Precision Ag Bytes 4/10

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April 5 marked the 100th anniversary of the European Biological Control Laboratory, operated in Montpellier, France, by the Agricultural Research Service to find, describe and evaluate natural enemies of invasive pests and weeds that arrived in the United States from abroad. The American Seed Trade Association welcomes the decision by the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures to develop a Systems Approach … Read More

Precision Ag Bytes 3/13

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AgBiome Innovations, the commercial arm of AgBiome, introduced Lektivar 40SC, a novel fungicide (fluazinam) that provides superior control of foliar and soil-borne diseases to include white mold, southern blight, downy mildew, early blight, and many others. TerrAvion announced a new partnership with FarmLogs, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based farm management software provider. The partnership will allow FarmLogs customers to add high-resolution … Read More

Precision Ag Bytes 12/19

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Ceres Imaging, which provides science-backed aerial images to growers, has announced the release of its new Cumulative Stress Index. The index combines Ceres Imaging’s various imagery indices into a single metric to assess overall plant stress over a growing season and strongly correlates to actual yield results. Topcon Agriculture announces the release of the NORAC Tillage Depth Control system, leveraging … Read More

Precision Ag Bytes 9/19

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Registration is now open for AgGateway’s Annual Conference, “Get Plugged In”, coming November 12-14 to the Sheraton Austin Hotel at The Capitol, Austin, Texas. More information is available on AgGateway’s 2018 Annual Conference webpage, found under “Events” at www.AgGateway.org. Sakata Seed America announces phase one completion of the Sakata Seed America Woodland Innovation Center: a new research and production facility … Read More

Precision Ag Bytes 4/11

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Cytozyme Laboratories, Inc. has announced the recent opening of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise office in Beijing, China, to improve its business processes and meet the growing demands of consumers throughout the region. The LG Seeds brand announces the launch of a new Technical Team Agronomist role. This role will provide technical support services to LG Seeds’ sales team, customers, … Read More

John Deere Reaps AE50 Awards

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John Deere S700 Combines, CP690 & CS690 Cotton Harvesters have been honored with AE50 Award for innovations that improve production ag. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) AE50 Awards highlight the year’s most innovative product-engineering designs in the food and agriculture industry, as chosen by a panel of international engineering experts. The John Deere S700 Series Combine … Read More

Precision Ag Bytes 12/13

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Valley Irrigation announced that the Valley ICON series of smart panels has been named New Product of the Year by Agri Marketing Magazine. The four smart panels in the series provide center pivot irrigation operators equipment with an intuitive, customizable graphical user interface they can utilize at the pivot point or from a tablet or smartphone. The panels are compatible with most … Read More

John Deere’s Prospective on Farm Economy & Tech

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Audio, Commodity Classic, Equipment, John Deere, Machinery, Video

“I’m an advocate for agriculture because I think it’s the finest industry in the world,” words spoken by John Lagemann, Senior VP, Sales & Marketing for the Agriculture and Turf Division, who has 35 years with John Deere and that in itself is a true testament. John had a busy schedule at the 2017 Commodity Classic, not only wearing his … Read More

2017 ASCEND Conference & Expo

Kelly Marshalldrone, Events

Mark your calendars for July 19-20 and plan to be in Portland, Oregon for the ASCEND Conference & Expo by Drone 360 for practical information about drones in precision agriculture. A combination of panel discussion, classes, workshops, workflow session, mentor meeting and interviews will help attendees learn about starting a drone business, understand best practices, gain knowledge about policies and … Read More

Precision Ag Bytes

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Meister Media Worldwide is enhancing the PrecisonAg magazine to become PrecisionAg Professional. The publication, presented by the editors of CropLife magazine, will be aimed at ag retailers and cooperatives, consultants, Extension specialists, and equipment dealers. The Southern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy is offering a special session in Mobile, Alabama on February 5-7, featuring gypsum.  The session “Gypsum … Read More