg 2015 pre-show tour.
Raven Industries announced that its Applied Technology division has been named the worldwide exclusive distribution partner for AgEagle Aerial Systems, a provider of Unmanned...
Data Management
February 10, 2016
Sentera, a global provider of software, sensors, and drones to the agriculture industry, announces its compatibility with the agX Platform. The collaboration benefits both agX and Sentera customers. agX clients can easily incorporate Sentera’s data management solution, AgVault Software,...
Data Management
February 2, 2016
Sentera, LLC, a global provider of software, sensors, and drone technologies to the agriculture industry, has announced completing the integration as a John Deere Operations Center Production Partner. This affiliation gives John Deere's dealer and customer network access to...
Market Watch
January 19, 2016
Raven Industries’ Applied Technology Division announced ground-breaking new enhancements to its innovative Hawkeye Nozzle Control System. The enhancements include virtual section capability, Sidekick Pro direct injection compatibility, new sprayer kits, and Hawkeye HD – individual nozzle on/off.
Hawkeye HD
Hawkeye HD...
Industry News
January 7, 2016
In a recent report on Deere & Co., UBS has upgraded the company's stock from Sell to Neutral with a 12-month price target of $81, reports Zeeshan Athar on BusinessFinanceNews.com. The main focus of UBS' research in the report,...
Market Watch
December 15, 2015
Summer 2016 will mark the third year of the SST Certification Program. The precision farming training program fuses together the unique aspects of technical training and research-driven agronomic philosophies.
SST's approach to the Certification Program has created a unique, holistic...
Market Watch
December 3, 2015
EFC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of business software solutions for agribusiness retailers and wholesalers, has announced FieldAlytics. This next-generation service evolved from the precision agronomy solution that was acquired in April 2015 from AgJunction's Cloud Services division.
FieldAlytics represents...
Market Watch
November 19, 2015
Raven Industries and CNH Industrial have established a new long term agreement, strengthening the partnership between the two companies. This agreement will expand the use of Raven products and technology through the global dealer network for CNH Industrial brands...
Analytics
November 19, 2015
SST Software has released a new web-based application, SST Analytics, that allows agronomists and ag retailers to perform regional analysis across their precision farming data sets. SST first began performing regional agronomic analysis in the late 1990's with its...
Data Management
November 18, 2015
Retailer Wilbur-Ellis has chosen Colorado-based aWhere to provide agricultural weather data and agronomic modeling services to the retailer's AgVerdict decision-making toolkit. aWhere is working with Wilbur-Ellis to provide agricultural intelligence to AgVerdict ag retail customers, providing additional field level information for more...
Market Watch
November 17, 2015
John Deere continues to focus on precision agriculture, as the company announced on November 3 that it reached an agreement with The Climate Corp. to acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business and to enable exclusive near real-time data...
Market Watch
November 13, 2015
Topcon Precision Agriculture announces the new Apollo line of application controllers designed to bring market-leading functionality to air seeders.
The Apollo application control ECUs (electronic control units) include the CM-40 control module and the EM-24 expansion module. Apollo application controllers...
Data Management
November 6, 2015
On November 3, John Deere and The Climate Corporation announced that Deere would acquire the Precision Planting, LLC equipment business and enable exclusive, near real-time data connectivity between certain John Deere equipment and the Climate FieldView precision ag platform,...
Market Watch
November 3, 2015
Rather predictably, the recently announced John Deere acquisition of Monsanto’s Precision Planting raised plenty of eyebrows around the office Tuesday morning, pinged the twitter feed without mercy and, I would assume, generated copious texting, phoning and discussion across our...
Market Watch
November 2, 2015
SST Software continues to enhance its Sirrus application for agronomists and ag retailers with additional free and premium features. Sirrus is an iPad app that is used primarily for in-field agronomy services, such as soil sampling, scouting, and reporting.
Though...
Data Management
October 26, 2015
Trimble and Raven announced today that users of the Trimble Connected Farm solution can now view task data and as-applied maps transferred wirelessly from Raven’s Slingshot system. By tapping into the Slingshot API, Connected Farm is able to communicate...