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Tracy Linbo is an advisor for AgVend, which means she’ll provide insights and help guide the product development of AgVend’s Grower Portal.

The company says this is an ag retail digital hub to serve as a one stop shop for grower needs, from account management to online ordering

The SeedFieldCheck registry allows pesticide applicators to identify in near real-time where seed field workers are active or plan to be active in the next 24 hours.

The Andersons’ launch of the customer portal was moved ahead of schedule to best serve customers during the spring season as well as through these unprecedented times. 

James Ferraro, vice president at Agrellus, reports that the second two weeks of March 2020 saw a 225% increase in farmer buying requests compared to the same period last year.

“COVID-19 has many ag advisors scrambling to figure out how to continue to support their customers while working remotely,” Casey Nieman said.

With more than 25,000 farmer users, Bushel is powering a new way of business in light of the coronavirus.

In an exclusive interview, Valley Ag and AgVend detail the launch of a new offering for both.

Shepherd has been developed by the team at Tycom, Inc. and has been part of the AgLaunch ag tech accelerator program.

AgWorks, LLC and FieldReveal, LLC have announced a partnership to jointly deliver zone-based variable rate and decision support software to agricultural retailers throughout North America.

Iain Lennon at Proagrica says it’s a misconception of ag retail management to think they can’t get their individual agronomists and entire sales team to use data.

Landus Cooperative launched new app features that were developed by four of its summer iterns, which has now been recognized with a national award.

“The 2018 Farm Bill changed the status of hemp for everyone,” FieldWatch CEO Stephanie Regagnon says.

“Everyone is suspicious if the house will always win. But I don’t want to be accused of lying about my yields. And I don’t want to be audited by the input company. How will I sleep at night?”

Agfinity has seven locations in northern Colorado as well as serviced acres in southern Wyoming.

“Crowd-sourced data can’t compete,” Leah Anderson says. “Our retail partners can use quality data to drive predictable and profitable performance for every acre.”

The company is continuing its product development in serving ag retail (more than 50% of its customers are multi-location cooperatives and ag retailers), and in 2020, a farmer-facing product will also be launched.

At the 2019 AgTech Expo Marc Saltzman will give practical tips and tangible ways to think about how technology is changing our personal lives and businesses.

"The Board of Directors is very pleased with this leadership transition, which continues to build on the strength that Premier Crop has developed in the market" said Barry Schaffter, Chairman of the Board of Directors

The xarvio Scouting app provides a tool where farmers and retailers can detect in-field stresses by photo identification, which includes weeds and diseases.

“We are trying to make it as easy of a decision as possible for farmers to use new technologies and try new products,” says Lance Ruppert director of agronomy marketing & technology for Growmark.

“It may be because of the continued economic challenges of ag, or maybe, just maybe we’re finally realizing precision ag has been stuck in a rut for way too long, and it’s time for a change.”

University of Wisconsin's Damon Smith says Tar Spot could be a significant disease in 2019 if the weather stays wet and cool.

Here are five tips in using technology to make scouting easier and more effective.

The GSI ROI tool provides a side-by-side analysis comparing the financial returns for different storage types.

Kahler is the first automation software company to offer such a bundling.

Randy Kasparbauer, John Deere Software Engineering Manager, joined Margy Eckelkamp on AgriTalk to discuss how John Deere is using ADAPT to help meet customer’s expectations

Zone Economics, from Conservis, provides cost-based farm activity analysis down to the square yard.

CFS is one of the first companies to benefit from implementation of the ADAPT (Agricultural Data Application Programming Toolkit) framework.

“Climate FieldView is another tool in Pinnacle’s robust toolbox,” Rob Marchbank, Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle said in a news release.

In mid-April, ServiTech unveiled a project that has been two years in the making—the Bridge Field Intelligence platform.

In 2019 FieldWatch, Inc., is launching two technologies to supplement its existing tools that help applicators, growers and beekeepers communicate about the locations of crops and hives.

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

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

Imagery company TerrAvion announces it has integrated its products with the Agrian platform.

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.

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

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

Agrian grew from a small start-up working out of an underground parking garage in Fresno, California

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.

Tillable seeks to digitize renting between farmers and landowners by using data to provide insight and establish market prices for land.

Since 2016, Agren software has been used in the Sustain suite of tools.

The companies say the partnership will help farmers work with their seed dealer to make timely management decisions directly effecting profitability.

“We are accelerating growth,” Matt Waits says. “And this rebranding will provide a unified solution and a unified face to the market.”

The site serves farmers through local ag retail but with an online ecommerce platform offering crop protection, plant nutrition and adjuvants.

Here are six of the specific features and benefits of the new update

The four new features are: image overlay view, downloads of GeoTIFF files, field boundaries visible in app, flight schedule information

As capabilities have grown so have the complexities of the equipment and also the expectations from the end users.

Input buying is at your fingertips—literally. Agrellus, an online input provider, announced it’s unveiling an app for iPhone and Android that allows farmers to shop for inputs with the tap of a finger.

The company says the two new features of Crop Health Imagery and Work Orders are based on customer feedback.