Trimble announced a new feature for its RainWave precipitation monitoring solution for agriculture. As part of the Connected Farm solution, the new feature adds actual rainfall activity in 10-minute increments plus accumulated rainfall over a 24-hour period. With this comprehensive rainfall information, farmers can have a better understanding of the rainfall intensity, which can be used to make more informed … Read More
Climate Basic and Climate Pro for 2014
The Climate Corporation announced the availability of CLIMATE Basic and CLIMATE Pro for the 2014 Crop Year. CLIMATE Basic is a mobile service that optimizes a farmer’s daily decision making by providing up-to-the-minute, field-level current and future weather, soil, and crop growth stage information. Climate Basic is more powerful than services costing hundreds of dollars per year and is available … Read More
Pioneer and John Deere Offer Next Level of Decision Services
Agriculture technology leaders DuPont Pioneer and John Deere are collaborating to deliver near real-time field level data to growers, taking Decision Services to the next level. The companies are linking Pioneer Field360 services, a suite of precision agronomy software, with John Deere Wireless Data Transfer architecture, JDLink and MyJohnDeere. Pioneer will be among the first to leverage Wireless Data Transfer … Read More
Landmark launches YieldEDGE Viewer
Landmark Services Cooperative introduces the YieldEDGE Viewer, a new management tool for crop growers to monitor trends by field. YieldEDGE Viewer is a web-based program that allows crop growers who are Landmark members access to the cooperative’s data on the owner’s fields in real-time, at any time. The program is free to all Landmark members. After logging into the system … Read More
Farmers Take to the Sky to Improve Water Quality
Producers in 16 Ohio counties watched the skies, not for weather, but for seeds that will help improve soil and water quality and boost their bottom lines. Working with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), local soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) and the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD), 235 farmers are planting cover crops on 21,709 Ohio acres. … Read More
What’s Your Choice for Hunting Ride?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ”What’s the biggest threat to getting the Farm Bill done?” Our poll results: · Lack of bipartisanship – 39% · Nutrition reform – 36% · Other – 18% · Animal ag issues – 7% The farm bill conference committee has still only met once, but there is some hope they will have a compromise … Read More
Cyclone Innovation Mixes Up Spraying
Product development firm Cambridge Consultants is harnessing the power of a cyclone to better mix and spray liquids. The new Vortik technology allows different liquids to be mixed at the point of spray without altering the spray characteristics – opening up the possibility of new applications in agriculture, consumer and industrial products, and healthcare. Conventional atomizers use either a high … Read More
Give Precision-Fed Heifers Adequate Bunk Space
Adequate feed bunk space for heifers is important in any group-housed heifer facility, and even more so when managing heifers in a precision-feeding system. Jud Heinrichs, dairy science professor at Penn State University, recommends heifers in a precision-feeding program be given 14 to 24 inches of bunk space as they progress from 4 months of age to pre-calving or 22 … Read More
AgGateway Publishes Ag eStandards Release 5.3
AgGateway announced the publication of the Ag eStandards Release 5.3. The release includes new messages to support fertilizer tonnage reporting, feed tonnage reporting and seed booking processes. The new messages will enable eConnectivity among agribusiness companies, increasing accuracy and efficiency in their businesses. “This is one of the biggest standard releases in years for agribusiness,” said AgGateway Standards Director Jim … Read More
DuPont Awarded Best Crop Protection R&D Pipeline
DuPont recently received two prestigious Agrow Awards in recognition of innovation and excellence in its R&D pipeline and packaging innovation efforts. Agrow is a leading provider of news, analysis and data to the global agriculture industry. “DuPont is honored to receive these prestigious awards as they further acknowledge the work that we are doing to develop remarkable innovations to advance … Read More