High resolution aerial imagery is the specialty of GeoVantage and during the InfoAg Conference Matt Sweeney told me all about what they do. The company not only owns planes but has a substantial list of pilots they work with to get jobs done. Aerial imagery is a key component in utilizing precision agriculture techniques for the management of farmland. The … Read More
Contract Importance in Precision Ag Data
Dr. Joan Archer is an attorney for Husch Blackwell and a member of their Food and Agribusiness Business Unit. Her entire practice is focused on precision agriculture and animal health. So it was no surprise her expertise was utilized during the 2015 InfoAg Conference in St. Louis. Joan, alongside her colleagues, spoke on a few emerging legal issues that have … Read More
AgGateway – How SPADE Digs into Interoperability
When it comes to really digging into the ground, you need a good spade. If you’re digging into interoperability, you need AgGateway’s SPADE – Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange Project. This summer marks the third year and the third phase for SPADE, building on seeding and harvest operations of the first two phases to bring field operations data interoperability into … Read More
John Deere Offers Multiple Ways to Connect
These days, the most valuable thing on farms might not be the crops, but the data about those crops. During the recent InfoAg Conference, Chuck caught up with Scott Brotherton with John Deere, who said it all starts with getting data into the John Deere Operations Center to help producers make better decisions. “It could be as easy as a … Read More
FMC Talks with #AgMedia About Solstice
Growers have been seeing some great results with FMC’s Solstice™ postemergence herbicide in this second year on the market. “Corn growers are pretty familiar with the HPPD inhibitor chemistry that’s in Solstice,” said FMC North America corn segment manager Matt Hancock during interviews at the recent Ag Media Summit. “But what we did was take that one step further and … Read More
iCropTrak and Mobile Farm Management
Long time AgWired Precision supporter Aaron Hutchinson, iCropTrak, had a very busy time at the 2015 InfoAg Conference. Even so, I found a few minutes with him to talk about the products being offered by his company. One of those products is DIRT (Data Information Reporting Tool) which he says is a way of thinking about Excel and reporting on … Read More
The MapShots Showcase at InfoAg Conference
This was the 20th InfoAg Conference and Ted Macy has attended them all. During the conference he was the producer/director and star of the MapShots Showcase. Ted says we’re at a revolutionary point with data quality that allows for less hands on work. However, his company has had to deal with issues like customers who haven’t set up their monitors … Read More
Speed & Simplicity with FarmMobile
Heath Gerlock wears a lot of hats at FarmMobile; founder, director of marketing are just a few. But one of his main roles is making sure farmers have a good understanding of what FarmMobile can offer them. During the 2015 InfoAg Conference, I stopped by their booth to learn just that. “FarmMobile is really about facilitating the fastest path from … Read More
Cheminova Products Add to FMC Portfolio
FMC Corporation just completed its acquisition of Cheminova earlier this year and at the Ag Media Summit we talked with FMC business solutions manager David Wheeler about what new crop protection solutions that adds to the FMC portfolio for growers. “The Cheminova acquisition has really rounded out our portfolio,” said Wheeler. “For instance, we were lacking in fungicides in our … Read More
Developing with John Deere
Last year we were talking about how John Deere has really opened up their API’s to allow for quicker collaboration and cooperation with other companies. That has been a big success for the company according to John Deere’s Randy Kasperbauer. I visited with Randy next to this very white genius bar looking display at the InfoAg Conference to learn more. … Read More