Agricultural software pioneer Drone Ag will demonstrate its crop scouting mobile app Skippy Scout live at Cereals for the first time. “Our aim is to illustrate how Skippy Scout has made using drones easy, and how it can help farmers to reduce the time it takes to walk crops,” says…
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As technological advances allow GPS/GNSS devices to be more reliable, our lives are becoming increasingly dependent on accurate positioning and timing. Today, GNSS time is used to synchronize telecom and energy grids, while precise positioning is used to navigate drones and self-driving cars, as well as to automate agricultural and…
CNH Industrial has completed its acquisition of a minority stake in Augmenta, an agricultural technology company, focused on automating farming operations using computer vision and artificial intelligence ‘on the edge’, whereby data is processed in real time, directly by the system. This acquisition will see CNH Industrial become Augmenta’s strategic…
New Holland will welcome visitors to the YOUNIVERSE digital fair in its own branded world, where it will lead them on a journey of progressive discovery of its products and latest innovations through a series of virtual landscapes. Sean Lennon, New Holland Vice President Europe, stated: “Coming up with new…
New Holland has announced the first major update of 2021 for the MyPLM® Connect Farm desktop platform and mobile app, giving producers even more power and flexibility to manage their operation anytime, anywhere. The latest update includes support for prescriptions, tillage and large square balers; new layer visualisations; machine utilisation…
Parliamentarians have been warned that bureaucracy and red tape are holding back the use of spray drones on agriculture – and that investment in the sector could unlock major benefits. Harper Adams University Researcher Jonathan Gill gave the warning to a meeting of the All-party Parliamentary Group on Science and…
Thirty percent of yearly food waste on UK farms is cereals, with a value of £26m for wheat alone, according to data collected by the charity WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). Agri-tech innovators Martin Lishman Ltd believe that there is huge potential to reduce the amount of waste on…
A new version of the Omnia Scout app has been launched to make it easier for growers and agronomists to share crop walking information and update field records remotely. The iOS app is a complete rebuild of the original Omnia Field Scout app, that allows growers to view the various…
Weather patterns, varietal resistance shifting, and potential new races of rust have led some agronomists to use drone technology to identify the disease faster. “The last couple of seasons have seen yellow and brown rust become a greater concern. Growers need to be observant of this disease due to its…
John Deere Machine Sync enables machines to exchange data on the move and allows combine operators to guide a tractor and trailer alongside the harvester. This unique system is now also available for forage harvesters and tractors to take control during other crop unloading operations. Machine Sync was introduced in…