Co-founder and CEO of Agrian, Nishan Majarian, and his team was out in full force during the recent InfoAg Conference in St. Louis, MO. “We started out as a specialty crops compliance company ensuring that crop protection nutrient applications on hundreds of specialty crops are safe and in compliance with the label and the law.” Over the past 12 years … Read More
iCropTrak and Mobile Farm Management
Long time AgWired Precision supporter Aaron Hutchinson, iCropTrak, had a very busy time at the 2015 InfoAg Conference. Even so, I found a few minutes with him to talk about the products being offered by his company. One of those products is DIRT (Data Information Reporting Tool) which he says is a way of thinking about Excel and reporting on … Read More
The MapShots Showcase at InfoAg Conference
This was the 20th InfoAg Conference and Ted Macy has attended them all. During the conference he was the producer/director and star of the MapShots Showcase. Ted says we’re at a revolutionary point with data quality that allows for less hands on work. However, his company has had to deal with issues like customers who haven’t set up their monitors … Read More
Developing with John Deere
Last year we were talking about how John Deere has really opened up their API’s to allow for quicker collaboration and cooperation with other companies. That has been a big success for the company according to John Deere’s Randy Kasperbauer. I visited with Randy next to this very white genius bar looking display at the InfoAg Conference to learn more. … Read More
Environmental Legal Issues in Precision Ag Tech
Emerging legal issues impacting precision agriculture was the topic of one of the breakout sessions during the 2015 InfoAg Conference. Bob Wilkinson, environmental attorney for Husch Blackwell’s food and agribusiness business unit in St. Louis, sat down with me to share more about his work. This unit has about 70 lawyers who focus on this industry and recently they have … Read More
FarmLink’s Focus on Precision Data
FarmLink’s managing director, Randy Barker, joined his team at the 2015 InfoAg Conference in St. Louis to share their latest advances when it comes to precision data technology. I caught up with him to hear the FarmLink update. “Farmers are facing a lot of challenges. It might be weather or commodity prices. What we provide them is a measurement tool … Read More
Getting More from UAVs
Don’t worry. If you missed the Hexagon Geospatial booth at InfoAg 2015, there’s still a chance for you to witness an IMAGINE UAV demonstration– this time from the comfort of your own computer. The UAV market is expanding rapidly and changes are everywhere. The webcast will focus on the possibilities and potential of UAVs for use in agriculture, with ideas for … Read More
Ag Leader Talks Data at InfoAg 2015
Russ Morman, an 18 year veteran of Ag Leader’s marketing department, manned the Ag Leader booth at the recent InfoAg Conference in St. Louis, MO. He shared their key messaging to attendees as they passed through and spoke with me on how they respond to growing questions concerning data. “This year we are really focusing on our software solutions, our … Read More
Operations Center in MyJohnDeere
During the InfoAg Conference I was moderator for a session presented by Pat Pinkston, John Deere Agriculture and Turf Division, Vice President, Information Solutions, Intelligent Solutions Group. Pat focused on the Operations Center in MyJohnDeere. He also had the largest breakout session group I saw. I liked his use of the term, agriculture/technology decision space to describe an area his … Read More
FarmLogs Introduces FarmLogs Flow at InfoAg
FarmLogs co-founder and CEO, Jesse Vollmar, was present at the 2015 InfoAg Conference to share details about their recent announcement about FarmLogs Flow. The small plug-in hardware device is the first connected machine product to generate instant yield maps. “This announcement is about a way that we are extending and making our yield function even better for our customer base … Read More