Precision Farming Dealer Technology Editor Jack Zemlicka will be visiting several farm equipment and precision farming dealerships this week in western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota, sharing photos, tips and insights on Facebook and Twitter.

Cogent3D, Inc, announces contract award to assist USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to re-engineer their mobile workforce with a new Mobile Conservation Planner App using iCropTrak to allow NRCS staff to spend more time with client collaboration and conservation efforts in the field.

Tractor rollovers are the single deadliest type of farm accident in the United States. Latest figures from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) said there are approximately 250 tractor rollover fatalities each year.

The InfoAg Conference, fittingly touted as the premier event in precision agriculture for producers, consultants and the crop production industry, will be held July 16-18 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield.

Tim McPherson, service advisor for A&M Green Power, Pacific Junction, Iowa, explains how the dealership uses a new-to-industry system that monitors where service techs are in the field, dispatches them to their next job (rather than returning to dealership) and alerts customers of updates so they know when they'll be arriving at their farm.

Unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company Winehawk Labs announced today they will release a new model of their successful UAV platform in May of 2013 to coincide with company re-branding.

Drones numbering in the tens of thousands will be in the skies by 2030, the Federal Aviation Administration predicts. But where some may fear precision weapons or flying spy cameras, Steve Markofski sees flying tractors.

While some farmers think new precision ag equipment is too expensive, others in their 50s and 60s aren't "computer whizzes" and simply don't want to deal with all the new technology. Students in a fast-changing precision technology specialist course at Mitchell (S.D.) Technical Institute have a response for both of those dilemmas.

Producers who use New Holland tractors now have the ability to control several brands of farm implements and machines from the cab of their tractor using their New Holland IntelliView IV color touchscreen display.

Josie Dallam, a freshman majoring in Life Sciences Communication, is the first recipient of the Frank Lessiter Ag Media Scholarship, an annual award that recognizes a Univ. of Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences student pursuing  a career in agricultural trade media. She was awarded the scholarship this week at the Life Sciences Department’s annual Recognition Reception at Union South in Madison.