Latest News From Precision Ag

John Deere Introduces 1,200 Gal. R4044 Sprayer
John Deere Introduces 1,200 Gal. R4044 Sprayer

The R4044 sprayer has 1,200 gal. capacity and is 9% lighter than the R4045 sprayer.

Nutrien Launches Digital Platform “To Make Doing Business Easier”
Nutrien Launches Digital Platform “To Make Doing Business Easier”

While e-commerce capabilities for Nutrien have not been officially launched, this platform sets the stage for the company.

Two Application Technology Trends
Two Application Technology Trends

These are just two of the many application technologies that are changing this segment of the industry.

Change will come, and it will likely happen fast.
Cubbage: Agriculture Is Being Left In The Digital Dust

Agriculture is ripe for the picking in terms of benefiting from its digital potential. This is why we're seeing so much venture capital money flow into an industry mired in an economic downturn.

Daily satellite imagery from Planet provides farmers timely visibility into problem spots, as well as patterns in weather-related impacts, on every field.
Granular Partners To Provide Planet’s Satellite Imagery

Granular, a software business owned by Corteva Agriscience, has partnered with Planet, an aerospace and data analytics company, for a three-year, multi-million dollar deal.

The SST Summit update improves performance through faster sync times as well as the ability to select subsets of growers, data types and seasons.
SST Software Releases Mobile and Desktop Updates

SST Software has released upgrades for its Sirrus and Summit applications. The updates were driven by user feedback.

Progeny Drone provides automated custom-zoned precision metrics and doesn’t require ground control points.
Progeny Drone Software Translates Data Into Efficiency

Progeny Drone Inc., a startup affiliated with Purdue University, has created software that quickly converts aerial crop photos into information for plant breeding, crop modeling and precision agriculture.

Ben Craker Duluth, Ga. Product Manager, Global Fuse, AGCO Corporation
AgPro Podcast: Technology Helps Bridge Equipment Brands

"Farmers should have a choice on equipment and technologies, but being able to connect all of those different technologies and have them talk to each other is key."

Crop advisers deploy UAVs as business tools
Drone ROI Realized By Crop Advisers

“If I go walk knee-high crops, I’ll see 5% to 10% of that field,” Erich Eller explains. “But by flying it first, I see 100% of that field."

Fast forward nearly 100 years, and many say we are at another crossroads—once again, one of history and technology.
Cubbage: Unleash The Power Of Farming: Unwire It

Fast forward nearly 100 years, and many say we are at another crossroads—once again, one of history and technology.

<p>Starting in Texas and spanning to Georgia and through the Mississippi Delta, Blue River will partner with John Deere dealers to identify local farmers as test cooperators for in-field demos in 2018.</p>
Blue River Expands See & Spray Testing Before Commercial Launch

Starting in Texas and spanning to Georgia and through the Mississippi Delta, Blue River will partner with John Deere dealers to identify local farmers as test cooperators for in-field demos.

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ExactApply Retrofit Kits For All John Deere 4-Series Sprayers

Model year 2014-2018 John Deere 4-Series Sprayers can be outfitted with ExactApply retrofit kits.

Sentera’s new platform FieldAgent consolidates and replaces all of the company’s variants of the AgVault and OnTop products.
Sentera Consolidates Its Digital Platforms With FieldAgent

Sentera’s new platform FieldAgent consolidates and replaces all of the company’s variants of the AgVault and OnTop products.

Soil types, topography, yield and crop history, your recollections of crop performance in wet versus dry years are examples of the kinds of information you need to gather by field to build the zones.
Get In The Zone To Reduce Inputs, Improve Yields

Variability in soil types, water-holding capacity and field topography are just a few of the reasons the two farmers rely on information they glean from management zones to help them improve their agronomic practices.

