Raven Industries, South Dakota State University and the Research Park at South Dakota State University have announced the formation of a new partnership focused on research and development coupled with student experiential learning. The collaboration among the three entities, which will concentrate on precision agriculture and associated workforce development, will be located in the Research Park at SDSU.

Raven Industries, Inc. introduced new advances in precision agriculture technology including the highly anticipated summer release of its new Viper 4 field computer as well as other ag technology during the eleventh annual Raven Innovation Summit held June 4-5.

SmarTrax MD is a new simple-to-install mechanical drive steering system that allows growers throughout Raven’s global markets to seamlessly transfer the ability to steer automatically across their fleet of vehicles, including multiple tractors, combines, windrowers and more.