Recently Damien Lepoutre, Founder and CEO of GEOSYS, spoke with Jamie at the InfoAg Conference in St. Louis, Mo. Lepoutre started the company nearly three decades ago when precision ag looked quite a bit different. “When I started this company 27 years ago the concepts you see here, they were already there, but we didn’t have all the technology so we … Read More
Conservis Grows Business
Conservis Corp., the industry leader in farm management software (FMS),has earned the business of six new farm customers in the past two weeks. These six companies represent more than 70,000 acres in five states as well as Russia. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and South Dakota customers may now be served by Conservis and in Russia the company added a portion of the … Read More
Climate Corp Tech Increases Sustainable Production
Spirits were high for representatives from The Climate Corporation, a division of Monsanto, at this year’s Ag Media Summit following an exciting announcement earlier this year: Their digital agriculture platform has officially been used to map over 75 million acres of United States farmland. “We’re seeing widespread adoption of these digital tools,” representative Chelsea Shepherd said during an interview at … Read More
Soyl Introduces App at InfoAg
New to InfoAg this year were Tom Parker and Grahm Barr with Soyl, a market leading service provider in the UK. Even though Soyl is more than busy providing soil sampling to 2.5 million acres in Britain, they’ve flown across the pond to share a new app they’ve developed called iSoyl. The app allows variable rate data to be uploaded … Read More
Progressive Farmer, FarmLink Deliver Data Tool
Arriving for the 2016 planting season, growers will soon be able to subscribe to an online tool through DTN/The Progressive Farmer and FarmLink. The two companies have announced an agreement to develop a new dashboard product to help farmers evaluate productivity. Combining DTN/The Progressive Farmer’s local weather stations and cash market information from FarmLink allows for a new product that will give … Read More
PrecisionHawk Hires CEO, CFO to Expand
The first half of 2015 has brought unprecedented growth for PrecisionHawk Inc., a data acquisition and analysis company. As a result the company has hired two new leadership positions on their management team. Bob Young will be filling the role of Chief Executive Officer and William Beyer will serve as the Chief Financial Officer. William R. Beyer brings more than … Read More
Managing Acres with SATSHOT
There is no question that the precision agriculture industry is on a steady incline when it comes to growth. While at the 2015 InfoAg Conference precision ag companies were present to share how they can aid farmers in the competitive growing season. Lanny Faleide, president of SATSHOT, sat down with me to explain why all farmers need to get on … 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
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
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