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AgPro Podcast: CHS Says 4R Management Is Proactive And the Right Thing To Do
AgPro Podcast: CHS Says 4R Management Is Proactive And the Right Thing To Do

How are you adopting and promoting the 4R strategy across your nutrient management business?

AgPro Podcast: MFA Steps Up Its Approach to The Right Rate and 4R Management
AgPro Podcast: MFA Steps Up Its Approach to The Right Rate and 4R Management

How are you adopting and promoting the 4R strategy across your nutrient management business?

AgPro Podcast: Verdesian Life Sciences Tells The 4R Advantage for Retailers
AgPro Podcast: Verdesian Life Sciences Tells The 4R Advantage for Retailers

How are you adopting and promoting the 4R strategy across your nutrient management business?

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.

PlantResponse Opens Office in Raleigh NC
PlantResponse Opens Office in Raleigh NC

PlantResponse is in its third year of field trial work in the U.S. and is targeting for growth and new product development in North America.

Botlink and agX Partner for Drone and Software Integration
Botlink and agX Partner for Drone and Software Integration

Now that the platform is automatically synced with agX platform and the process is more streamlined.

AgTech Acquisition: EFC Systems Purchases AgSolver
AgTech Acquisition: EFC Systems Purchases AgSolver

EFC Systems, Inc. has purchased the assets of AgSolver Inc., which has a suite of tools used to turn data into decisions for agriculture.

Water Technology Farms Could Give the Ogallala Aquifer a Reprieve
Water Technology Farms Could Give the Ogallala Aquifer a Reprieve

Now, a new type of operation is taking root in the southwest and northwest parts of the state called water technology farms.

WinField United Opens New Innovation Center
WinField United Opens New Innovation Center

The 55,000-square-foot Innovation Center is the newest R&D facility for WinField United. Located in River Falls, Wis., the Innovation Center replaces the WinField Product Development Center and Spray Analysis System.

Drone Challenge Finalists Announced
Drone Challenge Finalists Announced

Judges from the University of Minnesota and WinField United tech experts selected three finalists.

Controlled Drainage Practices Boost Yields, Stem Nutrient Runoff
Controlled Drainage Practices Boost Yields, Stem Nutrient Runoff

The basic concept with controlled drainage is that a water-control structure attached to traditional tile can be used like a dam in farmers’ fields, says Crop-Tech agronomist Isaac Ferrie.

Harvest 2017 Marks a 25 Year Milestone for Precision Ag
Harvest 2017 Marks a 25 Year Milestone for Precision Ag

This year is the silver anniversary of the first commercial combine yield monitor hitting the market. For all intents and purposes, that technology’s introduction marked the beginning of “precision agriculture.”

Think About This: Emerging Tech Becomes Embedded In Our Everyday
Think About This: Emerging Tech Becomes Embedded In Our Everyday

There are always new ways to solve old problems. And these solutions come in forms of handheld devices, apps and voice-activated tools.

Retailers Meet Farmer-Customers Where They Are
Retailers Meet Farmer-Customers Where They Are

Rather than view this outreach as a sales tool, retailers are using their content and social media to build deeper awareness and relationships.

Crop Stress Management Technology Wins Innovation Award
Crop Stress Management Technology Wins Innovation Award

Hortau, a real-time irrigation management system, provides growers information on how crops are doing before stress factors like drought can negatively impact the crop.

Ready-to-go FlexCorr Aims to Save Hours in Tile Installation
Ready-to-go FlexCorr Aims to Save Hours in Tile Installation

New product aims to cut installation time.

Lindsay Expands its Pivot Control Lineup
Lindsay Expands its Pivot Control Lineup

FieldNET by Lindsay Corporation is adding a new end-of-pivot controller option, Pivot Control Lite, that company officials say will give users a lot of advanced irrigation management capabilities previously only availab

FBN Says New Marketing Tool Connects Farmers with 4,000+ Buyers
FBN Says New Marketing Tool Connects Farmers with 4,000+ Buyers

Farmer’s Business Network (FBN) says a new tool announced Tuesday, FBN Crop Marketing, promises to connect farmers with more than 4,000 possible buyers, computing the best price even after any additional freight cost

AGCO Fuse Expands Guidance System Performance With TerraStar Satellites

Additional correction signals are available to AGCO Auto-Guide and VarioGuide customers. Using the NovAtel SMART6-L receivers, the systems can now acquire TerraStar satellite correction signals to enhance positioning pe

NovAtel Launches new SPAN Land Vehicle Technology

NovAtel introduces its SPAN Land Vehicle technology for fixed wheel land vehicle applications. NovAtel designs, manufactures and sells high precision OEM positioning technology. SPAN Land Vehicle optimizes integrated GN

Farmer Survey Highlights Need for Agronomic Data Management Services
Farmer Survey Highlights Need for Agronomic Data Management Services

Independent crop agronomists, local seed salesmen and ag retailers are in the best position to help farmers put agronomic data to work in their fields for one simple but important reason: Farmers identify them, in that

MZB Now Offers Grid-Mapping Capabilities
MZB Now Offers Grid-Mapping Capabilities

MZB Technologies has added an additional tool to its already robust precision system. Known for its patented zone-based precision technology, MZB will now offer grid mapping capabilities. This new tool will be a game-ch

The Climate Corporation still intends to sell Precision Planting and has spoken with several third parties that have expressed interest in purchasing it.
Monsanto Terminates John Deere's Acquisition of Precision Planting

The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company announced Monsanto’s termination of their agreement with Deere & Company for the acquisition of the Precision Planting LLC equipment business.

Simplot Forms Partnership for Advanced Advisor Platform

J.R. Simplot Co., announced it has entered into a partnership with Spensa Technologies Inc., an agriculture services company based in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette, to build the Simplot Advisor Platform.

Expect  More Rain and Above-Average Temps in Ohio in November
Expect More Rain and Above-Average Temps in Ohio in November

It appears we will see a series of weak weather systems the next two weeks.

Cowan named ICCA of the Year
Cowan named ICCA of the Year

Dale Cowan, of AGRIS and Wanstead Cooperatives, Ontario, Canada, was awarded International Certified Crop Adviser's (ICCA) Adviser of the Year Award.

APHIS public comment on EIS analyzing fruit fly eradication programs
APHIS public comment on EIS analyzing fruit fly eradication programs

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on an updated environmental impact statement (EIS) that analyzes the effects of exotic fruit fly eradication programs in the United Sta