Posts Tagged: 'Technology'

Heavy Metal, High Tech

This Illinois farmer says he was slow to adopt precision ag technology. But now, after a few years under his belt, he’s excited about the results.

If Earth Day is about sustainability, look no further than precision farming.

If ever there was a profession that tied someone’s livelihood, success, pride, and even tradition to their little piece of this Earth, it’s agriculture. Precision farming is contributing to environmental preservation in a variety of ways.

Massey Ferguson Datatronic 5 puts Tablet Technology in the Cab

Massey Ferguson’s advanced, new Datatronic 5 system, introduced at the SIMA Show in Paris, puts complete tractor and precision farming control at the operator’s fingertips. Developed by Massey Ferguson’s own in-house team, the powerful, ISOBUS compatible terminal’s 9in touch-screen uses...

The Future of Farming Is Now: Africa Set to “Leapfrog” Farming Practices of Old

By Matt Rushing “Technology leapfrogging” refers to the adoption of advanced or state-of-the-art technology in an application area where immediate prior technology has not been adopted. Discussions of Information and communication technologies (ICT)  leapfrogging have largely focused on developing countries,...

Increasing Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption

By Amanda Wemette At some point during your education or business training, you may have heard of the technology adoption theory called “Diffusion of innovations” by Everett Rogers, which categorizes technology adopters in five stages: innovators, early adopters, early majority,...

No Strings Attached: The Benefits of Wireless Data Transfer for Growers

By Jennifer Parillo Current Data Transfer Methods In comparison to advancements in other industries, ranging from traffic cameras to cell phones, the current methods of transferring agricultural task data have become outdated. Farming decisions are becoming more prevalently based upon...

“Productivity”: The Language of Farmers throughout the Globe

This week’s coverage of the Crop Tour 2016 highlights some of the precision farming technologies that help farmers make their operations more efficient – from Fairmont, MN, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The Fuse open approach is making operational gains possible by...

Global greetings from Crop Tour 2016

By Darren Goebel Greetings from Crop Tour 2016! Crop Tour is an initiative at AGCO in which we are gathering information throughout the growing season and demonstrating how different variables that farmers face every year can impact overall yield potential....

What can precision agriculture do for you?

By: Amanda Wemette Precision agriculture technologies can provide multiple benefits to producers through input savings, improved time, labor and equipment management, and environmental benefits. Automatic section control (ASC) technology, available for use on sprayers, planters, spreaders, and other application equipment,...