Unique technology now makes it possible for consultants and researchers to make leaf area index (LAI) measurements in all uniform sky conditions, greatly increasing efficiency and providing more accurate information on crop productivity.

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. continues progress on the world’s first electric multi-hybrid planter, with six planters having successfully been used for planting on test plots in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana this spring.

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs), which include unmanned aerial vehicles commonly known as drones, are one of the hottest topics in agriculture.

CNH Industrial Chairman Sergio Marchionne was the keynote speaker today at the 2014 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting in Montreal, Canada.

Corn has the potential to yield 500 bushels per acre. But according to the USDA, the average corn yield lands short at 158. With an estimated 27% global population growth by 2050, the increasing demand will not be met.

Staying on top of new products and the support required to keep a dealership's suite of products running smoothly are difficult tasks. Lance Larsen, precision ag specialist with South Dakota Wheat Growers, talks about the importance of training, especially as it relates the the OEMs.

The tour, which focuses on NDSU’s UAS Applications to Agriculture Project, will be held July 15.

This week, Volt Aerial Robotics has announced the release of the Venture family of small unmanned aerial systems.

Some of the best and brightest from the worlds of agriculture and technology gathered Wednesday in Monterey to discuss the ways in which their worlds intersect, but the piece of news causing the most buzz out of the event was an announcement by Forbes Media representatives that they plan to convene one of their “Reinventing America” events next year in Monterey County — possibly even Salinas.

InterSeeder Technologies, a new company affiliated with Penn State University, has launched commercial sales of InterSeeder, a multipurpose machine that simultaneously plants three rows of cover crops while spraying post-emergent herbicide and nitrogen fertilizer in single passes between four or six rows of knee-high corn.