Latest News From Software-Apps

Telus Explains Proagrica Acquisition, The Future of Digital Ag Platforms
Telus Explains Proagrica Acquisition, The Future of Digital Ag Platforms

As Chris Terris, VP and Global Head, Animal Agriculture & M&A Growth at Telus Agriculture & Consumer Goods, explains, this acquisition’s complexity led to how the integration unfolded. 

John Deere, Kinze And Ag Leader Announce Collaboration, Settle Litigation
John Deere, Kinze And Ag Leader Announce Collaboration, Settle Litigation

John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology announced a collaboration agreement that the companies say will make it easier to integrate each company’s equipment and technology solutions.

Gaining Traction: What Farmers Need to Know Now About Carbon Intensity
Gaining Traction: What Farmers Need to Know Now About Carbon Intensity

“We are talking about fuel produced in 2025, but that is going to use the crop we are growing this year,” Mitchell Hora says.

3 Biggest Management Opportunities For Farmers With Technology
3 Biggest Management Opportunities For Farmers With Technology

“We are really in a second phase of ag tech,” says Ryan Raguse, co-founder of Bushel. “We aren’t in an overly mature state—we’re still somewhere in the middle ground."

Ever.Ag Acquires Adapt-N
Ever.Ag Acquires Adapt-N

This acquisition provides wider market access for Adapt-N, the premier in-season nitrogen recommendation tool.

Smart Seed Selection Tool Pledges to Close Yield Gap
Smart Seed Selection Tool Pledges to Close Yield Gap

Yield Optimizer is a digital tool that uses independent seed trial data to help farmers make seed selections with guaranteed yield performance. CEO Billy Rose tells how it gives farmers peace of mind.

Data Opens Up New Solutions At The Farm Gate
Data Opens Up New Solutions At The Farm Gate

Whether it's planting, spraying, soil sampling or harvesting, new tools are turning the information you collect into actionable insights.

 4 Point Checklist To Bridge The Data Gap With Farmers
4 Point Checklist To Bridge The Data Gap With Farmers

Being prepared will further instill you as a trusted advisor and someone ready to outfit a customer's farm for the future with its complete digital dataset.

7 Technology Trends Ag Retailers Need To Know
7 Technology Trends Ag Retailers Need To Know

These smart farming trends and example products highlight greater efficiency, maximum yields and environmental stewardship.

How Technology Can Unite Farmers And Their Trusted Advisors
How Technology Can Unite Farmers And Their Trusted Advisors

The influence of one ag retailer propels multiple farms’ success, and the opportunity is further highlighted with this season’s growing challenges.

Telus Formally Announces Acquisition of Proagrica
Telus Formally Announces Acquisition of Proagrica

The industry had been buzzing of the news since late November 2023. 

Intelinair Introduces Postseason Data Analytics Suite
Intelinair Introduces Postseason Data Analytics Suite

The company says AGMRI Analyze will help growers narrow down what might be limiting their crops’ yield and help them make more informed decisions for next year. 

Step Away From The Notepad! Gripp Launches Digital Equipment Management App
Step Away From The Notepad! Gripp Launches Digital Equipment Management App

Gripp co-founder Tracey Wiedmeyer discusses the startup's equipment tracking and management app and how it can help farmers and farm workers manage mixed fleets.

Spornado Data Now Available To Agtrinsic Customers
Spornado Data Now Available To Agtrinsic Customers

The partnership will allow readings from Spornado’s device, Spornado Sampler, to be integrated into Agtrinsic’s Broad Scale Disease Model.

John Deere, Corteva Partner Up On Customized Agronomic Solutions
John Deere, Corteva Partner Up On Customized Agronomic Solutions

The partnership combines the digital and onboard capabilities of John Deere with agronomic analysis from Corteva.

4 Ways to Boost Your Business With ARA
4 Ways to Boost Your Business With ARA

ARA shares opportunities for ag retailers to save on credit card processing, foster their knowledge network and improve employee retention with professional development programs and resources.

