Staying on the cutting edge of precision agricultural technology isn’t an easy thing to master, but the team at Raven Industries has done just that. During the 2013 Raven Inovation Summit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota numerous products were unveiled. Three of them fall into the category of application controls. I asked Gary Esselink, product manager in application controls for … Read More
Genscape Ups Tech Reach with LandViewer Buy
More information certainly helps any operation, especially operations dependent on precision technology (and who these days doesn’t need more precise information?). Provider of energy information for commodity and financial markets Genscape has bought LandViewer to expand its technology footprint in the agriculture and biofuels industries. Genscape says, using NASA satellite data to get daily updates of corn vegetation progress, the … Read More
Introducing The New Field Computing System – Viper 4
The Viper 4 was the talk of the 2013 Raven Innovation Summit in Sioux Falls, SD earlier this week. This was just one of the many products Raven Industries unveiled during the event. As a fourth generation Viper, the Viper 4 comes from a legendary family loaded with connections, resources and support. The precision ag system integrates into a simple, … Read More
Raven Makes Big Announcements at RIS
The 2013 Raven Innovation Summit wrapped up last night with an awards banquet honoring Raven Industries dealers from across the world. The two-day event consisted of the announcement of brand new innovative technologies, a trade show and educational break-out sessions where dealers got all their questions answered about the new product launches. During the opening session general manager and vice … Read More
Your CHS Connection
Today’s farmers and ranchers rely on high-tech expensive equipment for some grueling work, often asking one engine to accomplish what three used to do. Six Midwest producers tell how they get top equipment performance in the lead story of C – Your CHS Connection, the magazine published by CHS Inc. for its grower-owners and other stakeholders. Cassie Lapaseotes, Lapaseotes Ltd., … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com Podcast: The future of crop scouting
iPads are becoming a great tool for scouting fields. Purdue Extension has recently released their Corn and Soybean Field Guide in an interactive app format. Bob Nielsen, Purdue Extension corn specialist says the app makes it easier for a farmer to diagnose problems in the field because of the in-depth resources available at their fingertips. In this Precision.AgWired.com Podcast we’ll … Read More
Changes Coming to GROWMARK Spirit Magazine
With all the new communications technology changing the way people get information, GROWMARK Spirit magazine is implementing some exciting new multimedia capabilities for readers. “We’re looking at taking Spirit magazine to another platform,” said editor Cassie Becker, noting that it is currently available in an eReader format “where you turn the pages and that’s about it” but they are moving … Read More
Auxins Could Help Crops Beat Heat and High Salinity
The plant hormones called auxins are well-known for stimulating development of roots and other structures, and now University of Florida scientists have shown that auxins help plants cope with environmental stresses. “Our findings show there’s a possibility of manipulating plant stress tolerance with auxins,” Rathinasabapathi said. “It may be possible to administer auxins to crops at critical stages of growth … Read More
Farmers Field Test Monsanto FieldScripts
We first told you about Monsanto’s FieldScripts last fall at Farm Progress Show. Now we will be hearing much more from farmers using it on a trial basis in the field. This planting season, more than 150 farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota are trialing the first offering from Monsanto’s Integrated Farming SystemsSM (IFS) research platform – FieldScriptsSM. With … Read More
WineHawk Labs Becomes Precision Hawk
Unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company Winehawk Labs announced they will release a new model of their successful UAV platform in May of 2013 to coincide with company re-branding. The change in company name, from WineHawk Labs to Precision Hawk, reflects a change in focus from specifically viticulture to broader agriculture where there is a great need for precise … Read More