Deere Adds New AutoTrac Guidance Products

Kurt LawtonCompany Announcement, Displays, Equipment, GPS, Guidance, John Deere

John Deere’s machine guidance portfolio expands by two products, which can also be used on select non-John Deere platforms. New AutoTrac Controller expands its AutoTrac SF1, SF2 and RTK compatibility on more vehicles such as select Case IH Magnum and MX Series tractors. AutoTrac Controller provides similar performance levels to competitive systems and enhanced performance compared to our current AutoTrac … Read More

Trimble Expands Capabilities Of FmX Display

Kurt LawtonCompany Announcement, Displays, Equipment, GPS, Software, Trimble

Trimble‘s AgGPS FmX integrated display version 2.0 has added control of it’s mid-range, more cost-effective options, such as TrueGuide, EZ-Steer and LB25 detachable lightbar. Priced from US$5,995 MSRP, the FmX is a multi-function, touch screen controller with built-in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers to address specific farmer needs in machine guidance, including control of the tractor and the implement … Read More

Leica Expands Connectivity To Growing GPS CORS Network

Kurt LawtonCompany Announcement, Equipment, GPS, Leica Geosystems

Farmers who have precision guidance equipment and access to the growing CORS (Continuously Operating Reference System) towerless GPS network have a new tool from Leica Geosystems to tap into it. The Intuicom RTK Bridge allows farm equipment with guidance systems to access real-time RTK network correction without the use of a base station. State-wide CORS and private real-time networks are … Read More

Hemisphere Outback Now Compatible With Ag Leader Software

Kurt LawtonAg Leader, Company Announcement, GPS, Software

Farmers using Hemisphere GPS Outback Guidance can now easily move field data into Ag Leader’s SMS Basic and SMS Advanced mapping software solutions. “We are very pleased to be expanding for our customers the use of the valuable data our systems collect. Ag Leader SMS Basic and SMS Advanced software will now be compatible with Hemisphere GPS Outback Guidance and aerial application products,” … Read More

Topcon Offers New Electric Steering Product

Kurt LawtonCompany Announcement, Equipment, GPS

For farmers who want a simple steering console with precise auto-steering performance, check out the new AES-25 system from Topcon Precision Agriculture. Rhett Schildroth, TPA engineering director, said, “The AES-25 is an accurate steering system that does not intrude into the operator’s working area or alter the steering wheel position. There are no external components that could interfere with normal … Read More

Precision Agriculture: Robot-Style

Kurt LawtonEducation, Events, GPS, Precision Ag in the News, Research, Satellite

Check out this video from a field robot event at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, courtesy of Epoch Times online. “We can reduce the amount of chemicals we use by the very precise application and by doing so, we will also reduce emissions and residuals of chemicals on food.” Putting theory into practice, students and engineers held a Field Robot … Read More

Last Of 8 New GPS Satellites Set To Launch

Kurt LawtonGPS, Industry News, Satellite

The U.S. Air Force, responsible for managing the GPS satellite constellation, is scheduled to launch the last in a series of new GPS IIR-M satellites to ensure improved GPS capability well into the future, as reported by Satnews Daily. Built by Lockheed Martin, the satellite offers features to include improved accuracy, enhanced encryption, anti-jamming capabilities and a second civil signal to … Read More

Precision Farming Advances in Popular Science

Kurt LawtonConservation, Education, Farmers, Fertilizer, GPS, International, Precision Ag in the News, Research, Resources, Satellite, sustainability, University, weather

Popular Science magazine did a nice job providing readers with a glimpse into the precision agriculture research that is needed to grow twice as much food by 2050. The writer talked about how this challenge is everyone’s problem, but scientists are hard at work fomenting a second green revolution. Here are the research projects that the magazine chose: 1. Sahara … Read More

Precision Farmers Cut Pesticide Use With Seed

Kurt LawtonConservation, Corn, Education, Farmers, Fertilizer, GPS, sustainability

While the anti-agriculture activists spout misinformed data about how genetically-modified grains have not boosted yields nor reduced use of fertilizer or chemicals–those of us living and breathing modern precision agriculture know the truth. In my hundreds and hundreds of interviews I’ve done over the years with progressive farmers (in stories that have appeared in Progressive Farmer, Farm Industry News and … Read More

InfoAg Talk: Soil Management Zones Increase N Efficiency

Kurt LawtonAerial Imagery, Ag Leader, Audio, Farmers, Fertilizer, GPS, InfoAg, Software

Ten years of research by Dr. Raj Khosla and his precision agriculture grad students at Colorado State University has produced a soil color based management zone technique that accurately optimizes Nitrogen use efficiency within and across zones in given corn fields. “Once farmers realize the value of varying N rates based on field productivity zones, most want to add more … Read More