Market Watch
November 18, 2019
What’s real in precision agriculture? What’s not? Which technologies are likely to leave a sustaining impact, which are just a flash in the pan – and most importantly, how do we react? These were key questions we set out to...
Digital Farming
October 25, 2019
Agriculture technology is hitting an inflection point where data storage, connectivity, interoperability, affordability, and ease of use are ushering in practical changes for crop production systems.
PrecisionAg® has been monitoring innovation and its impact on the marketplace for the past...
Market Watch
October 17, 2019
With approximately 75% of total winegrapes harvested throughout Napa Valley, consensus among growers who spoke at the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) annual press conference today is that 2019 has been a smooth, balanced growing season and that the fruit shows superb...
Market Watch
October 15, 2019
Recently, the Minister of Agriculture in Italy, Teresa Bellanova, commented on innovative technologies such as cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and distributed technology and their relevance to agrifood products, reports Coin Idol.
During the special hearing in the Agriculture Committees, Bellanova clarified the...
Market Watch
October 14, 2019
Since ancient times China has been an agricultural country, with both huge demand for and large-scale production of a wide range of agricultural products, writes Shuqing Chen at Synced. China’s per capita arable land area however is far less...
Digital Farming
October 1, 2019
Winegrape production – with its relatively smaller tracts of highly manageable land and potentially monstrous returns on investment – is especially fertile ground for precision agriculture technology.
Dr. Russell Smithyman, Director of Viticulture, Ste. Michelle Wine...
Market Watch
September 26, 2019
A young inventor and entrepreneur from northwest Indiana thinks the future of farm tractors is smaller, lighter, and abundant, writes Wes Mills at Inside INdiana Business. Zack James is the founder of Rabbit Tractors Inc. in Cedar Lake. James...
Drones | UAVs
September 23, 2019
U.S. specialty crop growers are getting help in making their field conditions more visible with venture capitalists sinking billions in recent years into a growing number of agtech start-ups, writes Lauren Smiley at The New York Times. A share...
Market Watch
September 20, 2019
It is no secret that the Internet of Things (IoT) is conquering every sector in its path. In fact, it has already changed the face of various industries by introducing innovation, increasing efficiency, and cutting costs of several expensive...
Market Watch
September 12, 2019
Fledgling Australian ag-tech business AgriDigital has made a big step with the company announcing its North America launch, writes Gregor Heard at Queensland Country Life. North America is widely regarded as the most competitive ag-tech market in the world,...
Analytics
August 26, 2019
We in agriculture tend to talk about technology companies that don’t understand us and don’t really bother to invest the time and effort to do so. It’s nice every once in a while to talk about those that do....
Digital Farming
August 23, 2019
Over the last six years, large-scale farms became one of our major customer segments, as the complexity of their operations and risk they need to handle are the highest. Experiences we gathered through our work with large-scale farms from...
Drones | UAVs
August 21, 2019
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Rantizo’s drone-spraying platform is growing in broad-area crops in the U.S., where many said it wasn’t feasible. We talk to CEO Michael Ott to understand how this emerging application method is getting traction with retailers and growers at any...
Data Management
August 7, 2019
It’s hard to open any agricultural website at the moment, or even LinkedIn or Twitter for that matter, without reading about the rising trend of hemp cultivation in the U.S. Hemp was legalized in the Farm Bill that President...
Drones | UAVs
August 6, 2019
Drones can help growers address hard-to-solve production issues, writes Matthew Grassi at Growing Produce. Any time you adopt new technology, however, there’s ample opportunity to waste time and money. That’s why you’ll want advice from someone experienced with drones...
Farm to Fork
August 1, 2019
If you believe the latest hype about technology, you’d think that blockchain technology (BCT) is going to transform every business by next Wednesday. Of course, that’s not the case, but the agrifood system seems custom-designed for the technology. More...
Imagery
July 31, 2019
So here we go again. Since we are now in the heat of summer, everyone seems to once again be clambering for imagery of their fields or some data that’s imagery related. Oddly enough though, not too recently this...
Market Watch
May 14, 2019
The PrecisionAg® VISION Conference returns for a fourth year, Jan. 14-16, 2020 in Seattle, WA, U.S, with an event theme of "System of Systems."
Precision agriculture in North America is taking a more wholistic view than ever, notes James C. Sulecki,...
Analytics
April 27, 2019
The VISION Conference has become established as the definitive precision agriculture and digital farming conference for North America. Pictured: Meister Media Worldwide Group Editor Paul Schrimpf moderates a session at the 2019 VISION Conference in...
Connectivity
January 22, 2019
I recently attended the PrecisionAg VISION Conference in Seattle. The event offers attendees a clear look at the changes that are likely to transform their businesses in the next 3-5 years. About 200 people attended the conference, including many from the...