Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ” What cooperatives play a role in your life/business?” Our poll results: Ten percent said Electric/water/utilities; ten percent said Farm Credit/credit union; five percent said Farm supplies; twenty percent said Energy/biofuels; three percent said Farm commodity; three percent said Other; thirty-five percent said Two or more of the above; and fifteen percent said None. … Read More
Celebrating Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Rachel Jacobson joined private landowners, conservation organizations and natural resource agency leaders to celebrate partnership efforts in association with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Missouri, recognizing the Missouri/Mississippi Rivers Confluence Conservation Partnership as a signature demonstration of partnering for … Read More
Benefits of Long-Range Forecasts
MDA EarthSat Weather and EarthRisk Technologies, a pioneer in the research, analysis and visualization of extreme temperature and weather pattern risks, announced a strategic partnership. Under the partnership, MDA EarthSat Weather will distribute EarthRisk’s cutting-edge weather risk platform to help traders in natural gas, power, and agriculture sectors project extreme weather patterns up to 40 days in advance. Powering the … Read More
More Conservation Acres for Wildlife Habitat Restoration
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack underscored the Obama Administration’s commitment to partnerships in conservation by announcing the allocation of 400,000 acres to support conservation and restoration of wildlife and their habitats as part of the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP. Under Vilsack’s leadership, the USDA has enrolled more than 12 million acres in CRP, a voluntary program available to agricultural producers … Read More
Find Precision.AgWired.com on Facebook!
Precision.AgWired.com is now on Facebook, delivering news and special event coverage on the topic of precision agriculture in all its forms. In fields across the country, more growers are making precision farming a way of life, no matter how large or small their operation, no matter what the crop. With increased input costs and the pressure to do more with … Read More
5th Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture
The 5th Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA) will be held June 25-28, 2013, on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. As an initiative in precision agriculture research and application in Asia, ACPA aims to introduce and discuss Asian model of precision agriculture, connect people, and improve academic collaboration between different institutions and disciplines. The conference connects representatives from business and … Read More
SPADE Project Seeks to Improve Data Exchange Processes
AgGateway’s Precision Ag Council has launched a new project that will improve the data exchange processes that drive the use of precision agriculture field equipment for such major operations as seeding, tillage, spraying, fertilizing and harvesting. The Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange (SPADE) project is intended to streamline and encourage adoption of precision ag practices. Currently, costs for exchanging data … Read More
Precision Ag Action Summit 2013
The second Red River Valley Research Corridor Precision Agriculture Summit is being co-hosted by the Red River Valley Research Corridor and North Dakota Farmers Union. Attendees will hear from experts and presenters on a number of topics, including the state of precision agriculture, upcoming trends, technological applications, and opportunities for successful implementation. Attending the summit offers hands on and technical … Read More
Crop Insurance Reporting: Verifying Harvested Production using SMS
Ag Leader recently shared how SMS software can be used to assist with crop insurance reporting, in particular acreage reporting. As harvest season shifts into high gear, Ag Leader is revisiting how these same tools can be used for verifying harvested production (see pages 250 – 252 for RMA guidelines). Listen to Luke James, Ag Leader software sales manager, as … Read More
New App From Rabo AgriFinance
Rabo AgriFinance has launched a new interactive mobile application for the iPad, to provide valuable financing information and enable growers to make informed seed purchasing decisions. The app is targeted to vendor finance customers of Rabo AgriFinance, which includes input manufacturers, ag retailers and producers, and can be downloaded from the iTunes store. There is also a function that allows … Read More