Iteris, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council (MWRPC) to provide wheat growers with custom weather and soil data to localize wheat disease models. The delivery platform is Iteris’ precision data program, ClearAg. MWRPC members will be able to view high-resolution data to make better decisions on fungicide applications using this app. Specifically, … Read More
FarmLink’s Focus on Precision Data
FarmLink’s managing director, Randy Barker, joined his team at the 2015 InfoAg Conference in St. Louis to share their latest advances when it comes to precision data technology. I caught up with him to hear the FarmLink update. “Farmers are facing a lot of challenges. It might be weather or commodity prices. What we provide them is a measurement tool … Read More
Ag Leader Talks Data at InfoAg 2015
Russ Morman, an 18 year veteran of Ag Leader’s marketing department, manned the Ag Leader booth at the recent InfoAg Conference in St. Louis, MO. He shared their key messaging to attendees as they passed through and spoke with me on how they respond to growing questions concerning data. “This year we are really focusing on our software solutions, our … Read More
FarmLogs Introduces FarmLogs Flow at InfoAg
FarmLogs co-founder and CEO, Jesse Vollmar, was present at the 2015 InfoAg Conference to share details about their recent announcement about FarmLogs Flow. The small plug-in hardware device is the first connected machine product to generate instant yield maps. “This announcement is about a way that we are extending and making our yield function even better for our customer base … Read More
Plan Your Day With ClearAg
The 2015 InfoAg conference is well underway and one of my first stops was at the Iteris booth to learn more about their leading crop health and crop decision support product suite, ClearAg™. Mike Ostaffe, Director of Product Management, was on hand to explain how ClearAg is the most accurate, location-based weather, water, soil and crop health information available worldwide. … Read More
AGCO, Trimble Collaborate to Connect Ag Data Platforms
Precision agriculture company Trimble and ag equipment maker and distributor AGCO have teamed up to connect agriculture data platforms. This news release from Trimble says the partnership will deliver wireless connectivity between AGCO’s VarioDoc and AgCommand® systems and the Trimble® Connected Farm™ solution. “The inclusion of AGCO’s AgCommand information into Connected Farm aligns well with Trimble’s continued focus on providing … Read More
AgGateway Enters Phase 3 of SPADE Project
The third phase of AgGateway‘s Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange (SPADE) Project is currently underway. The project will continue work related to automated data exchange in precision farming– specifically crop scouting, crop nutrition, wireless asset and vehicle data exchange, and automation of commodity data for rail and truck transport. 24 companies, along with experts in precision agriculture are working together … Read More
Climate Corp Reports Record Adoption of Digital Services
Growers have mapped more than 75 million acres, announces the Climate Corporation. This number represents nearly 45% of all corn and soybean acres planted in the US. The company’s digital agriculture platform includes Climate Basic™, Climate Pro™ and FieldView® from Precision Planting. Their premium web and mobile products have also grown considerably, from 1 million to 5 million in the last … Read More
ADAMA and Phytech Team Up
ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. and Phytech, an Israeli agricultural technology company, have begun a partnership for the global commercialization of Phytech’s PlantBeat System. The system is an alert-driven mobile platform that integrates crop health data and environmental data to give real-time recommendations, generally for irrigation. The analyzed data alert is given in real-time, helping farmers with daily decisions. Pilot projects … Read More
Farmers Edge Brings New Tech to the US
Growers in the US will now have access to the precision agriculture and independent data solutions offered by Farmers Edge. The global leader in precision ag has announced an American location in Shakopee, MN. Their services will be available to farmers in all major growing regions of the country. “Our technology is a unique, one-of-a-kind system, that integrates data sources, … Read More