Items Tagged with 'precision irrigation'

ARTICLES

360 RAIN Autonomous Banding System Finds Success with Hog Barns, Dairies

May 26, 2024 | Posted in Product Innovations, Autonomy & Robotics

360 Yield Center's 360 RAIN autonomous irrigation system is designed to use 40% of the water used by center pivot irrigation system. It follows paths created by the planter. A single machine lives in the field from the day of planting onward, connected to a well.

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Research Shows Precision Irrigation Technology Improves Corn Productivity

July 21, 2023 | Posted in Precision Agriculture 101

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

A recent on-farm study conducted in the Central Sands region of Minnesota shows that variable rate irrigation technology could help save farmers water and reduce irrigation-induced nutrient loss to the environment without impacting farm profitability.

CropX Acquires Tule, Further Expands with New Solutions for Specialty Crops & Drip Irrigation

February 1, 2023 | Posted in Data Management, Product Innovations

Tule brings a complementary new mode of data collection from above the plant canopy that precisely determines crop water use, which will enhance CropX's artificial intelligence predictions, recommendations, and automations

This Week

Precision Farming Dealer's Best of the Web: May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022 | Posted in Industry News

Precision Farming Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Salford Group.

CropX, Aliaxis Partner on Precision Irrigation Solution

April 21, 2022 | Posted in Industry News

Aliaxis, which enables access to water and energy through fluid management solutions, has signed an investment agreement and will be partnering with CropX, a provider of agtech solutions for full farm management.

SupPlant Accelerates Product Development With $10M Funding Dedicated to Sensor-Less Irrigation System

June 14, 2021 | Posted in Product Innovations, Autonomy & Robotics

SupPlant, a precision agriculture hardware-software solution, announced its recent funding round, raising $10 million to accelerate its industry defining and disrupting sensor-less irrigation API product.

CropX Acquires CropMetrics to Expand U.S. Market Presence

January 13, 2020 | Posted in Industry News

Acquisition adds 500,000 acres under management, over 10 years of in-soil U.S. farm data, agronomy-based analytics platform and experienced team to expand global leadership position in soil and crop analytics.

Trevor Mecham, Joe Strickland Join Valley Irrigation in Leadership Roles

December 10, 2018 | Posted in Industry News

Source: AgriMarketing

Valley Irrigation announced the hiring of Trevor Mecham as Vice President and Joe Strickland as Vice President & General Manager.

Blue Mountain Community College Turns Techies into Aggies

May 18, 2015 | Posted in Precision Agriculture 101, Dealer Development

Did you know that video games and agriculture have something in common? Well, they do.

AgGateway to Run Precision Ag Irrigation Project Demo

June 4, 2014 | Posted in Industry News

AgGateway's Precision Agriculture Irrigation Leadership (PAIL) Project will hold a demonstration on June 11 at AgGateway's Mid-Year Meeting in Altoona, Iowa, to show equipment and software manufacturers how growers and irrigation consultants can access and send data in PAIL format as they develop and execute an irrigation plan. Full field testing is planned for late summer, and a proposed set of guidelines will be submitted in late November 2014.

Videos

[Technology Corner] Technology Adoption Barrier: ‘Purse Strings Have Tightened’

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.

Top Directory Listings

Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Campus

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.

Lake Region State College - Dakota Precision Ag Center

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.

HTS Ag Precision Ag Solutions

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.