A European tech firm has introduced laser-based technology offering crop monitoring images in five colors and the ability to operate night or day at ranges up to 300 meters.
Over the past 40 years agricultural scanning technology has developed rapidly from sprayers with only the capability to recognize brown bare soil from very green growing plant material to machines capable of guiding moving sprayers to target individual plants
We’ve covered autonomy extensively here in the Technology Corner. We’ve seen retrofit kits used for mowing and tillage, but what about planting cover crops?
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Ag Express Electronics, Muncie, Ind., grower Joe Hamilton and Knox County, Ohio grower Tim Norris explain their approach to new technology, and potential improvements they’d like to see their dealers make in 2024 and beyond.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Ag Express Electronics, Muncie, Ind., grower Joe Hamilton and Knox County, Ohio grower Tim Norris explain their approach to new technology, and potential improvements they’d like to see their dealers make in 2024 and beyond.
Tim Deinert at John Deere talks about the benefits of adding See & Spray Premium, an AI-powered target spraying system, to model-year 2025 Hagie STS sprayers.
Today we’re spotlighting Trimble’s new spraying technology. It’s called the Bilberry system — a camera-based system that enables farmers to save up to 90% on herbicide applications by only spraying where the weeds are in the field.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Ag Express Electronics, technology editor Noah Newman catches up with Bluewhite CEO and founder Ben Alfi for a discussion about the future of autonomy in agriculture and the company’s Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) model.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Ag Express Electronics, technology editor Noah Newman catches up with Bluewhite CEO and founder Ben Alfi for a discussion about the future of autonomy in agriculture and the company’s Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) model.
Jake Warford, precision ag specialist with Linco-Precision, shares his experience working with the Sabanto autonomy kit. Warford explains how he used it to plant cover crops and wheat in 2023.
Sean Dorosz provides a first look at the new T9 SmartTrax with PLM Intelligence at the 2024 National Farm Machinery Show. The new track system offers oscillating roller wheels, improved serviceability and automatic self-tensioning tracks to cover more ground with fewer stops.
Kirby Woods shows off the new Fendt 30-foot Momentum Planter, billed as “the most agronomically advanced planting system in the world for smaller operations.”
Last week, I shadowed Dave Thompson in Amboy, Ill. He’s a precision farming specialist with Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor. He tells me most of his customers were done with harvest by the middle of October.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.