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Delta AgTech Symposium on Advancing UAVs in Agriculture to be Held in Memphis

The region's most impressive showcase of high-tech agricultural innovation is just two weeks away! Register today for the Delta AgTech Symposium: Advancing UAVs in Agriculture, to be held July 7-8, 2014, at Agricenter International in Memphis.

25 Jun 2014

Drone Photography Offers an Easy Way to Check on Progress of Crops

This growing season, crop researchers at the University of Illinois are experimenting with the use of drones – unmanned aerial vehicles – on the university's South Farms.

5 Jun 2014

Trimble Launches GPS-Controlled Precision Irrigation Solution in North America

Trimble announced today the availability of the Trimble® Irrigate-IQ™ precision irrigation solution in North America. Along with the North American launch, Trimble also introduced the Connected Farm™ Irrigate app, which provides farmers with real-time status and control of their pivot irrigation systems using a smartphone or tablet.

From Trimble Navigation Limited 29 Apr 2014

Robotic Swarms with Simple Programming Hold Promise for Precision Agricultural Farming

A way of making hundreds - or even thousands - of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed by engineers at the University of Sheffield, UK.

17 Apr 2014

Leica Geosystems Announce Leica SteerDirect ES Plus for Powerful Steering for Farmers

Leica Geosystems announced today the Leica SteerDirect ES Plus, the enhanced successor to the Leica SteerDirect ES. The electric steering system gives farmers a brand independent steering solution to improve accuracy by diminishing skips and overlaps, saving fuel, fertilizer, chemicals, and reducing operator fatigue.

18 Mar 2014

Agricultural Robot Market Expected to Grow to $16.3 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Agricultural Robots - Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020" to their offering.

3 Feb 2014

Agricultural Robot Market Anticipated to Reach $16.3 Billion by 2020

Worldwide agricultural robots markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the agricultural robots are used in every aspect of farming, milking, food production, and animal control to implement automated process for the industry.

30 Jan 2014

Trimble Introduces UX5 UAS for Agricultural Aerial Imaging and Mapping

Trimble announced today the addition of its Trimble® UX5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to its Agriculture product portfolio for aerial imaging and mapping. The Trimble UX5 system can enable Ag service providers to easily capture aerial images for scouting and monitoring crop health such as detecting pests, weeds and nitrogen deficiencies.

From Trimble Navigation Limited 22 Jan 2014

Explore Use of Drones, UAVs and Crop Models at Growing Michigan Agriculture Conference

In the mid-1990s, I attended a large farm show with my husband where he preceded to point out all the ways data could be collected on various aspects of the farm operation. My comment at that time was “Who do you think is going to enter all that information?” Well, agriculture technology has come a long way since then, in both quality and quantity.

21 Jan 2014

AutoCopter’s UAV Precision Agriculture Solution Collects Multi-Spectral Data and Creates Variable-Rate Prescriptions

Growers and Crop Consultants make decisions in the field using real-time information. The AutoCopter™ G15 Ag Solution now provides the ability to collect multi-spectral data using our patent-pending software and create Variable-rate Prescriptions within minutes from landing in the field.

30 Oct 2013