In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, editor Jack Zemlicka is joined by John Raines, senior vice president for Climate's Global Commercial businesses, who discusses the recent data-sharing agreement, along with future goals for the company and getting farmers to buy into digital agriculture.

Brian Newcombe, who farms with his brother Craig, near Port Williams, Nova Scotia, has been incorporating precision farming techniques into their operation since 1998.

Proagrica Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire US Farm Solutions Company SST Software. SST Software is a leading US independent precision farming solutions company and delivers insight and decision support to agronomic advisors and growers.

Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, will provide their customers two-way data connectivity between their AFS and PLM Connect precision farming platforms, and The Climate Corp.’s Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform.

AeroVironment will be showcasing this pioneering ecosystem at three upcoming tradeshows: World Ag Expo, National Farm Machinery Show and Commodity Classic.

The Trusted Operator Program, which AUVSI launched in November, is a UAS community initiative to facilitate best practices, codes of conduct and professionalism for operators of services provided by UAS, also known as drones.

Peer groups are nothing new to the agricultural industry, but developing a network of external support is an increasingly valuable resource for precision farming professionals. Joining or even forming a precision peer group of non-competitive dealers is an option to network with other specialists and trade tips, challenges and success stories.