Field Monitoring
As of January 2022 there were over 1,000 satellites in orbit that fall into the category of Earth observation.
Veris Technologies has introduced the world’s first real-time sensor suite that measures four critical soil features while planting or tilling.
“After this year there’s probably a situation now where we can use this technology to push our planting window just a little bit into more marginal conditions,” says Ken Ferrie.
“The 2018 Farm Bill changed the status of hemp for everyone,” FieldWatch CEO Stephanie Regagnon says.
The technology detects a growing plant and selectively sprays a targeted application at 12 mph.
In 2020 field trials, the Greeneye Technology Selective Spraying System reduced herbicide use by 78% on average, with some farmers seeing a reduction of 90% or greater.
The FBN-assigned machine is in addition to the four of the systems (installed on four brands of sprayers) in operation in the U.S. Midwest.
The arrival of a precision, pellet-slinging, automated rover may provide almond growers with a cutting-edge NOW control weapon. Welcome to the age of robotic mummy removal.
Its current user base includes more than 100 ag retailers and consultants who use Taranis to deliver crop intelligence insights empowering more informed decision making to help make crop management more efficient
The company branches out to provide crop consultants with a suite of tools: soil testing software, in-field automation and on-site soil analysis
“You can take a $3 million salesman and make them a $5 million salesman,” Zach Worden says.
With his more than 37 years of agribusiness experience, Tim Hassinger says momentum is in the favor of the tech company as it expands its footprint and capabilities.
According to Brett Bruggeman, president of WinField United, the opportunities around carbon markets are bringing a stratification in the ag retail business.
AgLaunch and Farm Journal Announce Cutting-Edge Startups for the 2021 AgLaunch365 Row Crop Challenge
The 10 Row Crop Challenge startups were chosen by a panel of farmers that selected innovations based on their potential to address key problems in U.S. row crop agriculture.
The future is here, and for the future of agriculture, it is not a moment too soon.
Semios CEO Michael Gilbert says the company is aiming to deliver a single login for centralized crop management data into one, easy-to-use, end-to-end solution.
Sporando early alert system is helping farmers optimize their use of fungicides.
“Today’s acquisition is a testament to our commitment to make the farm more efficient and increase productivity while dramatically improving sustainability,” said Valmont President and CEO Stephen G. Kaniewski.
At his business, ForeFront Ag Solutions, Erich Eller is taking particular steps in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the partnership was first deployed in Brazil this year, it will be launched in the U.S. for the 2020 crop year.
“It’s all about helping the grower meet his goals, be better off economically and manage inputs for the maximum economic return,” says Dave Green, who is a territory manager for Servi-Tech.
“For us, the biggest benefit will be getting an early look at these emerging products. For the startup, we are able to give them real-world testing and farmer feedback.”
The company has a fleet of more than 100 drones and airplanes, and its sensors can capture clean usable images at 35 mph with a drone or 100 mph with a plane.
Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Prospera has developed data analytics and computer vision technology that can be applied to every pass the irrigation pivot makes
Farmer Core leverages the new AutoSync feature, which automatically syncs guidance lines, field names, boundaries, landmarks and operator information across Trimble Ag Software and Trimble displays using the Precision-IQ field application.
Analyst of the ag retail business Shane Thomas joins the podcast to talk about his latest insights including the three reasons why drones are having a second coming in agriculture.
Right now, Land O’ Lakes Sustain is onboarding more than 20 ag retailers into the Truterra Insights Engine
On The Scoop podcast, Joel Wipperfurth the Director of Business Operations and Retail Execution at Winfield United, shares the biggest vulnerability in agriculture is stranded data.