One of the issues about some of the data collection methods for precision agriculture is the fact that many times the data still has to be manually transferred from data device, such as a USB, to office software. The folks at MapShots hope to change that. At the International Conference on Precision Agriculture in Indianapolis, IN, Chuck talked to the … Read More
John Deere Mobile Farm Manager App
Tyler Hogrefe, seen here being interviewed by Ken Anderson, Brownfield Ag News, is a Product Manager for John Deere in their Intelligent Solutions Group. He was a presenter at their FarmSight Tech Summit. I spoke to him about John Deere Mobile Farm Manager. Tyler says the need for more data is increasing and it is very useful in the office … Read More
Fastline AgRacer App Unveiled at NFMS
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls – start your engines. Fastline AgRacer is on track to be the next big farm-themed game. Fastline Publications unveiled AgRacer at the 2012 National Farm Machinery Show. This game app is available for the iPhone/touch/iPad and Android devices for just 99 cents. AgRacer combines the fun of racing with farm equipment and the thrill … Read More
Creating Social Media Buzz about Maximum Yields
The hashtag #FSMaxYield was everywhere at the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event last week in Bettendorf, Iowa encouraging people at the event to “be part of the buzz.” “We’re excited to have a hashtag at the event,” said GROWMARK Electronic Communications Specialist Heather (Miller) Thompson. “We’ve given every grower and crop specialist a little card about how to tweet from … Read More
Precision Planting Launches FieldView
Precision Planting of Tremont, Illinois recently launched a new iPad monitoring application for use in production agriculture. It’s called “FieldView”, their latest addition to the 20/20 Seed Sense system for planter management. Sean Arians, education coordinator with Precision Planting, says the application puts the iPad to good use in the cab of the tractor. “Rather than just playing games like Angry … Read More
Precision Mobile Learning Applications
On our sister site, AgWired, my weekly ZimmCast podcast features a conversation you may be interested in hearing. In this week’s program we use the M word, as in Mobile, as in Float Mobile Learning. I just had a conversation with Chad Udell, Managing Director, about mobile learning technology and what that means for today’s agribusiness customers, including in the … Read More
MyModules App From eCotton
At the Beltwide Cotton Conferences I met Joe Wyrick, President, EWR, Inc. His company has a division called eCotton which “is dedicated to supplying the information processing needs of the cotton industry.” One of the new ways they’re doing that is with a brand new smartphone app called MyModules. Cotton producers can register new cotton modules and have them transmitted … Read More
PrecisionEarth Now Available For Your iPad
During InfoAg I visited with PrecisionEarth which was just being introduced. Well it’s now available for your iPad (or other iOS device)! Watch an overview in the video below. PrecisionEarth makes Soil Sampling Simple, Faster, with less mistakes, and with less paper. Build up the Grower, Farmer, Field information as well as collect new boundaries, grids, and samples all inside … Read More
There’s an app for that, too
There are Android and iPhone apps for just about everything. My friend, Jason Webster runs the Practical Farm Research for Beck‘s Hybrids in Downs, Ill. In addition he farms, too. Jason fully admits he doesn’t always practice what he used to preach about scouting fields during the growing season. Because of that – he’s gone to a more sophisticated form of scouting. One that he utilizes and … Read More
Precision Earth on an iPad
The fast pace of new technology was very evident at the InfoAg Conference. Everywhere you looked you could see someone with a smartphone and there were lots of tablets being used. Speaking of tablets, how about iPads doing some precision ag duties? How about something called Precision Earth? Pictured are Chris Tucker (left), Precision Earth and Aaron Hutchinson, Cogent3D, Inc. … Read More