AgJunction dashed expectations of a rise in earnings this year, blaming "general weakness in the agriculture industry", evident in particularly in the large tractor and combine markets important for the group.

When it comes to online passwords, I've always tried to pick memorably unique words that have a personal meaning. Not that I feel any more insulated choosing some obscure, three-syllable adverb (which I haven't) because it seems that not a day goes by where I'm not asked to change my login because of a potential security threat.

Researchers with the Auburn University College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station will soon be farming more efficiently, thanks to a deal with farm machinery manufacturer Case IH and KY-based H&R Agri-Power.

Tasmanian John Deere dealer Midland Tractors demonstrated the precision agriculture systems now available to farmers who subscribe to its new RTK (real-time kinetic) network that has been set up in Tasmania's northern Midlands and northeast.

Monsanto is not exactly the darling of the biotech world, so it's eminently possible that people will take its recent data breach as a good thing. An unknown assailant or assailants hacked into the client database of Monsanto subsidiary Precision Planting, potentially compromising 1,300 accounts that include names, addresses and - much worse - tax IDs, Social Security numbers and financial information.

A whirlwind tour to Aeryon Labs, Inc. in Waterloo, Canada, provided a field demonstration of unmanned aerial vehicles for agricultural purposes.

The joint boards of SouthWestern Association (SWA) and Canada West Equipment Dealers Association (CWEDA) recently voted to move forward with a merger of these two associations to form the new Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA).

Trimble announced today that it has added automatic pipe sizing to its Farm Works Surface software. The new feature allows contractors and farmers to improve accuracy and increase efficiency when designing farm drainage systems.

Valley Irrigation is offering a new sprinkler application option for growers who rotate crops of varying heights.

Zack Lytle is the kind of limits-pushing, free-spirited hacker who is in an almost constant state of ideation. He's always launching one new venture or another, whether it's finding a loophole in frequent flier miles - the kind that has afforded him free flights since 2007 - or writing cheat software for popular online games like World of Warcraft.