A new insecticide control system by Precision Planting® enables farmers to simplify their planter and achieve more precise control of insecticide on every portion of their fields. Luke Stuber, vDrive® Insecticide engineer, explains. “Farmers applying insecticide today calibrate their meter for a single speed. As operators speed up, slow down or plant around curves, the intended application rate is impossible … Read More
Digi-Star to Introduce New Grain Tracker App
Digi-Star will introduce the new Grain Tracker app at the 2015 National Farm Machinery Show held February 11-14 in Louisville, Ky. The Grain Tracker app will give producers full functionality of the GT 460 grain cart scale system straight from their smart phone or tablet. By adding Digi-Star’s ERM-WIFI module to the GT 460, producers will be able to connect … Read More
New DuPont Pioneer Sorghum Hybrids for 2015
DuPont Pioneer has introduced its new sorghum hybrids for 2015. This company news release says the new offerings give growers strong yield potential, improved agronomic performance, a wide range of defensive trait packages, and adaptability to both irrigated and dryland acres. Pioneer® hybrid 83P56 – a medium full-grain sorghum hybrid available in south and central Texas. The product provides improved … Read More
FalconScan’s Ground-Breaking Aerial Mapping System
The FalconScan Camera System has been under development for several years and has currently completed over 100 aerial imagery missions. Applications include: – Agriculture and Forestry – Environmental Monitoring for Spills or Leaks – Water Quality – Telecommunications Planning – Threat Detection – Transportation Corridor Surveillance – Disaster Preparedness and Response FalconScan offers customers a turnkey operation that delivers high … Read More
Field to Market Workshop at AFBF
An alliance for sustainable agriculture is giving farmers, companies and ag organizations what they need to measure sustainability and meet the needs of a booming global population. During the American Farm Bureau Federation’s recent 96th Annual Convention, Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market, the Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, talked about the tools available to help farmers track their progress … Read More
Agribotix Wants You to ‘Bring Your Own Drone’
Agribotix wants you to be able to “Bring Your Own Drone” when it comes to collecting and analyzing information. The company that’s known as a pioneer in turnkey drone data collection and analysis services, launched its new cloud-based, Bring Your Own Drone™ data processing solution that lets anyone use any drone for agricultural data collection, anywhere in the world. “During … Read More
DuPont Pioneer Expands Encirca℠ Services
Corn and soybean growers are expected to benefit from the expansion of DuPont Pioneer’s Encirca℠ services. This company news release says the new service is Encirca℠ Yield Stand, joining the Encirca℠ Yield Nitrogen Management Service as a cutting-edge input management offering for growers. The novel approach of the Encirca℠ Yield Stand service helps growers tailor corn and soybean planting prescriptions … Read More
Mosaic Sees High Demand for Potash, Phosphates
The demand for potash and phosphates exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter of 2014, boosting the bottom line for one of the world’s largest suppliers of the fertilizer and feed ingredients. Minnesota-based Mosaic Company says higher volumes and better margins helped push up the company’s fourth quarter 2014 earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.93 to $0.98 per … Read More
FMC Partners With Emerge Application Solutions
FMC Agricultural Solutions has partnered with Emerge Application Solutions, Owensboro, Ky., to commercialize the new 3RIVE 3D™ in-furrow crop protection delivery platform. The FMC patent-pending 3RIVE 3D technology seamlessly integrates formulation technology, application technology and active ingredients to increase the number of acres planted in a day. “This system is streamlined for speed and efficiency. Growers can plant up to … Read More
Trimble Adds Analytic Tool & App to Connected Farm
Trimble announced that it will be adding a profit and loss reporting feature to its Connected Farm™ Field application—a Web-based field data management tool where growers can manage field boundaries, task data, crop health maps and precipitation data. With the new feature—which includes a user-friendly graphical interface—it is now possible for growers to analyze field profitability and make better financial … Read More