Guidance
May 30, 2013
Topcon Precision Agriculture has awarded a System 350 to Illinois farmer Mike Bumpus.
Guidance
May 21, 2013
Michael Stone has been named North America sales manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). Stone will report to Michael Bourke, director of sales.
Stone has been with Topcon since it acquired KEE Technologies in 2006, serving in various positions in...
Guidance
April 4, 2013
Brad Peiffer has joined Topcon as a manager for customer service and support. Peiffer will report to Jim Hinson, director of technical support and product testing for Topcon Technical Services (TTS). In this newly created position, Peiffer will work...
Market Watch
March 20, 2013
Wells Implement in Plymouth, NE, is now a Topcon Precision Agriculture dealer.
Guidance
January 24, 2013
Launching at AgConnect Expo, the AGI-4 features multiple-constellation GNSS satellite reception, state-of-the-art inertial sensors for full terrain compensation and is the first all-in-one integrated receiver/steering controller, according to Topcon.
Guidance
January 24, 2013
Kurtis Kenne has been named the global field test manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). In this new position, Kenne will report to Kevin Cobb, director of TPA product management.
Kenne, who earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering...
Data Management
November 6, 2012
Thomas McCann of Calgary, Canada, has been named regional sales manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) in Canada. The announcement was made by Marty Cook, North America sales manager.
For 12 years, McCann, with a degree in agriculture from the...
Market Watch
October 11, 2012
James Platt and Jim Roche have joined the regional sales team, focused on southern and southeastern states.
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
September 6, 2012
Topcon Precision Agriculture to partner with the industry's global forum dedicated to the sharing of precision agriculture practices, research, products, and success stories.
Guidance
May 10, 2012
Javier Hernandez has been promoted to Western Region sales manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). The announcement was made by Marty Cook, TPA national sales manager.
For the past five years, Hernandez has been a product specialist and regional technical...
Market Watch
February 23, 2012
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces its newest entry in the precision ag market, SGISfarm software, an ag information management system designed specifically for ease of use by professional farm operators on their office computer.
SGISfarm is designed to be an...
Market Watch
October 20, 2011
Topcon Precision Agriculture and Amazone Ltd. announce a strategic partnership in which Topcon will provide hardware components and expertise for automatic steering systems and section control for a complete range of professional farming solutions.
Market Watch
August 4, 2011
Topcon Positioning Systems recently purchased the SGIS agronomic desktop software business from equipment manufacturer AGCO Corp.
One of the earliest geographic information system software packages to hit the agriculture market, SGIS has been serving the needs of agriculture retailers and...
Guidance
July 14, 2011
Effective immediately, Ewout Korpershoek, formerly managing director of Topcon Europe Positioning (TEP), will join the Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) senior executive team as chief marketing officer responsible for all marketing and product management functions at TPS and TEP. He...
Market Watch
May 19, 2011
Topcon Precision Agriculture's "Precision Active" campaign for distributors and end-users is designed to promote the role of Topcon's precision positioning technology in the farming industry throughout the world.
The slogan "Topcon Precision Active" is a statement about "what Topcon Precision...
Guidance
May 12, 2011
Topcon Positioning Systems recently opened Phase 1 of the renovation of its12-acre acre training and test site, the VIP Welcome Center, at its Livermore, CA headquarters. The test site was also renamed the Topcon Solutions Site.
Ray O'Connor, TPA president...
Market Watch
May 5, 2011
Topcon Precision Agriculture recently released its new SGR-1 receiver featuring TruPass advanced positioning technology. The receiver delivers more accurate, stable pass-to-pass accuracies in dynamic agriculture applications, according to the company.
This new, low-cost receiver utilizes 32 channels to track signals...
Market Watch
April 27, 2011
Topcon Precision Agriculture's new System 210 land-forming and water management system incorporates and supports three important segments of modern farming operations; topographic surveying, design execution, and land leveling without leaving the tractor cab.
System 210 uses Topcon's Agriculture GPS+ System...
Market Watch
April 21, 2011
Topcon Precision Agriculture's new field design, grading and survey software "AGForm-3D" is an intuitive and easy-to-use water management solution for improving irrigation and surface drainage.
"The advanced software features a unique and powerful capability for non-planar surface designs," said Kevin...
Guidance
April 13, 2011
The Topcon-AGCO partnership bore more fruit recently with the announcement that Topcon's AES-25 Accurate Electric Steering Wheel and the System 150 automated steering system may be used on select self-propelled windrowers from Hesston by Massey Ferguson and Challenger. These...