The most viewed item this month was related to the Deere and Precision Planting deal. This topic showed up in this month's top articles several times this month, in a Virtual Terminal blog post and in the Technology Corner.

A new research study shows Midwest farmers using data-driven software generally run large farms, are young and are investing for long- term profitability.

Applied Technology sales increased nearly 30%, driven by sales of Hawkeye Nozzle Control Systems, Rate Control Modules and Injection Systems.

Trimble announced it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Müller-Elektronik, a German company specializing in implement control and precision farming solutions.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Farmers Edge, we share excepts from my conversation with report author Ken Zuckerberg, RaboResearch F&A Farm Input Senior Analyst, to discuss this fourth wave known as digital ag and how it may be a catalyst for true standardization and streamlining of precision businesses.

The funding will be used to further develop American Robotics’ integrated drone system for commercial farming and to expand the team.

When the team at Tharsus Group wanted to consult an expert on agriculture automation, it realized there was only one person for the job. Prof. Simon Blackmore of Harper Adams University is the utmost authority on the design and build of agricultural and horticultural robots.

A group of maize farmers stands huddled around an agronomist and his computer on the side of an irrigation pivot in central South Africa. The agronomist has just flown over the pivot with a hybrid UAV that takes off and lands using propellers yet maintains distance and speed for scanning vast hectares of land through the use of its fixed wings.

In a new report from the RaboResearch Food & Ag group, the Farm Inputs team explores the status of precision farm/digital ag under the heavy umbrella of current commodity prices.