SaskTel has launched what it calls an ag ecosystem to help companies do business with farmers.
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SaskTel launches data hub for farmers
Companies that are part of Smart Ag will help farmers use data to improve their operations and sustainability
Agco focuses on retrofit automation technology
Recent disruptive technologies including auto guidance have seen growth start with aftermarket systems
When auto guidance appeared on the scene, it was grassroots demand from producers and aftermarket system suppliers that pushed the technology forward. As autonomy becomes the latest disruptive technology in ag equipment, Seth Crawford, Agco’s senior vice-president and general manager, precision ag and digital, said he sees it becoming mainstream in the same way auto […] Read more
Striving for tech dominance in age of automation
Agco looks to dominate the precision farming landscape and to deliver products to producers in a new way
Speaking to a group of ag and investment journalists in late June, Agco chief executive officer Eric Hansotia said his aim is to take Agco to a dominant market position when it comes to precision farming offerings. The decision to pursue that goal was made in a meeting of senior management several months ago, he […] Read more
Variable rate technology adoption faces hurdles
Variable rate technology is a powerful tool and it will be the way of the future, but for now most producers don’t believe it’s worth the time, effort and money.
Partnership packs punch
If there were any doubts about the ambitions of Farmers Edge, they have now been erased. The Manitoba company, which specializes in precision agriculture and farm data management, has announced a partnership with one of the world’s iconic companies, IBM. Farmers Edge will partner with the Weather Company, an IBM business, to provide farmers with […] Read more
Satellite maps have come a long way
The farmer in Lanny Faleide knew there had to be better ways to understand the land and ways to market that type of information. It was the early 1990s, the dawn of precision agriculture. After the droughts of the late 1980s, farmers were taking a keener interest in their soils. Reductions in tillage, new approaches […] Read more
Variable rate technology refined
Technology taken to next level | Project uses field data and prescribes fertilizer and water requirements in each zone
CHIN, Alta. — Jeff Bronsch knows polygons. Boy, does he know polygons. The president of Sunrise Ag, a farm production management business based in Taber, Alta., looks at thousands of shapes every day as he examines data in field maps. From two potato fields, he deciphers maps of electrical conductivity, soil moisture, topography, elevation, infiltration […] Read more
Solar Cycle 24 may cause havoc for GPS farm instruments
Solar Cycle 24 will focus its force on precision agriculture instruments across North America this year. Sunspots are on the rise. The peak of the last 11-year cycle of solar activity is happening now, bringing concerns about GPS reliability over the next couple years. Sunspots, also called solar flares, appear as dark spots on the […] Read more
On-farm trials help with decision making
Field-scale research | Farmers need to analyze data collected by soil and crop mapping
CALGARY — Precision farming techniques, with their ability to accurately measure inputs and outputs, can be a boon to on-farm research. Several speakers at the Feb. 22-23 Precision Ag 2.0 conference in Calgary pointed out the benefits of precision farming, and some farmers at the event have already embraced the technology. Josh Fankhauser, who farms […] Read more
