The evolution of precision agriculture and collection of agricultural data is providing farmers with tools to increase productivity and profitability. These core principles were originally developed by farmers, commodity organizations, and ag technology providers in 2014.

Performance Upgrade Kits (PUKs) provide the benefits of the latest and greatest machinery without the commitment and price of an entirely new machine.

The lightweight, electric-powered, autonomous planter no-tilled soybeans and strip-tilled corn in Webster County, Iowa.

As startups and major OEMs alike strive to innovate and scale, the roadmap laid out by Elon Musk for rocket engineering offers some insightful guidelines, particularly for those venturing into autonomous farm machinery.

Rootwave’s approach appealed to Jorge Heraud because of the way the company uses electricity. “I was looking for alternative ways of killing weeds, given that chemistry is not going to work forever,” he says.