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John Deere Announces 2024 Startup Collaborators
John Deere Announces 2024 Startup Collaborators

Deere & Company announced the names of six companies chosen for its 2024 Startup Collaborator program.

A Unique Gift the Whole Farm Will Want
A Unique Gift the Whole Farm Will Want

Aerial Rug and Boundri use satellite imagery to create custom farm products - the most popular being rugs.

Is Satellite Imagery the Answer For Better Crop Production Estimates?
Is Satellite Imagery the Answer For Better Crop Production Estimates?

One idea that has gained traction is USDA surveys may not be as accurate as current technology, especially satellite imagery, especially since the number of satellites has ballooned and the price has dropped.

Sentera Analytics Show Effect of Extreme Weather on Crops
Sentera Analytics Show Effect of Extreme Weather on Crops

Leveraging its advanced data science ecosystem, Sentera translates high-resolution aerial imagery into actionable plant-level measurements

Geospatial Company Forecasts Yields, Announces Irrigation Software Acquisition
Geospatial Company Forecasts Yields, Announces Irrigation Software Acquisition

“We are working to democratize geospatial insights for farming everywhere," says CEO Pieter Fossel.

John Phipps: What the Crisis in Ukraine is Revealing About the Essential Use of Satellites
John Phipps: What the Crisis in Ukraine is Revealing About the Essential Use of Satellites

For Ukrainians, the introduction of Starlink has been essential. As Russian barrages destroy cell towers and blow up landlines, satellite internet connection is not just an option, but it's now a lifeline.

New AGMRI Product Features Ready for 2023 Growing Season
New AGMRI Product Features Ready for 2023 Growing Season

Building on the platform, four categories of new product features for the 2023 growing season for the iOS and web app are planned

Mineral: Applying Silicon Valley ‘Superpowers’ To Agriculture
Mineral: Applying Silicon Valley ‘Superpowers’ To Agriculture

Mineral CEO Elliott Grant says, “Five years from now, I would hope the tools we imagine, a machine learning enabled co-pilot for example, is no more remarkable than using Google Maps for navigation.”

Agriculture As Seen From the Heavens–Yesterday and Today
Agriculture As Seen From the Heavens–Yesterday and Today

As of January 2022 there were over 1,000 satellites in orbit that fall into the category of Earth observation.

Lindsay Corporation Announces Partnership with Ceres Imaging
Lindsay Corporation Announces Partnership with Ceres Imaging

High-resolution imagery will be incorporated into Lindsay's FieldNET irrigation management tool offers increased visibility of crop and field conditions

Intelinair Announces Three Partnerships: Distribution, Features and Technology
Intelinair Announces Three Partnerships: Distribution, Features and Technology

Intelinair has made a series of announcements regarding partnerships to expands its AGMRI platform.

Syngenta’s New Tool Uses Satellites, Algorithms to Find Nematodes In Soybean Fields
Syngenta’s New Tool Uses Satellites, Algorithms to Find Nematodes In Soybean Fields

First being launched in Brazil, Syngenta is bringing a new way to battle nematodes, which can cause up to 30% yield loses.

Aerial tech helping California battle drought
Aerial tech helping California battle drought

California scientists are using helicopters to study aquifers with the hope of recharging ground water.

Imagery Helps Maximize Limited Fungicide Applications In 2022
Imagery Helps Maximize Limited Fungicide Applications In 2022

“We think this is a unique proactive way to assess disease risk and disease developments in the season to change the way fungicides can be applied,” says Matt Free agronomy department manager at Evergreen FS

Scouting Tool, Customer Engagement And Sales Prospecting Rolled Into One
Scouting Tool, Customer Engagement And Sales Prospecting Rolled Into One

“We just finished the in-depth testing with retailers on this product, and as has been our process, their feedback and really helped drive the improvements and new features we are offering,” Kevin Krieg says. 

The Scoop Podcast: Layers Of Technology Uncover Higher Yields
The Scoop Podcast: Layers Of Technology Uncover Higher Yields

Ethan Noll shares the future of digital ag is about scaling down with sensors and autonomy. Such as an irrigation tech saving $29/acre on crop nutrition inputs.

Intelinair Names New CEO and President
Intelinair Names New CEO and President

Intelinair announced today that Tim Hassinger has been named CEO & President of IntelinAir, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective January 3, 2022.

Planet and Corteva Sign New Agreement, Extend Partnership Three More Years
Planet and Corteva Sign New Agreement, Extend Partnership Three More Years

For the last four years, Planet and Corteva have been building and providing joint solutions to growers allowing them to more seamlessly monitor crop health and boost productivity.

 Arva Intelligence Partners With Planet For High Resolution Satellite Imaging
Arva Intelligence Partners With Planet For High Resolution Satellite Imaging

“Our mission is to provide a single platform for accessing data and analytics to create more profitable and sustainable crop plans,” says Jay McEntire, Arva’s CEO.

Syngenta's Product Plus Approach With Farmshots
Syngenta's Product Plus Approach With Farmshots

Seeing is believing: Syngenta uses its FarmShots tools to help retailers illuminate agronomic opportunities with farmers

Corteva Agriscience Partners With DroneDeploy on Stand Assessment Drone Tool
Corteva Agriscience Partners With DroneDeploy on Stand Assessment Drone Tool

Aiming to replace the traditional manually calculated stand counts for emerged crops, the Stand Assessment Tool is used at the field edge to aid in replant, crop health and other in-field issue decisions.

