Raven Industries, developer and distributor of precision farming and other specialty equipment and systems, reported  net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 were $98.2 million, down 11.7% vs. the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

Trimble reported its first quarter 2019 GAAP revenue of $801.6 million was up 8% vs. the first quarter of 2018. Resources and Utilities revenues, which include the company’s ag activities, was $159.5 million, flat on a year-over-year basis.

The AGXTEND range of precision farming technologies will provide agricultural equipment users with productivity and efficiency enhancing solutions that deliver sustainability benefits. The company is planning a phased rollout is throughout the first quarter of 2019 across the entire EMEA Region.

Farming is complex enough. When it comes to your customers running precision management strategies that are tailored to address variability among their field, things can get downright chaotic.