Leica Geosystems announced the release of Leica SteerDirect ES Plus, the enhanced successor to the Leica SteerDirect ES.

Bayer CropScience and John Deere are working together to integrate data access, wireless data transmission, and delivery of prescription recommendations to help farmers optimize yields and return on investment.

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces a new global Systems Integration Team(SIT) to be headed by Brian Sorbe. As manager of SIT, Sorbe will report to Michael Bourke, TPA director of sales, and be based in the United States.

The Open Ag Data Alliance (OADA) launched its organization to develop protocols and create security and privacy working groups that collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure farmer peace of mind regarding the protection and use of their data across a broad range of business policies and practices.

NORAC is pleased to announce that the UC5 Spray Height Control system is now compatible with two additional virtual terminal displays

Precision farming technology that will allow reduced herbicide use by accurately identifying and spot-spraying weeds, developed from research funded by the Horticultural Development Company (HDC), is to go into commercial production.

“Big data” is a term that’s been getting bigger lately. With groups like Farm Bureau and companies such as Monsanto and John Deere adopting positions, more dialog will come and standards will be sought.

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announces that the international community has approved four new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) projects to develop or revise documents in the ISO 4254 series of standards for agricultural machinery safety.

Recently, Phil Bane, CEO at Bane-Welker Equipment took a few of his employees to a workshop in Brazil, South America.

Agrium Inc. has announced that its extensive precision agriculture offering will be re-branded as “Echelon”, formerly NutriScription HD.