U.S. corn farmers are proving themselves to be quick learners. Growers producing the grain on big plots — those bigger than 2,900 acres — are using precision-agriculture methods at twice the rate of the nation’s farmers overall, a U.S. Department of Agriculture study released Tuesday said. Their savvy could be paying off. The agency estimates […]

Opportunities and challenges. They are the yin and yang of the business world. It could easily be argued that, out of any challenging situation that pops up in the field there in turn arises an opportunity for the prepared trusted advisor to distinguish oneself from the order-taking masses. I believe it was my Gonzo journalism […]

In 2016, equipment manufacturers spent much of their time fine-tuning the hardware for guidance, autosteering, and application control. Wireless, Internet, and Cloud resources also made precision tasks quicker and easier. Data collection and analysis got more refined and useful. And corporations began offering powerful new resources for monitoring crop variables. But low commodity prices cast […]

AGCO says its new AgControl system is simple, intuitive, ISOBUS-compliant and extremely accurate. It’s not surprising that the need for more economical, effective application is driving the demand for the latest rate controllers these days. Using just the right amount of product needed in just the right place can really help growers’ bottom lines. At […]

Just like a smart phone helps users learn, communicate and make important decisions, smart technology—known as precision agriculture—helps farmers know and apply critical information about the right investments in fertilizer, seed, pesticide and water needed to produce their crops. Through new technologies, farmers produce more efficiently and see an increase in profits while improving stewardship […]

Precision Weather Solutions Inc. has announced it is the first company with a commercially available solution, WxAgrios, integrated with both John Deere Operations Center and John Deere Field Connect. Precision Weather Solutions created a set of solutions that integrate data through John Deere Field Connect and John Deere APIs into the company’s suite of meteorology and […]

Robots and drones have begun to quietly transform many aspects of agriculture. In fact, the IDTechEx Research report onAgricultural Robots and Drones 2016-2026: Technologies, Markets, and Players finds that this is already a $3 billion market in 2016, growing to $10 billion by as early as 2022 The report analyzes how the robotic market and […]

DroneDeploy today announced a new solution that addresses drone data portability challenges in remote areas that have Internet bandwidth constraints. DroneDeploy’s new Turbo Uploader makes it exponentially faster for users with slow Internet speeds to upload drone images for processing, while additional improvements increase the speed with which users can load and view maps, and […]

With today’s public policy focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, farmers can play a key role in making this happen. In fact, by optimizing the nitrogen fertilizer, a farmer’s contribution can come with the side benefit of increased yield and higher profit. As with every industry, farming contributes to the production of various greenhouse gases. […]