Research shows a lightbar can pay for itself in three years on only 300 acres. It can be done with a GPS receiver that receives the free WAAS correction signal that functions within 12-inch accuracy. This was just one precision farming economic message presented by Matt Darr, Iowa State University ag engineer, during a field day at its Northern Research … Read More
New Video on ParaDyme from AutoFarm
AutoFarm has released a new video featuring its ParaDyme GPS Precision Farming system. The new five and one half minute video highlights ParaDyme as the world’s first totally integrated precision farming system, with the capability of being installed on any “color” or brand of farm equipment from tractors, combines, sprayers and spreaders to swathers. AutoFarm ParaDyme is the single system … Read More
North Dakota Precision Ag Expo Videos Worth Watching
Special coverage of two recent Precision Ag Expo days, in Casselton and Dickenson, N. Dak., has been documented by Farm & Ranch Guide–and the webpage includes educational videos of numerous presentations. Both field days were hosted by North Dakota State University Extension Service. You can learn about site specific hardware, history of GPS, GPS system choices, accuracy of GPS, LIDAR … Read More
TeeJet Updates Matrix Guidance System
TeeJet launched its Matrix Guidance System with RealView Guidance Over Video earlier this year, and now it offers a software update, v1.04. The features being released are fully tested and bring significant improvement to the performance of this product. Updates include: Improved touch screen response Split Screen option is available in RealView Guidance mode on the Matrix 570G Improved touch … Read More
Precision Agriculture Workshop in California
UC Davis has prepared a great all-day workshop on Site-Specific Management to help increase widespread adoption of this valuable tool. It will be held July 14 in the UC Davis conference center (the day before Weed Day). Here’s a look at the program: Workshop Goal: Present and discuss SSM concepts and applied research in order to provide the audience with … Read More
Seed Savings With Planter Row Shut-Off
Northern Illinois corn and soybean grower Todd Glendenning says he saved an estimated $1,200 per day during spring planting with his Trimble guidance and row control system, according to a story in the June issue of Trimble’s StraightTalk newsletter. “After planting with RTK and implement guidance, I would never want to plant any other way,” says Glendenning. “I used to … Read More
Wireless Connectivity Now Featured on ParaDyme
WiFi in your tractor cab? The AutoFarm ParaDyme GPS system is the first to offer remote loading of software. And it can remotely connect to your dealer for help. “AutoFarm is the only GPS steering provider currently offering this capability,” says John Bressler, Sr. Marketing Manager, AutoFarm. “The ParaDyme looks like a WiFi ‘hotspot’ to the user’s PC and once … Read More
Precision Farming in South Africa
Ag Leader’s Paul Rose blogs about his trip to South Africa, where the company installed its first ParaDyme system in that country. The 5,000 acre farmer featured in the story plants 60-inch corn that, moisture permitting, averages 80 bushels per acre. For more details, check out the story.
Tracking the Latest in Precision Farming Terminology
Good precision agriculture information can be found at the Auburn University Cooperative Extension System Precision Ag website. A current publication deals with GPS/GNSS related terminology. From their Precision Ag Blog… Ever wonder what GNSS, CMR or CORS stands for? Or what a datum or repeater really is? The world of GPS and Precision Agriculture often abounds with confusing terminology and … Read More
Ten Years of Unscrambled GPS
Readers of precision.agwired.com know the value of how satellites and accompanying technology has totally changed farming. And as a journalist who has covered the precision agriculture industry before it’s birth, I’m jealous of some technologies that I want for my car–like auto steering. While that technology is a ways off into the future, Gearlog.com posted a recent piece on how … Read More