It’s been a warmer, dryer winter than normal, says Tim Laatsch with the Agronomy Division at GROWMARK. Combining that with the wet conditions many growers are experiencing this spring puts crops at risk. The dry windows have provided opportunity to plant some early season corn, but corn isn’t the only thing growing in the field. Winter annuals are also thriving, which … Read More
Agrible Pocket Drone Control App Makes Drones Easy
The Pocket Drone Control app from Agrible is making it easier for growers to gather insights from ariel images. The new software works with Crop Copter’s UAVs to find damage in a field from weather or pests. The iOS app works with the Morning Farm Report suite of analytic tools that provide decision-making information about everything from when fields are … Read More
Knoa Helps GROWMARK Boost Performance
Knoa Software is pleased to announce that GROWMARK, Inc. is utilizing SAP® User Experience Management (SAP UEM) to increase user adoption and improve performance of its applications. “This is a groundbreaking project that further confirms our commitment to supporting SAP enterprise solutions,” said Brian Berns, CEO of Knoa Software. “We are very pleased to help GROWMARK identify and proactively address … Read More
BASF Issues Monarch Challenge
BASF is partnering with farmers to help save the monarch butterfly. The company has issued the Living Acres Monarch Challenge, offering the first 500 farmers to join the Monarch Challenge the materials needed to plant vital milkweed plant. Since milkweeds are difficult to grow from seedlings, BASF will send participants 18 butterfly milkweed seedlings, a hose, gloves and a guide … Read More
Bayer Insecticide Provides Application Flexibility
Altus insecticide will be available for purchase beginning May 1 from Environmental Science, a business unit of the Crop Science division of Bayer. The product offers insect management solutions for greenhouse growers that is flexible, with applications before, during, and after bloom. It is compatible with honey bees, bumble bees and other beneficial arthropods and is classified as a Reduced … Read More
California Approves FMC’s Rhyme for Chemigation
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation as granted approval for growers of strawberries, tomatoes, cucurbits, and other fruiting vegetables to use FMC’s Rhyme fungicide through a chemigation application. Rhyme is registered for a variety of specialty crops across the U.S. for use against diseases like charcoal rot. Its active ingredient, flutriafol, moves quickly through the plant to provide protection against … Read More
Swift Navigation, Carnegie Robotics Form Partnership
Swift Navigation is a San Francisco-based startup building centimeter-accurate GPS technology for autonomous vehicles. Their RTK technology offers 100 times more accuracy than traditional GPS solutions and at a more affordable price point. Carnegie Robotics supplies rugged, reliable robotics systems, transitioning the latest innovations to real-world working situations for agriculture and other industries such as the military. Recently the two … Read More
Planet, FarmShots Offer Free Trial to Deere Center Users
Planet and FarmShots are working together with John Deere to provide their products to users of the Operations Center. Planet offers global imaging with the largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites. FarmShots analyzes drone and satellite date for growers, reducing field scouting by up to 90 percent. Now anyone with a free MyJohnDeere account can use the FarmShot’s software to access … Read More
Sentera Expands Products to 350 Store Fronts
Sentera, a leading supplier of complete data solutions to the agriculture industry, is making its products available at more than 350 retail locations in North America. Agronomists, crop consultants and growers can now take advantage of Sentera’s solutions for collecting and interpreting field data with their normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Sentera’s complete precision agriculture data solutions include AgVault™ web, … Read More
PrecisionHawk Partners with Corning for Research Data
PrecisionHawk has announced that they will be collaborating with Corning Inc. to include the Corning microHSI 410-SHARK hyper spectral camera with PrecisionHawk’s drone platform. This sensor will offer calibrated, geo-reference hyper-cubes, which provide massive research potential. The companies look to create new spectral libraries of information that apply to agriculture, mining, construction, energy, and the insurance industries. “Historically, low-altitude data collection using hyperspectral sensors … Read More