PrecisionHawk and Agri-Trend announced a partnership to offer PrecisionHawk’s leading UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) data collection, Sensing and Analysis tools to farmers across the US and Canada through the Agri-Trend SkyScout™ Program. This year, the partnership will offer UAV services throughout regions of Canada using trained individuals with the objective to roll out a full commercialization service model in 2016. … Read More
FarmLink Highlights TrueHarvest at #Classic15
Producers nationwide could have banked an extra $9.5 billion in revenues if they had gotten the full potential out of their ground. That was the message Brian Howard, Director of Program Development for FarmLink told attendees of this year’s Commodity Classic in Phoenix, Arizona. He said his company’s new product, TrueHarvest, is a first-of-its-kind benchmarking tool that identifies significant opportunities … Read More
FarmLogs Advantage Unveiled
FarmLogs, the leading data science company that helps over 20 percent of U.S. farms maximize productivity and field profitability, unveiled FarmLogs Advantage at Commodity Classic last week. The suite of breakthrough innovations will make precision farming possible for every farmer in America. The new version of FarmLogs will offer powerful automated data collection and analysis features focused on helping farmers … Read More
MyJohnDeere Operations Center Connectivity
John Deere has made several significant advancements in the area of intelligent precision solutions in the past six months and at Commodity Classic we learned more about how these tools help growers connect with trusted advisers. Pat Pinkston, John Deere Vice President for Technology and Information Solutions Agriculture, introduced a panel consisting of a farmer, an agronomic services provider, and … Read More
Iteris’ ClearAg Crop Protection Beta Testing Program
Iteris, Inc., a leader in providing intelligent traffic management and weather information solutions, announced the opening of its ClearAg™ Crop Protection application programming interfaces (API) beta testing program. Chuck spoke with Bob Stern in the Iteris booth during the 2015 Commodity Classic allowing him to share more information about their next step in the evolution in our family of precision … Read More
The Chicago Farmers Talk Big Data
Learn more about big data and everything involved with it on March 9th, 2015 from 11:30-1:30 while Jesse Vollmar, CEO of Farmlogs, and Hank Roark, Manager, Decision Analytics for John Deere Technology Innovation Center talk big data. This educational opportunity is brought to you by The Chicago Farmers, an agricultural and agribusiness organization. Big data in agriculture offers the promise … Read More
Data Is Available & It Is Accurate
During the 2015 annual meeting for the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau, a panel was formed to talked about the impact of big data on crop insurance. One of those panelist was Deb Casurella with MyAgData and Chuck caught up with her as she shared her insights into this rapidly evolving industry. “We take data from the tractor and tie … Read More
HarvestMaster Expands into Europe
Ag data collection technology company HarvestMaster is expanding its footprint into Europe. The company already has offices in Missouri and Utah and is now opening a new office location in Wels, Austria to provide sales, marketing, and service support to HarvestMaster’s European partners and customers. With the opening of the new office in Austria, HarvestMaster intends to be more aptly … Read More
Conservis Announces Version 8.0
Conservis Corporation announced significant expansion of their industry-leading farm management software, now with new management and analytical tools. “In Chicago the talk is all about data and profitability,” said Pat Christie, Conservis Founder & CEO. “With lower prices, top producers need timely and accurate data to run a competitive business. Conservis 8.0 makes this data actionable. For the first time, … Read More
Merger of Crop Protection Traceability Standards
AgGateway and the CRISTAL Product Traceability team of CropLife International are merging their bar code guidelines, also known as traceability standards, a move that will allow crop protection companies with global operations to enhance data exchange in managing product traceability, inventory control, regulatory compliance and quality control. The important collaboration comes as traceability issues are increasingly important in global trade … Read More