Most any photographer will know the Leica name. Oskar Barnack created a small 35mm camera back in 1925 that pretty much changed the way we look at things. What a lot of people are now learning about Leica is that they’re into precision agriculture technology in a big way. The company has three distinct divisions and the one on display … Read More
Slingshot From Raven at AG CONNECT Expo
Precision agriculture technology is on display all over the AG CONNECT Expo show floor. I don’t think I’ve seen quite so many exhibits outside of a show dedicated to this growing technology application. Raven Industries is one of the companies exhibiting something new here at the show. I spoke with Marketing Manager, Ryan Molitor,about Slingshot. He says Slingshot represents a … Read More
TeeJet Announces New Guidance Technologies At Ag Connect Expo
TeeJet Technologies, announced their new guidance system that offers guidance and live video displayed simultaneously. The news about the Matrix Guidance System with RealView Guidance Over Video was announced during the AG CONNECT Expo in Orlando, Fla. and comes in two screen sizes: 570G Model and 840G model with options for four or eight cameras. We’ve got a number of … Read More
Using Crop Dusters for Aerial Imaging
Clouds can often interfere with aerial imagery from satellites or high level aircraft, while wet conditions on the ground can make it difficult to use ground based sensors. Research being done in Australia combines ground type sensors with low flying aircraft to deal with those situations. For this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we go … Read More
The Trimble Connected Farm
At the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention Trimble had a booth in their Trade Talk session. I interviewed George Huber and asked him my standard opening question which was, “What’s new from Trimble?’ In his answer he talks about virtual reference stations and “the connected farm.” He says this allows you to get data to and from your … Read More
Precision Agriculture Evolving
This edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast features comments from the leaders of two precision technology companies that recently formed an alliance. Ag Leader Technology president Al Myers and AutoFarm CEO Herb Satterlee spoke to agricultural media in early December about the collaboration between the two companies and the recently released INTEGRA display and ParaDyme steering system. Subscribe to the Precision.AgWired.com … Read More
The Move To Automatic Steering
As more mainstream mid-sized farmers move further into precision farming tools beyond the yield monitor or lightbar, they are fortunate to reap the benefits of those early-adopter farmers. These early users pushed companies to constantly improve their products. And the price tag on these systems has dropped dramatically, thanks to competition and better engineering. Such is the case with auto … Read More
Make Plans for AG Connect Expo 2010
January in Orlando is looking pretty good right now to most of us in the frigid Midwest. So if you have not made plans to attend AG Connect Expo 2010 in Orlando on January 13-15, take this snow day to get on line and make your reservations. Besides offering the opportunity to get away to a warmer climate, Expo 2010 … Read More
Planting With Precision For Southeast Farmers
Besides taking part in the field demonstrations at Sunbelt Ag Expo I also wandered through the indoor exhibits. The first one I stopped at was Precision Planting. I spoke with Bruce Sauder about what is new with the company that producers were getting to see in their exhibit. He says that some of the new units that they’ve come out … Read More
Ethanol Could Improve Diesel Engine Efficiency
Using ethanol mixed with water in diesel engines could make them more efficient and reduce emissions. National Corn Growers Association chairman Bob Dickey is also chairman of CleanFlex Power Systems, which is so new they haven’t built a website yet, but what they have done is developed a method to efficiently use ethanol in diesel engines. Dickey started the idea … Read More