Throughout October and November, the Royal Agricultural Society of England is hosting a series of farm visits and workshops across the country specifically looking at the use of technologies and innovations on livestock farms.

Farmers, ranchers and other rural dwellers now have access to faster, easier and longer outdoor WiFi coverage than previous generations of wireless access equipment. Ayrstone Productivity announced the release of its latest outdoor WiFi technology product called the Ayrstone AyrMesh Hub2n.

A long-time partnership between Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wis. and Service Motor Company, a Case IH dealership with five locations in eastern Wisconsin, has just gotten stronger. Last week, the school granted SMC naming rights to its recently expanded agriculture training center after a recent $1.1 million gift in the form of scholarships, equipment and financial support.

Lessiter Publications is pleased to announce the hiring of Brad Hemze as the new E-Media Director. He succeeds Jeremy McGovern, who had been serving in dual editorial/e-media role since 2011. McGovern was promoted earlier this summer to Executive Editor of the firm’s Equine Health Division.

Ag Leader Technologies introduced the new AgFiniti cloud-based platform, at the 2013 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, in late August 2013.

Deere & Co. said it will review strategic options for its John Deere Water irrigation operations and has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch as exclusive financial advisor to assist in the initiative.

Raven Industries Inc., in association with the South Dakota State University (SDSU), plans to establish a research development center within The Research Park in the university premises, in Brookings, S.D., to develop new precision agriculture technologies.

Trimble introduced the TMX-2050 display, a next generation display built on the popular Android operating system, which offers an intuitive interface that enables farmers to easily implement precision agriculture solutions as their business grows.

As more producers use new technology in precision agriculture, they will be gathering increasing amounts of machine and production data.

TeeJet Technologies added two new precision farming technology tools to their line of application products, with the introduction of the Sentry 6140 Tip Flow Monitor and the Radion 8140 automatic sprayer rate control.