Russ Mormon works in marketing for Ag Leader and spends a lot of his time at events like this week’s InfoAg Conference. Talking to that many growers has given him a pretty good idea of what farmers are looking for, and right now he says everyone’s asking about connectivity. That suits Mormon just fine, since Ag Leader is well equipped … Read More
AgGateway Launches ADAPT Version 1
AgGateway is getting ready to launch version 1 of its ADAPT software solution to the agriculture industry. The announcement was made during this year’s InfoAg that took place in St. Louis, Missouri this week. The AgGateway consortium was founded to address eConnectivity needs in agriculture as the industry develops and adopts more powerful tools to increase efficiency and productivity. One … Read More
All-in-One Platform from @Farmers_Edge
Trevor Armitage is the Vice President of Global Operations for Farmers Edge, so he’s certainly the guy to talk to when you want to know what’s new. I had the chance to speak with him at InfoAg in St. Louis, Missouri this week and he shared a bit about a big component of their grower service; the Farm Command data … Read More
No More Paper Pushing for @CropTrak
“When Did Farming Become Paper Pushing,” was the topic of a seminar presented by Jonathan Sherrill with Crop Trak during InfoAg this week in St. Louis. Kelly Marshall had the opportunity to sit down with Sherrill following his presentation and talk about how to get rid of paperwork. Sherrill mentioned that paperwork is not something anyone gets excited about. He … Read More
.@CropTrak Announces Partnership with IBM Weather Co.
Crop Trak President Aaron Hutchinson doesn’t believe in just sitting still. He’s always moving his company forward, from updating the company’s name (you may remember them as iCrop Trak) to upgrading the weathers solutions provided by his company. At InfoAg this week the company announced a move to partner with The Weather Company. This IBM owned weather solution will offer … Read More
The Future of Precision Technology
One of the keynote speakers at the 2016 InfoAg Conference was Jack Uldrich, the acclaimed global futurist, speaker, and best-selling author. He spoke to conference attendees about what the world may look like in just a few short years, and provided an in-depth exploration of how the “Internet of Things,” ‘Big Data,” social media, robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, renewable … Read More
Details Matter, says @JohnDeere at #InfoAg16
Jeremy Leifker leads the product strategy and marketing group at John Deere, a division responsible for bringing new ideas to the company pipeline. While much of what is in the works remains a secret, Leifker took time at InfoAg to tell AgWired about a theme that is important to what John Deere develops. Telematics, or remote measurements, are an important part of the … Read More
New Features for Falcon Soil Samplers
Falcon Soil Technology has added new mapping and live sampling tracking features to the Model 5000 Automated Sampling System, allowing soil samplers to now collect, map and share soil sample information within the same system. The new capabilities add mapping features and live sample tracking within one system, and will allow for faster preparation of fields while utilizing the existing … Read More
Looking Ahead to 2017 ECPA and ACPA
During the opening session for the 2016 ICPA we heard presentations from two precision agriculture conferences that will be held in 2017. The first up was the 11th European Conference on Precision Agriculture. It is 20 years since the first ECPA conference and the UK organisers are pleased to welcome the return of the conference to the UK and to … Read More
An ISPA Update at #13ICPA
The 13th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) is underway. Dr. Ken Sudduth, Research Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS, is currently President of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) and welcomed us in this morning’s opening plenary session. During Dr. Sudduth’s remarks he gives a report on the ISPA and encouraged attendees from 28 countries to help start affiliated groups in … Read More