Kreg Freeman of Colquitt, Georgia is a double winner for his 2010 peanut crop that yielded a whopping 6626 pounds per acre. Kreg, pictured here with University of Georgia Extension Peanut Agronomist John Beasley accepting his award as the statewide winner in the Georgia Achievement Club this year for the 100-300 acre category, credits a good part of his increase … Read More
Precision Ag Award Winners
The PrecisionAg Institute recently announced the recipients of the 2011 PrecisionAg Awards of Excellence. This is the fifth annual presentation of these awards, designed to celebrate the people and programs that have helped agriculture realize the full benefits of technology to improve agronomy, efficiency, and stewardship in crop production. This year’s winners are: Legacy Award – Dr. Nyle Wollenhaupt, Plant … Read More
Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Farmers Edge, an independent precision agriculture consulting firm, has been ranked 11th by PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success in their annual ranking of Canada’s Top 200 Fastest-Growing Companies. Ranking Canada’s fastest-growing companies by five-year revenue growth, the PROFIT 200 profiles the country’s most successful growth companies. Farmers Edge received similar accolades in 2010, when it was recognized as the … Read More
Bertini to Recieve Borlaug CAST Communication Award
She received the World Food Prize in 2003 and this year at the same event Catherine Bertini will receive the prestigious 2011 Borlaug CAST Communication Award from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Bertini is best known for her work as Executive Director of World Food Program for the United Nations. She used her 2003 World Food Prize proceeds … Read More
AgSmart™ Rice Introduced By AquaLiv, Inc.
AquaLiv, Inc., has officially released its first commercialized agriculture product, AgSmart™ Rice. AquaLiv scientists have been performing agriculture enhancement studies in Japan for over ten years. AgSmart™ has proven to vastly increase the yields and quality in several crops without chemicals or genetic manipulation. The company claims AgSmart™ is the only agriculture biotechnology solution that is also natural and organic … Read More
MyWay RTK Introduces Andy Hill as GM
MyWay RTK LLC – a precision farming technologies company that specializes in open-technology RTK (Real Time Kinematic) – introduced industry veteran, Andy Hill, as the new General Manager. Hill comes from Premier Technologies, Inc., bringing with him 20 years industry experience in precision farming and agriculture. With its territory already blanketing the entire state of Illinois and quickly expanding in … Read More
PrecisionAg Awards Nominations Sought
The PrecisionAg Award of Excellence program is still accepting nominations for “some of the most important people and programs that have helped agriculture realize the full benefits of technology to improve agronomy, efficiency, and stewardship in crop production.” The awards are given in the following categories: • Educator/Researcher Of The Year • Legacy Award • Crop Adviser/Entrepreneur Of The Year … Read More
Alabama NRCS Offers Precision Ag Incentive
The Alabama Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is encouraging growers to sign up for the Precision Farming Incentive under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). According to State Conservationist Dr. William Puckett, the Precision Farming Incentive is designed to encourage the adoption of variable-rate application of nutrients and pesticides and promote the use of GPS-enabled precision agricultural technology and equipment. … Read More
John Deere Launches 1 Series Subcompact Utility Tractors
John Deere unveiled a new line of subcompact tractors at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville this week – the 1 Series Subcompact Utility tractors. John Deere Product Manager Kevin Branstetter gave the media a sneak preview, which you can see in the video posted below. Kevin says there are two models, the 1023E and 1026R, which are customer … Read More
Maximizing Yields for the Global Market
FS Green Plan Solutions, part of the Growmark company, sponsored a great conference in Peoria today for about 300 farmers and consultants around Illinois and surrounding states all focused on the pursuit of maximum yields for corn and soybeans. The event started off with a dynamic presentation by Purdue University economist Dr. Mike Boehlji, who discussed the good news of … Read More