Monsanto, a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products, announced that it plans to acquire Precision Planting Inc.

Hemisphere GPS has announced that AgJunction, its precision agriculture data management services platform, reached a milestone by collectively managing data on 20 million unique farm acres in the U.S. and Canada.

NORAC Systems International Inc. announced its UC5 Spray Height Control System is now available as a factory installed option on AGCO RoGator sprayers.

Sean Dorosz, New Holland's high horsepower segment manager in charge of precision land management products, talks about New Holland's past, present and future plans to incorporate precision farming into their equipment.

Javier Hernandez has been promoted to Western Region sales manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). The announcement was made by Marty Cook, TPA national sales manager.

Brandon Harris, equipment salesman for Ohio Valley Ag, Owensboro, Ky., has been known to share his knowledge of precision farming with neighbors in need as a way to cultivate lasting business relationships.

Raven Industries, is excited to announce its second Slingshot API implementation in the past two months. The Slingshot API, or Application Programming Interface, is a software-to-software interface that is invisible to the end-user providing a simple way for one software system to communicate with another.

Hemisphere GPS has reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. All currency amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars.

Novariant, a provider of precision steering products for the agricultural market, announced the appointment of Dave Vaughn as Chief Executive Officer. Novariant’s former CEO, Chris Ragot, will continue in his current role as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Jacob Fannik of Max, N.D., and Ryan Raguse of Wheaton, Minn., developed Virtual Farm Manager to keep notes, store yield records and sync information with web accounts for computer access.