Maximizing economic return is the payoff sought by growers with any precision farming technology. And a new story in Southeast Farm Press talks about how the Precision Farming team at the University of Georgia is using soil texture to target nematodes. With precision agriculture, we try to refine things in order to achieve the goal of maximizing returns,” says Richard Davis, … Read More
Precision Agriculture Boosts Farming Smarter
The technology of precision agriculture is becoming more affordable (Precision.AgWired.com!), easier to use, less cumbersome in the tractor cab and physically easier on the farmer (thanks to auto steer). That’s the message delivered by ag industry veteran Harold Reetz, president of the Foundation for Agronomic Research, in a recent story he penned for AgriNews. The risks of over-applying and under-yielding … Read More
New GPS Antenna Cuts Noise Interference
Hemisphere GPS introduces its new A21 antenna, designed to reduce GPS correction signal signal dropoff that can be caused by electrical ‘noise’ and interference. With its metal base, lower profile, improved Left Hand Circular Polarization (LHCP) rejection, and ability to filter out an additional 30 decibels of radio band of frequencies, the A21 antenna offers superior noise rejection. The new … Read More
Getting Started With Precision Agriculture
An excellent presentation on precision agriculture and the tools that add greater farm efficiency was compiled by Alabama Extension and Auburn University experts and presented at the North Alabama Production meetings. It shows the history, the rate of adoption of many precision farming technologies, current trends, savings rates of key technologies, guidance systems and GPS satellite correction signals, swath control, … Read More
Smart Nozzles Aid Precision Application
With planting and spraying season top-o-mind right now, more and more growers are saving money with planter and boom control precision agriculture technology. For growers ready to move up to the next level of precision, check out Harrison Ag Technologies and their Smart Nozzle–which received a FinOvation award for 2009 from Farm Industry News magazine. Using GPS technology for tracking … Read More
Raven adds Planter and Sprayer Control
With one console, farmers can control both planter rows and sprayer boom with Raven’s Cruiser. The company’s SmartRow and SmartBoom precision agriculture technologies will help farmers use GSP to save money on seed and chemicals, while greatly reducing over-application. Raven is excited to introduce SmartRow™ automatic planter control via the same SmartBoom automatic boom control console— that’s two separate section … Read More
Precision Soil Knowledge With Simple Tool
The last thing on a farmers mind right now–during planting frenzy time–is thinking about what he is doing to the soil. It’s all about getting the seed in the ground. But as no-till farmers know–and strip-till farmers are learning–the best seedbed occurs in mellow, uncompacted soil. Successful Farming’s Agriculture Online has a great story on how spring is the best … Read More
Hands-free Steering with AutoFarm & Raven
Raven Viper Pro owners can move up to GPS hands-free steering with AutoFarm‘s new FarmPRO DGPS or RTK steering kits. Using either WAAS, OmniSTAR XP or HP correction, the FarmPRO RTK allows sub-inch accurate vehicle placement with trip after trip and season after season repeatability. Both Viper Pro-to-FarmPRO upgrades, DGPS or RTK, include the patented AutoFarm multi-antenna roof module with Logic7D™ … Read More
Precision Irrigation from Valley
Just as GPS-guided auto steer has helped plant super straight rows, producers can now irrigate in the same straight lines to minimize variances in water application to help maximize yields. Valley Irrigation now offers GPS Guidance for linear irrigation equipment. Here’s what two farmers said about their trials with this new precision agriculture technology. Leonard Water Services, the local Valley … Read More
Learn Precision Ag Technology at New Website
PrecsionAg WORKS, the new website developed by The PrecisionAg Institute (a part of Meister Media Worldwide), is designed to help educate the agricultural community on the benefits and uses of precision agriculture technology. The site features an array of valuable content to help growers understand the technology including: – A glossary of precision agriculture terms and concepts – Research statistics on cost savings and … Read More