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Tracking animal behavior, improving heat detection, picking up subclinical disease, improving grazing outputs and reducing lameness will all be discussed at a one-day event showcasing the latest innovations and new technologies in the dairy sector.

Trimble Navigation Ltd. on Wednesday released a preview of its CenterPoint RTX cloud-based, post-processing service, enabling GNSS (global navigation satellite system) observations using available Galileo and BeiDou middle-earth-orbit (MEO) satellites, which provide timing, positioning and navigation signals worldwide.

BBI Spreaders has introduced a next generation of precision farming software and applications computer controller for field work — the Task Command System.

Springfield at center of Ohio’s unmanned aerial systems efforts. Precision agriculture expected to generate billions to the economy.

Raven Industries, Inc. and Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. have introduced UHarvest, a first-of-its-kind grain cart system that provides more accurate yield data and streamlines how data is shared between machines in the field. UHarvest is the first grain cart system to integrate a moisture sensor on the cart itself, which will provide operators with more accurate yield data as it is loaded from the combine.

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MTS Systems Corporation, a global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, has announced the launch of multiple enabling technologies for the precision agriculture industry, including position feedback sensors that enhance the performance of GPS-guided systems that are designed to increase the efficiency of farm equipment and crop yields.

Michael Helling, with Trimble Agriculture's business development division, discusses the manufacturer's entry into the distribution of unmanned aerial vehicles and how those products will be delivered in the future, potentially through traditional farm equipment dealerships.