Last night (Jan. 8), the judge set a new trial date of June 5, 2017, in the Deere-Precision Planting merger case.

It’s no secret that consumer shopping tendencies are trending toward online purchases, but one of the more staggering numbers reported by USA Today is that Amazon shipped more than 1 billion items worldwide this holiday season.

Central Ohio Farmers Co-op Inc., based in Marion, Ohio, has agreed to purchase an ownership interest in Ag Info Tech of Mount Vernon. The partnership will officially start March 1.

Here are the most-viewed items in 2016 from PrecisionFarmingDealer.com.

The market for agricultural robots is developing at a rapid pace, with a large number of established and startup agricultural technology companies developing, piloting, and launching an innovative range of robotic systems to tackle a wide variety of tasks.

The top article this month focused on John Deere's debut of its first electric tractor. John Deere was also the subject of another top article for the month as the company works to enhance the farm equipment operator’s ability to better monitor and control a wide variety of machine functions and field operations, introducing two new solutions for 2017.

Adam Butcher has joined the 2014 Precision Farming Dealer Most Valuable Dealership as an Agronomy Sales Manager and will oversee the Wheat Growers' south region.

HTS Ag will strengthen their customer connection with their recent partnership with AgriSync, a remote support mobile app. With the new partnership, AgriSync will be added to HTS Ag’s current service plans to enhance customer service by allowing real time communication between farmers and technicians.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—better known as drones—have been used commercially since the early 1980s. Today, however, practical applications for drones are expanding faster than ever in a variety of industries, thanks to robust investments and the relaxing of some regulations governing their use.