ISO Defines Smart Farming, Details Benefits In Special Report
ISO Defines Smart Farming, Details Benefits In Special Report

ISO outlines the transformative potential of smart farming in addressing the complex challenges that our world faces today.

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.

Growers Platform To Integrate Bushel Wallet
Growers Platform To Integrate Bushel Wallet

Users completing transactions in the Growers platform will be able to select their Bushel Wallet as an option to digitally pay and send money to their trusted partners.

Bayer, Precision Planting Announce FieldView Updates And New API
Bayer, Precision Planting Announce FieldView Updates And New API

Climate FieldView announces new capabilities in FieldView Plus for 2024, including more personalized features available through the new FieldView Premium subscription tier, improvements to FieldView’s in-cab experience.

Barchart and AgVision Announce Partnership
Barchart and AgVision Announce Partnership

Through this partnership, AgVision will integrate their grain accounting software solutions into Barchart's elevator-branded marketplace mobile apps and online grower portals.

FBN Spins Off Insurance Business
FBN Spins Off Insurance Business

What was once known as FBN Insurance will now be known as Momentum Ag and part of Patriot Growth Services.

Ever.Ag Acquires Crop Insurance Software AgencyRoot
Ever.Ag Acquires Crop Insurance Software AgencyRoot

“It’s a testament to our dedication to equipping crop insurance agents with the best tools to serve their clients effectively," said Mike Moore, EVP, Ever.Ag Agribusiness.

Precision Planting Rolls Out New Planter, Software
Precision Planting Rolls Out New Planter, Software

Precision Planting introduces farmers to its new CornerStone Planting System; announces Panorama is now available for purchase as well as additional product updates.

Growers Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
Growers Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

Harrelson comes from a background in ag retail with roles including agronomy, energy and feed product line sales and working with manufacturers and distributors.

Can A Scouting Technology Increase Farmer Trust?
Can A Scouting Technology Increase Farmer Trust?

From 2020 with only a few farmers participating to covering millions of acres in 2023, Taranis says it wants to help retailers and farmers understand every decision with analytics via its AcreForward technologies.

Ag Leader Sprayer Update Makes Recirculation Simple
Ag Leader Sprayer Update Makes Recirculation Simple

The new upgrade, BoomLoop, integrates with AgLeader InCommand displays and creates a “streamlined path for product to flow from boom ends and back into the spray tank.”

Kahler Automation Introduces LoadPass
Kahler Automation Introduces LoadPass

LoadPass provides from pre-arrival check in from the app so drivers can check in before arriving at the site. An easy to scan code sets up the driver to help capture needed weight information and then bay instructions.

Syngenta Group and CNH Industrial Connect Digital Platforms
Syngenta Group and CNH Industrial Connect Digital Platforms

The companies hope this collaboration with simplify the decision making process for farmers and advisors while creating reliable data sources to increase insights. 

AgVend Unveils CRM+: 'First CRM Built For Agribusiness'
AgVend Unveils CRM+: 'First CRM Built For Agribusiness'

CRM+ is crafted from the ground up for the mobile-oriented nature of ag retail teams.

Avoid A Technology Setback With These Maintenance Tips
Avoid A Technology Setback With These Maintenance Tips

To avoid a major technology setback in the spring, Joshua Elhers, precision products coordinator at Heartland Ag Solutions, shares two precautions the ag industry can take now.

Yara-Founded Varda Partners With Ever.Ag
Yara-Founded Varda Partners With Ever.Ag

Bringing together the technologies works toward reducing risks for service providers and boosting consumer trust in food production processes.

5 Digital Payment Trends Ag Retailers Should Know
5 Digital Payment Trends Ag Retailers Should Know

ARA and Keybank share their top tips to help ag retailers take advantage of emerging digital payment trends.

Adapt-N Focuses on Expanding Integration Network
Adapt-N Focuses on Expanding Integration Network

Adapt-N is already available in Proagrica, Ever.Ag and MyFarms. Other management systems are currently in progress to include the tool in the immediate future.

