Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist at Crop IMS, a precision consulting company in Effingham, Ill., has worked with a range of customers, including equipment dealerships and farmers, to tailor data management service offerings to meet their needs. In this live webinar event, Wilson shared his experience on developing data management services, partnership opportunities for dealers and considerations for growing this segment of your business. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Due to the growing demand for increased food production to feed the expanding population, along with rising land prices and increasing fertilizer and fuel costs, making precise choices about irrigation and nutrient management is more critical than ever.

Here's a glimpse of what's on tap for the December 4 edition of Precision Farming Dealer.

The challenge with using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or "drones" in farming is less the technology and more the task of managing and acting on the vast volume of data it generates, a conference at Harper Adams University has heard.

The ongoing evolution of precision farming technology was on display at the 2014 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.

Talking with farmers, there seems to be a distinct divide between those who are embracing the big data revolution and those who are skeptical of it. One farmer colorfully likened the risk of independent companies or government agencies accessing his data without permission as “a sign of the apocalypse.”

Now farmers and ranchers can have a long-range Internet connection up to 14.5 miles from their home-base router.

A coalition of major farm organizations and agriculture technology providers (ATPs) today announced an agreement on data privacy and security principles that will encourage the use and development of a full range of innovative, technology-driven tools and services to boost the productivity, efficiency and profitability of American agriculture.

Ask your precision technology provider these questions to ensure you know your data is secure.

Trent Sanderson, strip-tiller near Clare, Ill., shares his approach to detailed management and analysis of farm data to make better decisions on fertilizer application, fuel usage and yield potential to provide a specific per-acre payback on their 2,000 corn and soybean operation.