Clemson University's Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, S.C., has hired a precision agriculture specialist to help farmers apply the latest technological advancements.

According to new market research, the mid and high level precision GPS market is expected to reach a value of $3.09 Billion by 2020.

In a major step forward for growers in the water-stressed Great Plains, Netafim USA has joined efforts with Teeter Irrigation, Inc. to provide Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado growers with access to the groundbreaking Precision Mobile Drip Irrigation (PMDI) technology.

Five students in Western Illinois University's School of Agriculture recently had the opportunity to learn, first hand, some of the agriculture-related applications of unmanned aerial vehicles, thanks to Stewart Moorehead from John Deere's Technology Innovation Center.

Here's a list of the most popular items we've posted at PrecisionFarmingDealer.com from the month of March.

New 2015 family of John Deere 6 tractors feature integrated AutoTrac for accurate, efficient guidance through the field and PFC hydraulics, with up to 6 selective control valves to provide maximum hydraulic efficiency for operating large implements, seeding tools, row-crop planters and potato harvesters.

AgJunction signed an agreement to sell its Cloud Services division to EFC Systems, Inc., of Brentwood, Tenn. for $3.25 million in cash less net liabilities of approximately $0.8 million.

Downloadable for free from 3DR, DroneKit packages years of 3DR’s research and development into a single robust and extensible platform which developers can use to create web-based drone apps or even apps onboard the drones themselves.

According to the AUVSI, the rapid adoption of drones is going to create more than 100,000 jobs and $82-billion in economic impact over the next ten years.

New technology for unmanned aerial vehicles delivers obstacle survey and detection technology plus powerful data management tools for a complete obstacle management system.