Jeremy Wilson works for Crop IMS and knows a thing or two about big data. In his presentation, Data Share and Share Alike at the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, Wilson addresses the information recorded on a farm and who should be given access to it. On his own farm Wilson says they share all their information with someone, because … Read More
Bayer to Improve Tech with Help of Planetary Resources
Bayer has signed memorandum of understanding with aerospace technology company Planetary Resources. The document says Bayer intends to purchase data from Planetary Resources for the purpose of creating new agricultural products and improving existing ones. Using the combined technologies from the two companies, farmers can time their irrigation systems much better to save water, receive planting date recommendations and re-planting advice, … Read More
Arizona Installs Revolutionary Robotics System
The University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center has installed a revolutionary new agricultural robotics system has been installed on 1.5 acres of cultivated land as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) program. The ARPA-E TERRA program works to facilitate the improvement of advanced biofuel crops, specifically energy sorghum. The scanalyzer that … Read More
Southern States Cooperative Offers Precision Program
Southern States Cooperative is debuting their new precision agriculture program with options for beginner, intermediate and advanced-level farm data management. The program offers three tiered packages, Discovery, Evaluation and Analysis. The Discovery option lets growers get started with a basic package. It features a season-long program to help provide information that allows the user to make better informed decisions with … Read More
AFBF Reports Farmers Want Data Control
The American Farm Bureau Federation has released the results of a survey that shows America’s farmers and ranchers want to control their data. The survey also showed that farmers believe a cooperative-style central repository for their information would be the best way to control security and ensure its value. “We asked our members what they thought about data, and it … Read More
AGCO Teams with iMaps
AGCO Corporation has announced a new partnership with iMaps. Together the team is implementing QlikView, a business intelligence and visualization software that will allow AGCO to analyze a huge amount of complex data from a variety of sources both inside and outside the company to drive business forward. This collaboration makes AGCO one of the first ag companies to embrace … Read More
SLANTRANGE Produces More Efficient Sensors, Analytics
SLANTRANGE is a pioneer of smarter solutions to aerial remote sensing and analytics for precision agriculture. In their attempts to offer new layers of information and provide more control and predictability for agricultural land, the company has produced two new sensors. The SL2i and SL2p, combined with a new version of SLANTVIEW, the data analytics software, have a total of … Read More
AgEagle Chooses Botlink as Drone Partner
All AgEagle aircraft from AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc., will now include drone operation platforms from Botlink, LLC. Botlink’s real-time safety and data technology will combine with AgEagle’s farm-focued aircraft for provide growers with situational awareness. The Botlink platform will allow the drones to connect to the Internet to capture, process and deliver imagery in real time. Memory cards and downloading … Read More
Pioneer, PrecisionHawk Accelerate Use of Aerial Data
DuPont Pioneer has come on board as a strategic investor for the innovation and global expansion of PrecisionHawk. DuPont joins Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures, Yamaha Motor, USAA, NTT Docomo, Millennium Technology Value Partners and the Innovate Indiana Fund in an investment that brings PrecisionHawk’s total funding to more than $30 million. The new technology that will be made available by … Read More
Trade Secrets Act May Impact Agriculture
Big Data is a hot topic, especially among precision growers. The opportunity to share data on your own terms is getting a lot of attention and now even Congress is getting in on it with the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Data from agriculture business can be considered a “trade secret” of a business because it adds intangible value to the … Read More