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Leica Geosystems offers Virtual Vista to monitor farm equipment

Leica Geosystems is offering Virtual Vista, a telematics program that allows farmers to monitor equipment and field work. The telematics program connects directly to Leica mojo3D.

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  • Mar. 11, 2013
    Article

    Leica’s SteerDirect ES offers retro-fit electric assisted steering

    Leica Geosystems introduces a new retro-fit electric steering system called SteerDirect ES. The easy-to-install assisted steering system works with the majority of tractor, sprayer and harvester models without removing the steering wheel....More
  • Jan. 25, 2013
    Article

    Leica Geosystems offers Virtual Vista to monitor farm equipment

    Leica Geosystems is offering Virtual Vista, a telematics program that allows farmers to monitor equipment and field work. The telematics program connects directly to Leica mojo3D....More
  • Jan. 10, 2013
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    "Ride" inside the tractor cab to see Kinze's Autonomous Harvest System in action 1

    Video source: Kinze This fall, Kinze released its new Autonomous Harvest System, and farmers in the Monmouth, Ill. area tested the system out on their cornfields. The system requires no operator for the tractor that follows the combine with a grain cart....More
  • Nov. 12, 2012
    Article

    Kinze’s autonomous tractor system tested in field by farmers 1

    The robotic system that operated on Rick Elliott’s farm near Monmouth, Ill., didn’t resemble a robot. Instead, it looked like a typical combine-tractor-and-grain-cart setup—except the tractor moving through the field was empty....More
  • Sep. 20, 2012
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    Robotic technology makes Kinze’s autonomous system work 2

    Rhett Schildroth, product manager for Kinze, explains the equipment that is needed to make the autonomous tractor/grain-cart combo work successfully in the field. When the system comes to the market, he anticipates kits will be available for purchase to retrofit different tractors. View more videos of this revolutionary technology here:...More
  • Sep. 20, 2012
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    Kinze unveils latest autonomous grain cart system 1

    Kinze Manufacturing introduced its latest version of its Autonomous Harvest System in an Illinois field this week. With media on hand, Kinze’s product manager Rhett Schildroth explained the system that works without a driver for the tractor/grain-cart system. The high-tech system involves a ruggedized laptop computer that the combine driver monitors. The tractor is outfitted with sensors, radar and other equipment to make it robotic, yet safe....More
  • Sep. 20, 2012
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    Driverless Kinze system reduces labor needs at harvest

    Kinze Manufacturing surprised the agricultural equipment industry with its new autonomous technology. Why has Kinze gone after this? Susanne Kinzenbaw Veatch, vice president and chief marketing officer, says robotics help farmers fill a deepening labor need. She adds that her father John Kinzenbaw envisioned many years ago that robotics would someday come to the farm. View more videos of this revolutionary technology here:...More
  • Aug. 17, 2012
    Article

    Trimble offers handheld GreenSeeker crop sensor

    A new handheld version of the GreenSeeker crop sensor is now available from Trimble for $495. The handheld device is equipped with the same optical sensor used in the GreenSeeker system that mounts on a tractor. A farmer may use the handheld GreenSeeker to measure the vigor of a crop....More
  • Jun. 29, 2012
    Article

    New GPS-based products bring John Deere one step closer to an automated farm

    John Deere today unveiled the newest additions to its John Deere FarmSight precision farming line. These new products include Remote Display Access, a new web portal, an upgraded GPS receiver, and an on-the-go forage analysis and adjustment system for harvesters....More
  • Jun. 27, 2012
    Article

    New A325 GNSS smart antenna available from Hemisphere GPS

    A new smart antenna called the A325 is now available from Hemisphere GPS. This new, affordable antenna incorporates professional-level centimeter and sub-meter positioning accuracy....More
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