Looks like precision agriculture has a bright future according to a new report by Markets and Markets that says that the market will be worth $3,721.27 Million by 2018. The title of the report is, “Precision Farming Market by Technology (GPS/GNSS, GIS, Remote Sensing & VRT), Components (Automation & Control, Sensors, FMS), Applications (Yield Monitoring, VRA, Mapping, Soil Monitoring, Scouting) …
Getting to Know Ag Leader
Here is the next in our series as we introduce you to a few of dedicated precision ag equipment dealers in a series called “Getting to Know Ag Leader”. We caught up with Ronnie Sherrod of Hale Center Coop Supply Hale Center, TX: 1. From an agronomy standpoint, what do you consider to be the biggest issues facing growers today? …
How Farmers Feed & Fuel America
This is a great video by Fuels America that explains how our farmers are feeding and fueling America. Agriculture in the U.S. is more sustainable than ever. We may be producing more food per acre but we’re doing it with less energy, less water and fewer resources than ever and “we’re just getting started.” So who wouldn’t want a cleaner …
USDA September Crop Forecast
Despite a slowly maturing corn crop impacted by late summer heat, USDA upped its production forecast for the crop this year by a little bit instead of lowering it. Corn production is forecast at 13.8 billion bushels, up less than 1 percent from the August forecast and up 28 percent from 2012. If realized, this will be a new record …
iCropTrak Puts Food Safety On The Map
If you have driven on a California highway recently you may have noticed an occasional tomato heap, scattered bell peppers or bunch of celery on the roadside. Harvest crews are busy bringing in crops throughout the state and truck traffic is backed up at weigh scales and processing facilities. To ease the paperwork burden, Cogent3D, Inc. has announced the availability …
Names for REAL Seal Cartoon Character
As part of the ongoing effort to revitalize and build awareness of the dairy industry’s iconic REAL Seal, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is inviting the public to help choose the name that will be given to a cartoon character modeled after the logo. The character greets those who go to www.realseal.com and will be used in other applications …
Help Make NAMA Fall Conference a Record
Okay. Here’s the deal agrimarketers. You can still attend the National Agri-Marketing Association Fall Conference in St. Louis next week. Let’s make this a record breaker. We’re very close to our attendance goal now so all you have to do is call the office and let ’em know you’re coming. We’ve got a great program that covers some breakouts on …
Seafood Videos for Consumers
We’ve heard a lot about consumer attitudes about and consumption of meats like beef and pork but how about seafood? Well the Seafood Industry Research Fund sponsored a research study to do just that. Working with Virginia Tech’s Department of Food Science and Technology the research was used in the development of educational videos that address gaps in consumer knowledge …
IFAJ VP Reports and Rocks
International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Vice President Owen Roberts, Director for Research Communications at the University of Guelph, had some great news to share about the organization’s outreach efforts during the IFAJ 2013 Congress. IFAJ has 33 member country guilds, but Owen says they have been working on expanding that to become even more global. “That has started a …
New Holland Attention Getting Combines
If you visit a New Holland exhibit at the farm shows this season you can not miss the big yellow CR9000 Combines and corn heads. This one was on display at the Farm Progress Show and showing it off to the ag media was New Holland’s Nigel McKenzie. These bad boys continue the more than 35-year pure “Twin Rotor® bloodline” …