AGCO's auto-guidance partner 

AGCO's Next generation of satellite-guided steering assist systems will be supplied by TSD Integrated Controls, a joint venture company formed by Topcon...

GPS-guided irrigation 

New technology from Valmont Irrigation allows the precise application of water, fertilizer and crop inputs through the irrigation system based on GPS information...

Trimble buys Tru Count 

Rugged handheld 

The Hydrus ultra-rugged handheld computer from Two Technologies has double-wall case construction to make it impervious to dust and water, plus internal shock absorbers for drop protection. The Windows CE computer sports ...

N savings by the row 

By: By David Hest

Precision Agriculture technologies can help take a bite out of higher nitrogen costs. Just ask Mike, Bob and Jim Ellis, who grow several thousand acres...

Farmindustrynews.com 

ISOBUS for tractors, implements Tractors and implements are moving to a universal language called ISOBUS that lets equipment from different companies...

One-pass wonder 

Clyde Cook constructed this fertilizer/drill for the family Ririe, ID, wheat farm. He built a cart from a Yielder drill frame to carry a 3,000-gal. anhydrous...

Corn Belt coverage 

By: By David Hest

GPS steering and guidance equipment companies and their dealers have been on a building spree of real-time kinematic (RTK) networks in recent years. State...

Remote-controlled farming 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Last year Leica Geosystems entered the U.S. precision farming market with the introduction of a no-drift autosteer guidance system. The system, called...

Wireless farm 

By: By David Hest

While technically feasible for years, building a farm-wide computer-based communications network has been expensive and technologically challenging. Until...