Aerial Imagery Company TerrAvion Abruptly Files For Bankruptcy
Aerial Imagery Company TerrAvion Abruptly Files For Bankruptcy

TerrAvion CEO Robert Morris sent customers an email saying the company was closed effective September 4, 2020. 

"If nobody sees a tornado in a field did it really happen? We might not have noticed it if not for @WinFieldUnited R7 images alerting us to go fly the field to see what was going on" says the team on Twitter.
Satellite Imagery Helps Identify Tornado In Corn Field

A farmer was on vacation, but his account manager from NuWay-K&H Cooperative, saw something in the satellite images of his field that needed closer inspection.

Crop consultants are adjusting their business interactions as they help farmers in the final push toward planting.
Crop Consultant Describes Business With “Social Distancing”

At his business, ForeFront Ag Solutions, Erich Eller is taking particular steps in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wilbur-Ellis Partners With Ceres Imaging To Bring New Value To Growers
Wilbur-Ellis Partners With Ceres Imaging To Bring New Value To Growers

Ag retailer Wilbur-Ellis is offering farmer customers in the Pacific Northwest access to Ceres Imaging and its remote sensing product.

Remote Sensing Helps Pinpoint Pests
Remote Sensing Helps Pinpoint Pests

Jake Samuel, a fourth generation grower in the San Joaquin Valley of California, reports he’s seen first-hand how technology pays off with crop management decisions.

IntelinAir Introduces 8 New Features in 2020
IntelinAir Introduces 8 New Features in 2020

Here’s an overview of the eight new features

The high-resolution images displayed in the AgMRI platform provide a row by row and plant by plant view. The newest feature to AgMRI is Compare View, which allows for side-by-side comparisons of field images gathered through the season.
Analytics To Look At 50,000 Acres In 30 Minutes

The AgMRI platform provides a row by row and plant by plant view, and the newest feature is Compare View, which allows for side-by-side comparisons of field images gathered through the season.

“There was some irrationality around drones, a period of hype driven by the popularity of the hobby sector,” said Kay Wackwitz, founder and chief executive officer of research group Drone Industry Insights. “We’re getting past that and people are coming back to reality.”
Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC Firms

New commercial drone businesses flooded into the market, flush with venture capital and giddy with visions of unmanned aircraft being used for everything from delivering packages to fertilizing farmland.

Taranis Announces Product Delivery Via Climate FieldView
Taranis Announces Product Delivery Via Climate FieldView

The integration includes the FieldView platform’s field-level insights and Taranis’ aerial imagery technology.

Taranis 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.
Remote Sensing Platform Can ID More Than 30 Weeds

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
Valley Pivots Aim To Become ‘Autonomous Crop Management Machines’

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

TerrAvion Adds Partners; Aims to Quadruple Delivery
TerrAvion Adds Partners; Aims to Quadruple Delivery

“Agronomists are seeing the value for themselves and their growers. It saves them time and lets them do a better job.”

TerrAvion Integrates With EFC Systems

Terravion announces the completed integration of TerrAvion aerial imagery data into the EFC Systems FieldAlytics platform.

TerrAvion Partners With Farmlogs

FarmLogs will be offering TerrAvion high-resolution imagery as Premium Aerial Imagery that can be added to any FarmLogs subscription plan through the FarmLogs web app.

Climate FieldView Adding Airbus Satellite Imagery
Climate FieldView Adding Airbus Satellite Imagery

Farmers who use Climate FieldView can access high-resolution data of their fields - from the Airbus SPOT 6, SPOT 7 and Pléiades satellites - throughout the growing season

TerrAvion Launches Mobile App for 2019 Season
TerrAvion Launches Mobile App for 2019 Season

Before downloading and installing the new app, users should remove their current TerrAvion app.

Ceres Imaging Raises $25 Million
Ceres Imaging Raises $25 Million

The Ceres Imaging product combines proprietary image sensors, artificial intelligence, machine learning and plant science.

Researchers Generate 20 Years of 30-meter Resolution Satellite Images
Researchers Generate 20 Years of 30-meter Resolution Satellite Images

Existing data have either insufficient spatial resolution or low frequency, the researchers said. Farmers usually require information with both high-resolution and near real-time occurrence.

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.

IntelinAir unveils updated functionality for the AgMRI platform through the John Deere Operations Center.
IntelinAir Adds Integration For AgMRI & John Deere Operations Center

AgMRI, the company’s flagship product, is a field health monitoring and early-warning system. The

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. 

The resolution offered by Geosys and Textron Systems will be as high as 3 centimeters per pixel, allowing producers to survey their land more efficiently.
Geosys and Textron Collaborate to Deliver High-Res Aerial Imagery

To help farmers achieve a more efficient growing season, high resolution aerial survey imagery will be offered through a recent partnership between Geosys and Textron Systems.

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

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.

Climate Partners with Deveron for On-Demand Aerial Imagery
Climate Partners with Deveron for On-Demand Aerial Imagery

Climate Corporation, subsidiary of Monsanto, is partnering with Deveron UAS Corp. to deliver aerial imagery data with Climate’s analytics platform.

On-site Image Stitching Free For AgVault Users
On-site Image Stitching Free For AgVault Users

AgVault subscribers will have the option to locally produce high-quality NDVI, NDRE, and RGB mosaics without any additional costs or subscriptions.