Robots are becoming uncaged, mobile, collaborative and increasingly intelligent and dexterous, moving beyond their traditional strongholds to bring automation to previously inaccessible tasks. Agriculture is also no exception and is being quietly transformed by this rising new robotics.

Deere said it will invest $305 million to fully acquire Blue River Technology and plans to have the 60 person firm remain in Sunnyvale, Calif. The transaction is expected to close in September.

Pinnacle Operating Corporation (“Pinnacle”) is pleased to announce that Robert Marchbank has been named as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

AGCO senior vice president Eric Hansotia discusses what the company's acquisition of Precision Planting means for growers, dealers and the agricultural marker.

With nearly 10 years of precision farming experience under his belt, Bryan Biegler continues his journey to fine-tune inputs and better monitor his results with an evolving equipment lineup.   

The new tools offer agriculture professionals improved field insights for use on and off the field. New capabilities include zone management, a basic prescription-writing tool and dynamic orthomosaic colormapping.

Kinze Mfg. displayed an advanced, patent pending prototype 60 foot planter at the 2017 Farm Progress Show offering improved safety and functionality for farmers with large field operations. 

From the Virtual Terminal blogs were popular this past month, with a guest piece from Todd Janzen on dicamba and big data, a piece on used equipment remarketing and a piece on precision farming specialists all making an appearance on the top 10 list.

Beck’s partners with Harvest International, Precision Planting and Schlipf Precision Ag to develop a multi-row width, multi-hybrid concept planter.