iCropTrak Makes WagNet Irrigation & Field Data Mobile

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Apps, Data Collection, Irrigation, John Deere

iCropTrak Mobile Farm Management announces support for Agsense WagNet network for pivot irrigation and soil sensor monitoring. iCroptrak automatically integrates the WagNet water and soil sensor data with your farming data to help farmers make better decisions and monitoring your irrigation efforts painless. With water restrictions and sustainable farming playing an ever-growing role in farming, iCropTrak integrated one of the … Read More

New Tractor Toolbox from Deere

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Equipment, John Deere, Tractor

Finding room in a tractor cab for tools, parts, and other items needed while in the field, has always been an issue with operators. Small toolboxes have been supplied and located on different areas of the tractor, but the storage space has been limited. Now, John Deere has found a convenient solution with a new Tractor Utility Box. “We’ve increased … Read More

GROWMARK and Deere form Data Collaboration

Cindy ZimmermanAgribusiness, Audio, Data Collection, Growmark, John Deere, Software, technology

GROWMARK and John Deere are collaborating to make life easier and improve decision-making for producers and agronomists. The two are collaborating to deliver near real-time field level data to producers and FS Crop Specialists by linking FS Advanced Information Services (FS AIS), a suite of precision agronomy software, with John Deere Wireless Data Transfer, JDLink™ and MyJohnDeere. GROWMARK Agronomy Marketing … Read More

Deere Shows How to Be Accurate Up to 10 MPH

John DavisAgribusiness, Audio, Commodity Classic, Equipment, John Deere, Planting, seed

Imagine getting your work done at twice the speed you normally do! Producers attending this year’s Commodity Classic in San Antonio got to see more of John Deere’s new ExactEmerge planting system, which allows planters to be accurate at speeds up to 10 MPH. Kelby Krueger, product specialist with Deere’s Seeding Group, explained to Leah on the trade show floor … Read More

Deere Brings Technology and Farming Together

John DavisAgribusiness, Audio, Commodity Classic, John Deere

They’ve been innovating ever since John Deere himself introduced the first steel plow nearly 180 years ago that transformed the American Great Plains into the world’s food basket it is today. Now the good folks at Deere have shown off their latest innovation at Commodity Classic in San Antonio: FarmSight. “Farmsight is our approach to how we think technology and … Read More

Classic is Next Show for John Deere ExactEmerge

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Commodity Classic, Equipment, Events, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, Planting

If you missed the new John Deere ExactEmerge Planter at the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show, you’ll have another chance to see this baby at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio next week. At NFMS, I talked with John Deere Seeding Group product specialist Kelby Krueger who worked on the ExactEmerge project from start to finish. He says the new … Read More

John Deere Wraps up FinOvation Award

Cindy ZimmermanIndustry News, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show

The Farm Industry News FinOvation Awards presented during the National Farm Machinery Show each year spotlight the key innovations of the previous year, as chosen by readers. This year’s honorees included everything from an prototype autonomous tractor, to cloud computing, to a new tire made from soybeans. Bigger, higher capacity, gentler, more narrow, and super precise are some of the … Read More

John Deere Introduces SeedStar™ Mobile

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, Planting, technology, Video

In conjunction with the launch of the ExactEmerge™ planters and MaxEmerge™ 5 row units at the National Farm Machinery Show this week, John Deere also introduced SeedStar Mobile to help producers better visualize, document, and access their planting data in real time. The new John Deere SeedStar Mobile solution uses an iPad to provide critical planting information producers need to … Read More

Details About John Deere ExactEmerge

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Equipment, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, Planting

You want details about the new John Deere ExactEmerge planting system? We got ’em! Here’s a few from the press release: The John Deere ExactEmerge row unit incorporates new technology that gives corn and soybean producers the ability to plant at speeds up to 10 mph while maintaining superior seed placement. The exclusive seed delivery system cradles the seed from … Read More