Bushel Receives Grant to Develop Carbon Intensity Score Tracking
Bushel Receives Grant to Develop Carbon Intensity Score Tracking

“Most of the sustainability efforts have been focused on the farmers. But with opportunities such as the Section 45z tax credits, we believe we can support the “messy middle” of the supply chain," says Brant Flint.

How Ag Retail Is Expanding Options For Farmers Through Technology
How Ag Retail Is Expanding Options For Farmers Through Technology

As farmers have grown more aware of expanded options for buying inputs, retailers have invested in how they are part of the party.

Skeptical Farmer and Co-Op Find Mutual Benefit in Relationship
Skeptical Farmer and Co-Op Find Mutual Benefit in Relationship

“If we don’t engage well digitally, we’re just another white pickup,” says K.C. Graner, CFS senior vice president.

Growers Double-Pronged App Approach: One Farmer Facing, One Ag Retail Facing
Growers Double-Pronged App Approach: One Farmer Facing, One Ag Retail Facing

With the goal of updating and enhancing the farmer, retailer and manufacturer relationship, Growers unveils its latest apps.

Ever.Ag’s 13th Recent Acquisition: Austin Data Labs
Ever.Ag’s 13th Recent Acquisition: Austin Data Labs

Ever.Ag CEO Scott Sexton said, "By acquiring Austin Data Labs, we've taken a revolutionary step towards redefining the agricultural data landscape globally."

Pattern Ag Expands Its Analytics to Include Foliar Diseases
Pattern Ag Expands Its Analytics to Include Foliar Diseases

“No other company can offer such integrated testing to predict what risks farmers face in the coming growing season,” Danielle Watts, vice president of data, said.

New Tool from The SCN Coalition Reveals the Pest’s Financial Toll
New Tool from The SCN Coalition Reveals the Pest’s Financial Toll

The SCN Coalition’s new SCN Profit Checker tool allows growers and their crop advisors to estimate the financial toll of soybean cyst nematode in each field.

John Deere and Cargill Partner To Expand Regenerative Ag Practices
John Deere and Cargill Partner To Expand Regenerative Ag Practices

Via the partnership, farmers who participate in RegenConnect can easily synchronize their in-field practices and data record keeping via John Deere’s Operations Center.

ADM Unveils FarmView Mobile App and Platform Powered by Bushel
ADM Unveils FarmView Mobile App and Platform Powered by Bushel

ADM is officially replacing its GrainBridge technology with a new mobile app and website portal powered by Bushel.

Who’s On Your Digital Dance Card?
Who’s On Your Digital Dance Card?

If ag retailers fail to address a customer need, then it invites customers to take their business to someone else in the long run. Explore your options today.  

Bushel Introduces Automated Grain Contract Entry
Bushel Introduces Automated Grain Contract Entry

Bushel Farm, a farm management software, now offers automated grain contract entry by connecting to the Bushel Network, which includes more than 2,600 grain facilities. 

Tarspotter App Could Help Shield Corn from a Tar Spot Invasion
Tarspotter App Could Help Shield Corn from a Tar Spot Invasion

“This is the earliest we’ve reported tar spot in Iowa,” says Robertson, Iowa State professor of plant pathology. She says the early detection could be due to the Tarspotter app. Here's how it works.

Growers Adds First Mid Bank & Trust as Finance Partner for Crop Input Purchases
Growers Adds First Mid Bank & Trust as Finance Partner for Crop Input Purchases

Steven Valencsin says access to flexible capital is critically important to farmers who finance more than 57% of all inputs and have seen interest rates go up 3.50% in the past 12 months.

What Do Chat GPT and Other Language Learning Models Mean for Agronomic Advisers?
What Do Chat GPT and Other Language Learning Models Mean for Agronomic Advisers?

“I think the agriculture industry has the potential to become more efficient and deliver better outcomes to farms through basic LLMs—not even considering what potential breakthroughs will come,” said Shane Thomas.

What Can Ag Retailers Charge For Latest Spraying Technology?
What Can Ag Retailers Charge For Latest Spraying Technology?

“It’s clear the technology is here,” says Jason Weirich vice president of Agri Services at MFA Inc. “And it’s really up to us to figure out how this fits into our business and how we serve farmers.”