With growing competition in the U.S. agricultural community from all over the world, today’s growers have reached a point where simply using their instincts is no longer a viable option. Increased regulations and restrictions for water resources have brought about the need for fast, easy and efficient tracking of both water and environmental conditions within each field.

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.

Compatible with any brand of pivot, electric or hydraulic, FieldNET Pivot Watch gives growers the ability to remotely monitor their pivot’s functions, including current position, status, direction and speed via the FieldNET mobile app.

FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will unveil the world’s most advanced precision irrigation at a partners’ meeting which will take place in Kavalla, Greece, June 1-2, 2016.

The patent includes a method for estimating crop water use from satellite imagery and weather data and a scalable approach for using remote sensing technology to estimate crop water needs.

The ReinCloud allows growers to manage and monitor their irrigation system, analyze soil moisture data and check the weather from a single mobile web application.

A free trial of the Valley BaseStation3 for irrigation remote monitoring and control is now available, allowing growers to try the system on a simulated farm.

A new agreement between aWhere and HydroBio will provide more accurate daily and weekly irrigation prescriptions, crop monitoring, crop water storage and strategy information.