Dr. Ed Barnes, senior director, of Agricultural and Environmental Research for Cotton Incorporated, was named 2013 Precision Ag Researcher of the Year at the 16th Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, Southern Corn & Soybean Conference and the Southern Precision Ag Conference held recently in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

John Deere has made its first-ever agreement with an educational institution for use of some of its most high-tech field equipment for educational purposes. Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC), headquartered in Eau Claire, Wis., announced the agreement with local John Deere dealer Tractor Central Feb. 5.

Unmanned aerial vehicles or flying drones could take the legwork out of agronomy by identifying crop diseases and observe plant health in fields, say scientists.

Harlan Little, business manager with Leica Geosystems, discusses the precision ag manufacturer's new Virtual Vista farm management tool at Ag Connect in Kansas City, Mo., and also talks about the evolution of telematics and its future value for farmers and dealers.

Precision farming has become much more than a useful optional technique considering the rising costs of fuel, seeds, workforce and the reduction of land available. The optimization of land usage is now a real necessity for any kind of farmer and size of business. In this direction, New Holland has launched the PLM Academy App, which is available and compatible for both iOs and Android operating systems.

Hypro continues to make spray tip selection simple by releasing a new mobile app that takes your application information and provides a customized list of spray tip recommendations.

Sale and name change support new Ag focus Alliance with buyer reinforces technology leadership

Farmers can use a new Farm Fuel Budget cellphone app to plan their farm fuel budget and use for the next year or more.

Travis Kohrman, precision specialist at Jacobi Sales Inc. in Seymour, Ind., talks about customer interest in implement steering and some of the opportunities he sees as a dealer to deliver the technology to customers.

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces the AGI-4, the industry’s first completely integrated steering solution that can simply and easily interface with many manufacturer’s “virtual terminals” (ISO11783).