Intelligent Agricultural Solutions (IAS) has updated software driving its Wireless Blockage Monitor to enable it to simultaneously monitor seed and fertilizer delivery by air seeders....More
Precision Planting has harnessed Apple’s iPad 2 tablet computer to provide real-time in-cab mapping of planter performance data captured by its 20/20 SeedSense monitor. The free FieldView App (application) uses the iPad as a secondary monitor and processor, as well as a mobile scouting and office computing tool, a first for agriculture, the company claims....More
Hemisphere GPS is purchasing AgJunction and its data services from GVM, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures fertilizer equipment. The purchase will allow Hemisphere GPS, makers of Outback Guidance products, to enter the data services market in precision agriculture. AgJunction provides a cloud-based data management software platform and wireless hardware to precision agricultural retailers and growers....More
If you think the future of crop production means ever-wider equipment pulled by ever-bigger tractors, think again.
Self-driving so-called autonomous vehicles could change the face of crop production and resurrect machinery sizes common on farms 75 years ago. Instead of 500-hp tractors and 48-row planters, think of fleets of small power units pulling narrow implements with the combined capacity of today’s behemoths. Payoffs will include higher yields, reduced labor costs and greater overall productivity....More
This is the year when autonomous vehicles will emerge from research and development tests to farmers’ fields. By harvest, Case IH, John Deere and Kinze plan to have commercialized guidance systems that allow a tractor-and-grain-cart unit to be driven without operator input while unloading combines....More
A device from a Purdue Research Park affiliate that improves safety during agricultural and industrial processes like feeding livestock, loading grain trucks and operating conveyor belts has been recognized as one of the top 50 innovative products developed in 2011. ...More
Hemisphere GPS and AgSync, Inc. announced their partnership and release of HQ Sync—a bridge between Hemisphere GPS’ HQ real-time web-based asset tracking tool and the AgSync work order management system. HQ Sync offers agricultural services targeted at saving time and money for agricultural aviation companies.
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In time for spring planting, Case IH will offer two new telematics products to track field machinery in real time, monitor machine operations data and transfer field application records between the field and farm office....More
Leica Geosystems autosteering technology will be integrated into tractors made by the Chinese manufacturer YTO. Leica has agreed to work with the major agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer YTO for precision guidance technology....More
The new entry-level Versa display from Ag Leader Technology features a full-color, 8.4-inch touchscreen, integrated guidance and steering, plus full-screen mapping, planter and application control, yield monitoring and real-time data logging....More
The concern among farm groups over LightSquared’s proposed cellular network continues. Recently, a coalition of 13 agricultural groups urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct more testing on potential interference from LightSquared’s network with existing GPS technologies used by farmers....More
The network of RTK systems now offers growers in a sweet spot over the central Corn Belt a half-dozen more options for acquiring correction signals for their navigation systems....More
Trimble unveiled its new automated steering system called EZ-Pilot. The new system features a compact design that fits on a vehicle's steering wheel without obstructing instruments, according to Mark Martinez, marketing manager....More
Allison Niendiek, product manager with John Deere, demonstrates new harvest automation technology called Machine Sync that takes over the process of unloading grain from the combine to the cart....More
Trimble unveiled its assisted steering system called EZ-Pilot at Farm Progress Show. The system is compact and affordable, according to Mark Martinez, Trimble marketing manager....More
Sprayer nozzles designed for variable rates allow growers to sidedress nitrogen at faster speeds. Greenleaf Technologies offers the TurboDrop nozzle, and SprayTarget offers the Hi-VeriFlow 1 nozzle....More
Kinze Manufacturing demonstrated a driverless tractor pulling a grain cart that operates next to a combine for unloading. The company hopes to offer this autonomous row-crop technology to farmers in the near future....More
The war of words between LightSquared and the GPS industry continues, with each side putting its own spin on the meaning of a technical report submitted to the FCC....More
CrescoAg is offering new crop decision and risk management tools to held farmers handlt the large amount of data created from precision farming technologies....More
