While we often focus on the importance of yield monitor calibration relative to logging accurate yield estimates during grain harvest (Luck & Fulton, 2014), there are other yield monitor settings that can inadvertently influence yield estimates.

Dave Gebhardt, director of agronomic data and technology with WinField Solutions, discusses the company's new data management offerings for retailers and co-ops, AnswerTech and DataSilo.

Chris Gould's combine cab is loaded like the cockpit of a fighter jet he used to fly as he harvests soybeans in northern Illinois, steered by satellites, four video screens glowing with up to minute updates about his crop and the work's progress.

A company in Neodesha is building drones that its owner believes could someday help farmers watch over their fields without spending hours walking or driving through their property.

Mike Martinez with Trimble Agriculture talks about the massive growth he's seeing in dealers' interests in data management products for growers.

Jamie Blythe, who farms with her parents, Betty and Jim, and her sister, Ellen Fennel, operate a diversified cropping operation on 3,500 acres near Courtland, Ala.

"Precision agriculture" is the trend to watch at this year's Ag Innovation Showcase at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist with CropIMS in Effingham, Ill., talks about the growing trend of dealers partnering with third parties to provide data management services to customers, and how these partnerships can be mutually beneficial in creating a network solution to processing and analyzing farm data.

Standardization is a buzzword that comes up often in conversations I have with precision farming specialists. Whether they are talking about machinery compatibility or data transfer, the same challenges apply — being able to seamlessly provide a simple solution to a complex problem.

FarmersEdge has announced a joint venture with FarmCommand, a ISOBUS, M2M and telematics provider. This investment will leave FarmersEdge with controlling interest.