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...

Tracking Software 

Site Pro Dispatch, a new software package, provides the ability to track equipment locations in real time. More important, it can relay prescription job...

Hooked on Smart 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Will Your next farm implement be smarter than you? Will it be a better driver? Maybe. Electronics are increasingly common on planters, sprayers and other...

RFID reader 

By: Jeff Ryan

For push-button wireless communication of data used with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags comes the new I.D.ology Lightning Rod EID reader....

Eye in the sky 

By: Jeff Ryan

Cropcam is an unmanned aerial vehicle with a GPS-guided autopilot that is a used to take high-resolution digital aerial images. It is launched by hand...

Leveling the field 

By: By David Hest

Automated Spray boom height control systems can't literally level your fields, but as they become more sophisticated, you might begin to wonder. In addition...

Farm tough 

By: By David Hest

If You are considering a laptop for your pickup truck office, think about buying a rugged computer that meets tough military standards for withstanding...

Farm tough 

By: By David Hest

If You are considering a computer for your pickup truck office, there is a lesson to be learned from the U.S. forces in Iraq, plus a growing cadre of...

Designer laptops 

Lenovo's New IdeaPad laptop computers come in textured black, blue or red, depending on the model you choose. Designed to complement Lenovo's ThinkPad...