New Products from Monsanto

Chuck Zimmerman

During the recent Farm Progress Show Monsanto’s Crop Protection Marketing Lead, Steve Knodle (left), sat down with me to talk about what is new with Monsanto. Steve says there are a number of new announcements from Monsanto this fall. One of them is Warrant Herbicide for pre-emerge use in soybeans and cotton for residual weed control. He says that it …

Agribusiness, Apps, Audio, Farm Progress Show, Seed, weed management

New Holland Weather App

Chuck Zimmerman

Can’t get enough weather information? Then get this new app from New Holland. This new service was announced last week at the Farm Progress Show. New Holland’s commitment to making farming easier for enhanced productivity is once again confirmed by the launch of the free ‘Farming weather forecast and services by New Holland Agriculture’ app which forms a key element …

Agribusiness, Apps, Farm Progress Show, New Holland, Weather

Mobile Technology the Future of Agriculture

Chuck Zimmerman

Float Mobile Learning has several new research papers available for purchase that deal with the use of mobile technology and agriculture. According to their infographic forty percent of farmers own a smartphone and ninety four percent own a mobile or smart phone. Of course we know it’s a lot and that’s why we went directly to an app so you …

Agribusiness, Apps, Farming, Technology

MAPPing… Mobile App’ing… MapShots’ Software

John Davis

Conferences are always great for seeing the latest and greatest in equipment and software, and the International Conference on Precision Agriculture in Indianapolis, IN was certainly no exception. Making the rounds through the vendors’ displays, Chuck caught up with Tim Taylor from MapShots, who told him about the latest apps his company has to work with their precision agronomy software …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Apps, Audio, International, Precision Agriculture

Mobile Farm Manager App From John Deere

Chuck Zimmerman

How about managing your farm operation from your iPad or Iphone? John Deere plans to make that happen later this year. Tyler Hogrefe, seen here being interviewed by Ken Anderson, Brownfield Ag News, is a Product Manager for John Deere in their Intelligent Solutions Group. He was a presenter at their FarmSight Tech Summit. I spoke to him about John …

Agribusiness, Apps, Audio, John Deere

Iowa Farmers Market App

Chuck Zimmerman

Iowans now have a mobile way to locate a local farmers market thanks to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Listen to Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey talk about it today: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today unveiled the free Iowa Farmers Market app for smartphones that is designed to help Iowans access the more that …

Apps, Audio

World Pork Expo Introduces Mobile App

Melissa Sandfort

For the first time, people attending World Pork Expo, June 6-8 in Des Moines, Iowa, will be able to get the latest Expo information with a customized smartphone app. With half of today’s mobile subscribers owning smartphones and National Hog Farmer reporting that about 30 percent of its readers access the Internet using their phones, this new app is designed …

Agribusiness, Apps, Pork, World Pork Expo

Agriculture.com® wins two MobileWebAwards

Melissa Sandfort

Less than one year after the re-launch of m.Agriculture.com, the site has been awarded two MobileWebAwards from the Web Marketing Association for Best Magazine Mobile Website and Best Magazine Mobile Application. The two awards come shortly after the announcement of the industry-first Mobile Commerce Messaging suite of offerings. The new services include a unique [A] Deals feature that provides farmers …

Apps, Media

DTN/The Progressive Farmer Market Strategies App

Chuck Zimmerman

Telvent GIT, S.A., parent company of DTN/The Progressive Farmer, just launched a new Market Strategies app. It is now available via the Apple iTunes Store and Android Market. The Market Strategies app ensures producers will have the most accurate, real-time data on commodity markets with instant alerts to changes in the market. Unlike other consumer-based applications, the app shares DTN/The …

Apps, Media

TeeJet SraySelect App

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s ag app day I guess. TeeJet Technologies just announced their SraySelect App. TeeJet Technologies is pleased to offer growers and custom applicators a new tool for simplifying their spraying operations. The SpraySelect mobile app allows the user to quickly and easily choose the proper spray tip for a given application. Just enter speed, tip spacing and target rate, select …

Apps, Irrigation