There are many discussions about what the real value of UAS will be to the grower, but for the first time we can begin to see the "varsity" players breaking away in this industry as they are closing in on real solutions beyond the basic scouting solutions.

Taking the pulse of precision farming dealers during the last few months, many say they’ve seen double-digit percentage drops in their precision hardware revenue during the last year.

Conversations around intellectual property (IP) on the farm has historically centered on the use and licensing of genetic traits and the companies that own them, writes Granular Co-Founder Mike Preiner in his latest blog post for the San Francisco-based ATP.

While data continues to collect dust for some, more farmers are trying to turn their compiled farm information into something more than “pretty pictures.” A multitude of service providers have data management solutions that promise profitability.

In the last edition of our e-newsletter, I related the revolving-door professional path of a friend to the fluctuating job market for precision farming specialists. After talking with a diverse group of independent and farm equipment dealers last week about their recruiting and retention practices, it seemed like a topic worth revisiting.

Having lunch recently with a longtime friend in the technology business who is notoriously nomadic when it comes to employment, we casually debated the plusses and minuses of job flexibility vs. career stability.

As we continue in this series, the last connector might be the AMP connector. These were very popular years ago with Dickey-john radar, controllers and planter monitors and are still used today.