AgGateway’s Data Privacy and Security Committee has published a white paper to help the agriculture industry consider ways to incorporate data privacy best practices and standards into their operations. The paper is also intended to provide recipients of farm data and their customers with areas to consider when using that data. The paper, which is publicly accessible at www.AgGateway.org, includes … Read More
FarmLogs Introduces Yield Maps
FarmLogs has announced the launch of Yield Maps, a new feature that enables farmers to import yield data and analyze field performance at high precision. The feature uses heat maps to automatically display the exact location of high and low output as a color-coded overlay on top of each field. The new functionality will be rolled out this week via … Read More
Encirca℠ Services and Raven Slingshot® Connect
DuPont Pioneer and Raven Industries today announced a collaboration to enable data transfer from Pioneer Encirca℠ services to Raven Viper®4 and other compatible field computers through Raven’s Slingshot® wireless connectivity solution. As part of this data exchange, growers can choose to have their EncircaSM services prescriptions wirelessly transferred directly to compatible Raven controllers to be accurately applied in their fields, … Read More
FS Crop Advisers Help with Nutrient Management Plans
This is the final installment of a four part series on Nutrient Management sponsored by FS/GROWMARK John Musser, a crop adviser with Stephenson Service Company, has been a crop consultant for over 30 years and a Certified Crop Adviser for the past two decades. He was the 2012 winner of the Illinois Certified Crop Adviser Award for helping his growers … Read More
Learn More About Plant Sap Analysis
Michelle Gregg is the Executive Director for Crop Health Laboratories (CHL) and Leah spoke with her about the new company’s upcoming event and opportunities they have for growers across the country. Part of CHL’s business model is using an existing technology that is new to North America. This new technology is called plant sap analysis which offers a different management … Read More
3D Robotics Launches New Mapping Drones
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) maker 3D Robotics has launched a new line of drones that come with all-in-one 2D and 3D mapping features. The California-based company says its new Aero-M (fixed wing) and X8-M (multi-copter) devices offer the most cost-effective, accurate and repeatable aerial perspectives for farms that could give producers images so good they could see right “down to … Read More
Next Steps in eBusiness for Agriculture
AgGateway has released details of extensive educational programming that will be offered at its 2014 Annual Conference, “Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success”, November 10-13 in Phoenix, Ariz. “This year we’ve put an even greater focus on making sure the agricultural industry is aware of the many resources available – and the path forward – to getting your company better connected … Read More
MapShots Announces 2015 Customer Conference
MapShots, Inc. will hold its 2015 Customer Conference on Feb. 11 – 14, 2015 at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Ga., the company recently announced. Participants who register before December 19th will receive a $100 discount on registration fees. Conference attendees will learn about new MapShots software and additional features and enhancements to existing products, … Read More
AEM Helps Launch Precision Ag Coalition
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) helped mark the launch of the Coalition for the Advancement of Precision Agriculture (CAPA), a new industry coalition that will help to shape emerging policy issues involving precision agriculture. Leif Magnusson, AEM AG chair and president CLAAS of America & regional president of the Americas, kicked off the event with a discussion of some … Read More
Iteris Launches ClearPath Ag™ Select
Iteris, Inc. has launched a new agriculture weather information solution called ClearPath Ag™ Select that features high-resolution weather information combined with mapping visualization for real-time decision support. The expanded Application Programming Interface (API) for iOS, Android and other computing platforms is based on Iteris’ ClearPath Ag cloud platform, which “combines the power of big data and analytics with the seasoned … Read More