Precision Planting Product Manager Dale Koch discusses the new SmartFirmer, an optical senor imbedded in a Keeton Seed Firmer that scans the soil as it goes through the field. The system tracks and provides feedback on organic matter, soil moisture and residue in the furrow.

Veris Technologies and the Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, recently announced a partnership that will make high resolution soil maps from Veris on-the-go soil sensors available as a key data layer for the agronomic models in the Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView platform.

Event 38, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles for business announced a key partnership with UmapAV, whose software service generates engineering quality geospatial data analytics from aerial imagery.

If you’re a tractor spotter, in the same way as people are train spotters, or if you simply take an interest in what’s new you may have noticed over the last ten years an attachment that fits to the roof of farm equipment.