The precision agriculture center will provide SDSU students with a space for researching and learning about precision agriculture.
Agtegra Cooperative Donates to University’s Precision Ag Program

South Dakota State University received a $500,000 donation to fund its precision agriculture building project from Agtegra Cooperative of Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Technology is infiltrating all businesses at lightning speed. Agriculture is no exception.
Cubbage: Is Your Business A Ford Or A Tesla?

Technology is infiltrating all businesses at lightning speed. Agriculture is no exception.

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AgTech Merger: Proagrica Acquires SST Software

SST’s Chief Executive Officer, Matt Waits will continue to lead the organization from its headquarters in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

For the strides MKC has helped farmer-customers achieve, AgPro named MKC as the recipient of the Precision Impact Award.
MKC Partners In Precision

MKC’s precision ag program has grown every year since it began in 2009 from grid sampling and VRT applying about 2,000 acres to touching almost 100,000 acres with some form of precision ag in 2017. 

AgPro readers voted the R7 Field Forecasting Tool (FFT) as the 2017 New Product of the Year.
Forecasting Tool Named Product Of The Year

AgPro readers voted the R7 Field Forecasting Tool (FFT) as the 2017 New Product of the Year.

Start with a solid data set and a spatial soil-sampling program
Colorado Consultant Talks About Prescriptive Practices

Start with a solid data set and a spatial soil-sampling program

2018 Focus on Precision
Registration Open for 2018 Focus on Precision Conference

The 2018 Focus on Precision Conference, February 27-28, at the Sheraton Madison Hotel in Madison, WI.

<p>There are three core elements needs for smart machines: Sense &amp; Decide, Act, and Verify &amp; Learn</p>
Blue River See & Spray Tech Reduces Herbicide Use By 90%

There are three core elements needs for smart machines: Sense & Decide, Act, and Verify & Learn

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Farm Dog and John Deere Collaborate For VRT Spraying

With a joint development project Farm Dog and John Deere are developing variable rate spray technology.

Goldman Sachs Research Drone Tech
Investors Drop $75M on Drone Technology

Investors recently gave $75 million to PrecisionHawk Inc., a drone manufacturer, to support the growth of the drone industry.

Applied in a peel-and-stick fashion, a new graphene sensor measures how much and how fast a plant drinks.
Wearable Sensors Gauge Water Use

Applied in a peel-and-stick fashion, a new graphene sensor measures how much and how fast a plant drinks.

John Deere 4640 Universal Display
John Deere Displays Compatible With Ag Leader Software

John Deere Generation 4 CommandCenter Displays and Ag Leader Technology SMS software are now compatible via John Deere’s Ag Data Application Programming Toolkit (ADAPT) plug-in.

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AgFunder Names Top 10 AgTech Deals in 2017

It was an exciting year in farm technology involving a few high profile venture capital exits and some of the largest deals on record.

AgFunder Reports VanderSat Takes Different Approach To Remote Sensing
AgFunder Reports VanderSat Takes Different Approach To Remote Sensing

Dutch startup VanderSat has come out of stealth with a satellite data analysis service for the agriculture sector

John Deere Generation 4 Displays Have Four New Features Available
John Deere Generation 4 Displays Have Four New Features Available

These four applications provide new levels of machine automation and data sharing.

Grit Gun Shoots Weeds With Feed Bullets
Grit Gun Shoots Weeds With Feed Bullets

With four rows and eight nozzles firing at 100 lbs. per square inch, grit applicator field trials have shown up to 90% season-long weed control.

Sentera Promotes Year-End Offer, New 2018 Pricing and Data Integration
Sentera Promotes Year-End Offer, New 2018 Pricing and Data Integration

Suggested retail pricing for the most popular agriculture sensor kits have been reduced by at least 20%.

AgGateway Outlines 3 Goals in 5 Year Strategic Plan
AgGateway Outlines 3 Goals in 5 Year Strategic Plan

AgGateway is a non-profit organization with the goal to helping agri-businesses manage complex data to increase efficiency and productivity.

