The recently-formed Precision Agriculture Association of New Zealand (PAANZ) will host the International Asian Conference on precision agriculture in 2017.

Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc., has announced the introduction of the UHarvest data management system, the first-ever solution for collecting and managing grain cart weight data using the tractor’s ISOBUS terminal or a touch-screen tablet.

Trimble has announced the acquisition of three seperate companies with water management expertise: RainWave, LLC; Hydro-Engineering Solutions, LLC; and IQ Irrigation.

Valley Irrigation has introduced a new corner option that is completely customizable to a grower’s field.

Travis Routh, general manager at L&D Ag Service in Harland, Minn., discusses the sales benefits of being a dealership that offers precision farming products as well as spraying and application equipment. The partnership between the products has allowed Routh to expand the dealership's precision farming customer base.

ACRES (Advanced Crop Revenue Enhancement System) is an innovative, new program that was unveiled earlier this year at the 48th National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. ACRES combines on-farm data about soil attributes, crop rotation, etc. with the unique performance attributes of seed, chemical and fertilizer products to ensure optimal performance.

Record corn prices. Record farm incomes. Record equipment sales. Drought or no drought, the last few years reaped an unprecedented bounty for America's farm economy.

With this information, farmers will be able to make better daily decisions based on the latest data.

Lessiter Publications' Ag Division Properties will be blanketing the 2013 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, and updating readers on the newest equipment developments.