Precision Agriculture

The latest precision ag news and trends on precision agriculture equipment. Discover tech innovations, expert insights, and tips on using precision ag to boost your farm’s efficiency and productivity.

Learn how this first-generation Ohio farmer changed his in-season nitrogen management program to boost yields.
Designed to work with John Deere 6R and 8R series tractors, the remotely monitored Carbon AutoTractor offers around-the-clock production.
The ribbon cutting took place on March 20 for the facility focused on demonstrating new technologies at scale.
These upgrade kits can lower your chemical spend and increase sustainability and soil health for years to come.
Robust machine connectivity is critical for today’s technology to deliver the benefits and ROI farmers require for adoption on the farm.
The technology will hit the market first as a factory offering for new Model Year 2026 Guardian series sprayers. Retrofit kits will also be offered for Model Year 2023 and up machines.
When his in-house variable-rate program was no longer effective enough, this farmer found a local program that went deeper on soil metrics to drive his yields higher.
The technology, which the company says is designed to maximize the output of every input, consists of a single cab-mounted camera system that offers multi-season uses.
The updates and new releases span a wide breadth of row crop solutions, including combines, planters, sprayers, tractors, tillage tools and precision technology.
From implement guidance to retrofit solutions, software, and seed tenders, here’s a roundup of new machinery and technology for the week of Feb. 23, 2025, coming to the farm.
Join the guys as they take a deep dive into the current state of the used sprayer market. If you’re thinking about buying or upgrading soon, you don’t want to miss this episode of the Moving Iron podcast.
The addition of weave automation allows less reliance on operator skill to make a uniformed bale and streamlines the baling process.
A roundup of farm machinery product releases and company news from the first month of 2025.
The Right to Repair lawsuit carries significant implications for farmers, independent repair access and antitrust enforcement. Here’s what an antitrust attorney and a D.C. lobbyist have to say about the legal action.
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit along with the states of Minnesota and Illinois against Deere for allegedly violating U.S. competition laws by restricting access to key repair information and diagnostic tools.
JDLink Boost can help farmers overcome poor connectivity issues, and a new high-speed disk series is now available in widths ranging from 25 to 45 feet.
A quick rundown of some recent notable smart farming products and companies innovating electrified and autonomous solutions.
Re-engineered cameras and rugged GPUs make up the latest leap forward as John Deere forges ahead to a fully autonomous production system by 2030.
Carmi, Ill., farmer Chase Sailer isn’t afraid to do things different. He learns from failures on the farm and is turning to precision tools to drill down decisions to every acre.
Farm machinery news for the week of Dec. 15, 2024, includes updates from ASABE, John Deere, GSI and Artic Cat
Rotor Technologies will begin shipping its autonomous application helicopters next year. Sprayhawk features a 110-gal. tank and can cover 240 acres per hour.
Nine-year-old social media sensation @justajacksonthing will create content for John Deere’s social media channels to bring awareness to the people working tirelessly in agriculture.
Farm Journal got a behind-the-scenes look at AgRevolution’s newest outlet in Urbana, Ohio, before the store’s Nov. 1 grand opening.
America’s Conservation Ag Movement shares how to make smart farming work for you
The Data Intensive Farm Management Project works with farmers and/or their crop consultants to experiment with products, application rates and seeding rates. Data is collected and analyzed to give farmers information from their own ground.
The latest study released on the Global Autonomous Tractors market by USD Analytics evaluates market size, trend, and forecasts uptake to 2030.
The investigation, authorized on Sept. 2, 2021, focuses on repair restrictions manufacturers place on hardware or software, often referred to by regulators as impeding customers’ “right to repair” the goods they purchase.
Companies are rolling out autonomous capabilities today with the goal of eventual full autonomy in the future.
Northern Illinois farmer Dan Hartmann made a big leap by purchasing a used sprayer with See & Spray technology. He says when looking at just his soybean acres, the technology will pay for itself in 18 months.
If you use GPS guidance lines and field boundaries in your farming operation, read this article.
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