A collaborative effort at South Dakota State University’s (SDSU) College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences has produced the world’s first multi-hybrid planter to create advancement in precision agriculture. When SDSU plant scientist, Peter Sexton, needed a new row-crop planter at the Agricultural Experiment Station’s Southeast Research Farm near Beresford, he looked to the future – in terms of equipment and … Read More
Raven’s Commitment to Innovative Tech
Raven Industries is always working on something. During the recent NAFB Convention’s Trade Talk, I met up with Raven’s Marketing and Business Development Manager, Ryan Molitor. He expressed Raven’s desire to continue to add new technologies to the precision marketplace as well as improve on their existing products. “One of the things we really invest a lot in is training … Read More
Raven Helping Rural High-speed Internet
Raven Industries, Inc. announced it is involved in a pilot project with Google designed to provide high-speed wireless Internet accessibility to rural, remote and underserved areas of the world. Google plans to use Raven-designed and developed high-tech balloons as part of its new project for balloon-powered Internet access, Project Loon. Raven Aerostar has been working for several months in close … Read More
New Application Controls in the Making at Raven
Staying on the cutting edge of precision agricultural technology isn’t an easy thing to master, but the team at Raven Industries has done just that. During the 2013 Raven Inovation Summit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota numerous products were unveiled. Three of them fall into the category of application controls. I asked Gary Esselink, product manager in application controls for … Read More
New Planter Control Options at Raven
Accuracy, scalability and connectivity are all things Raven Industries prides themselves on when it comes to row crops. During the 2013 Raven Innovation Summit the team at Raven was proud to introduce the latest in precision technology with their multi-hybrid planter. The planter control package includes more then just multi-hybrid technologies. It also brings together OmniRow that is fully integrated … Read More
What’s New in Data Management at Raven?
Data management was one of the buzz words during the recent Raven Innovation Summit. Raven Industries hosted dealers and growers from around the world as they made public their latest and greatest precision ag technologies. When is comes to data management Slingshot has revolutionized the cab. When you bring together Slingshot and Raven hardware you can view and support the … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com Profile – Jerome Tschetter
Jerome Tshetter was one of the panelists during the Raven Innovation Summit Producer Panel. The event held earlier this week brought dealers, growers and agriculture media from across the globe together to hear all about the new products Raven Industries has on the market. Jerome Tschetter is a corn and soybean grower from Bridgewater, South Dakota and not only shared … Read More
Introducing The New Field Computing System – Viper 4
The Viper 4 was the talk of the 2013 Raven Innovation Summit in Sioux Falls, SD earlier this week. This was just one of the many products Raven Industries unveiled during the event. As a fourth generation Viper, the Viper 4 comes from a legendary family loaded with connections, resources and support. The precision ag system integrates into a simple, … Read More
Raven Makes Big Announcements at RIS
The 2013 Raven Innovation Summit wrapped up last night with an awards banquet honoring Raven Industries dealers from across the world. The two-day event consisted of the announcement of brand new innovative technologies, a trade show and educational break-out sessions where dealers got all their questions answered about the new product launches. During the opening session general manager and vice … Read More
G-8 Open Data for Ag Take Aways
Data, data, data. I wonder how many times that word was used at this week’s G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture? A lot I’m sure. Well, I was not there but Paul Welbig, Raven Industries was. Here’s a photo of Paul on the left with Dr. Aboubacar Diaby, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. They are holding … Read More