Ag Retailer Randy Fry Honored by AgGateway
Ag Retailer Randy Fry Honored by AgGateway

Randy Fry, Data Process and Information Systems Manager with Ceres Solutions Cooperative, received AgGateway's Ron Storms Leadership Award, the organization's top honor

AgPro Podcast: Helping Farmers Collect Good Data As A Foundation
AgPro Podcast: Helping Farmers Collect Good Data As A Foundation

What are you changing in 2018 to help grow your business?

AgPro Podcast: Cooperative Helps Farmers Track Precision Ag ROI
AgPro Podcast: Cooperative Helps Farmers Track Precision Ag ROI

What are you changing in 2018 to help grow your business?

Geosys Doubles Its Data Delivery in 2017
Geosys Doubles Its Data Delivery in 2017

Year over year, Geosys has doubled the number of medium-resolution images processed globally, comparing January 1 to September 30, 2017 to the same time frame in 2016.

Adapt-N Team From Cornell Wins Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
Adapt-N Team From Cornell Wins Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge

Tulane launched the grand challenge in 2014 as an international competition to identify and nurture the most innovative and adaptable technologies to fight hypoxia.

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GVM Double Duty Twin Chain Spreader Receives AE50 Award

The GVM Double Duty Twin Chain spreader offers up to four section swath width control with simplicity and precision and was designed to put out a consistent pattern—no matter the material.

Cubbage: Diesel Drone Catapults Future Of Remote Sensing
Cubbage: Diesel Drone Catapults Future Of Remote Sensing

If drones are to be a part of agriculture’s remote sensing technology of the future, then it is time they grow up.

A Fully Autonomous Drone For Daily Scouting
A Fully Autonomous Drone For Daily Scouting

Its weatherproof drone station provides housing, charging, data processing and data transfer function in the field.

Scout The Tech Horizon
Scout The Tech Horizon

A 2014 Top Producer of the Year honoree, producer Jay Myers is continuously seeking out new equipment and technology to improve operational efficiency.

Ken Ferrie: Technology Is How We’ll Survive Tight Margins
Ken Ferrie: Technology Is How We’ll Survive Tight Margins

While the current ag economy is resulting in challenging times, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says it is an exciting time as well—because there is a flood of new technology from planting to harvest.

The Basics of Zinc
The Basics of Zinc

Fortunately, zinc deficiency occurs only in certain soil conditions and environments, however in the right circumstances zinc deficiency can easily rob 15 bu. to 20 bu. of corn per acre.

TerraSentia Robot Aims to Gather Crop Data Under the Canopy
TerraSentia Robot Aims to Gather Crop Data Under the Canopy

AgTech startup EarthSense has developed TerraSentia, an ultra-compact, autonomous, easy-to-use robot with multiple sensors and embedded data collection and analytics software for plant phenotyping.

Researchers Say Drip Irrigation Nets Higher Yields
Researchers Say Drip Irrigation Nets Higher Yields

Research from University of Missouri Extension finds subsurface irrigation as part of an integrated drainage water management system boosts corn yields by 41 bu. per acre

New ISOBUS Display System with Guidance Controller from Trimble
New ISOBUS Display System with Guidance Controller from Trimble

The new Trimble GFX-750 display system comes with a simple-to-install, roof-moun7ted NAV-900 guidance controller featuring a triple-frequency multi-constellation GNSS receiver.

Ag Leader’s Upcoming Firmware Release Streamlines In-Cab Connectivity
Ag Leader’s Upcoming Firmware Release Streamlines In-Cab Connectivity

With the firmware release in February, InCommand display users will be able to access all in-cab, internet-based functionality through a single data connection source.

Three Startups Enter AgLaunch365 Farm-Centric Platform
Three Startups Enter AgLaunch365 Farm-Centric Platform

AgLaunch365 provides startups with the tools needed to integrate with farmers to create and implement sophisticated field trial protocols and prepare for funding by aligned capital sources.

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CapstanAg Provides PinPoint II on Rogator C Series

PinPoint II provides control of flow at the nozzle body on an individual level.