The UC Davis Food, Ag and Health Solution Summit is being held now. This 32-hour, caffeine-fuled event has been dubbed an “idea hack,” with participants aiming to gain precision solutions for current agricultural challenges. The hope is to create uncommon collaborations to help us feed the future populations. The event will include: * Tuesday, Dec. 1: Precision Ag Workshop with industry … Read More
Trimble Enhances Irrigate-IQ Solution
Trimble is excited to introduced its Irrigate-IQ™ optimal flow solution. Now even growers without a variable frequency drive can focus irrigation onto areas of a field that produce at the highest rates. Irrigate-IQ optimal flow enables growers who have standard irrigation pump equipment to incorporate no spray areas within their irrigation plan. By utilizing no spray areas, growers concentrate their … Read More
Farmers Business Network to Host Farmer Conference
The farmer- to-farmer information network, Farmers Business Network (FBN), is hosting a conference December 15-17 in Bettondorf, Iowa. The Confernece is titled Farmer2Farmer: Bringing Moneyball to Farming, will bring together farmers and along with leaders in the sports, technology, military, and farm communities. They will discuss the analytics and data management that drive the industry today. Keynote speakers include: Paul … Read More
Conservis Announces New Software Benefits
If the former method of tracking data in pencil with a spreadsheet no longer fits the needs of today’s farmer, then neither does the one-size-fits-all solutions offered by the majority of ag software companies. Conservis is announcing an alternative. Their new software has unparalleled benefits over other farm management platforms. The Conserivs Dashboard allows growers to see a “snapshot” of … Read More
AL Extension Hosts Precision Ag Workshop
January 28, 2016 is the date scheduled for the Precision Agriculture Workshop in Auburn, Alabama. Hosted by the Auburn University and Alabama Extension professionals, the event will cover cutting edge precision with demonstrations by Extension professionals and private companies. The workshop will take place at the Auburn University Dixon Hotel and Conference Center. “There are still lots of farmers in … Read More
AgDNA Offers Data Solutions to Deere Owners
Paul Turner of AgDNA took some time to talk with us at the recent Develop with Deere conference. AgDNA offers an app and farm management system that takes the data right off of the machine in the field from the cloud and turns that data into information. They’ve been working with John Deere and MyJohnDeere.com since 2013 and they offer … Read More
USDA Announces $350 Million to Protect and Restore
Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $350 million has been designated to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands. The funding comes from the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), which was designed in the 2014 Farm Bill to protect water resources and wildlife habitat, as well as to encourage owners to maintain land for farming and ranching. “The … Read More
Green Fever Sales Program Offers Year-End Discounts
Now through February 1, 2016 John Deere customers can take advantage of prices with the annual Green Fever sales program. Discounts and hard to beat financing terms are available on a variety of compact utility and utility tractors, hay tools and other equipment. “The Green Fever sales program gives farmers and ranchers a great opportunity to upgrade their chore tractors … Read More
AgGateway Launches Specialty Chemical Council
AgGateway‘s recent annual conference focused on eAgriculture and they’re putting that into action with a new council created to address electronic connectivity issues related to the specialty chemical business. The council will cover areas of professional vegetation management, pest control services, and turf and ornamental, in addition to subset areas like aquatics and forestry. The council hopes to improve specific … Read More
aWhere to Provide Data to Wilbur-Ellis
Wilbur-Ellis, a leading marketer and distributor in the ag industry, will soon be offering growers a decision-making tool kit called AgVerdict. The weather data and agronomic modeling services for this product will be provided by aWhere. As a premier supplier of meaningful big data for agriculture, aWhere provides high resolution weather data and agronomic modeling services to solutions such as AgVerdict, … Read More