agriculture tractor News
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Topcon announces Ochs as North American agriculture customer support manager
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces Jared Ochs has joined the company as customer support manager for North America. He will be located in Olathe, Kansas and will report to Robert Lindgren, TPA director of global customer support. Ochs has a background in the precision agriculture industry and most recently worked as the integrated solutions manager at Concordia Tractor, Inc., a John ...
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Main digital technologies in precision farming
We briefly covered some of the different forms of technologies that are used in precision farming. FIELD MONITORING Crop Health Monitoring (mostly based on NDVI) — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a method that is used to determine the health of crops through the analysis of drone and satellite imagery. It looks at various wavelengths of light, both visible and ...
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Topcon announces new regional sales manager for South Australia and Northern Territory
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) introduces Stewart McMillan as the new regional sales manager for the South Australia and Northern Territory regions. In his new position, McMillan will be responsible for helping build and manage relationships with dealers and key accounts. He will report to Phil Hubbard, APAC sales and customer support manager. “Stewart has a passion for the ...
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AgGateway tests precision ag conversion toolbox
AgGateway will begin initial testing next week of its Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange (SPADE) Conversion Toolbox. The test will take place in Lincoln, Neb., at PlugFest, an agricultural machinery compatibility testing event organized by the Agricultural Electronics Manufacturers Foundation (AEF) and hosted by the National Tractor Testing Lab. The SPADE team expects to release the ...
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Tractor market: a critical scenario
The 2018 figures indicate a decline in sales in Europe, China and Turkey, and growth in the United States and India. The slowdown in French and German markets penalizes Italian exports. The slight improvement in agricultural prices could encourage investments, but the general trend of the Italian economy and the critical issues on the world scenario point to a difficult 2019. The European ...
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PINEYE® Emulsion, a new adjuvant for aerial spraying
With the development of applied science, agricultural sprayers have become a key equipment in crop production. How to choose a suitable sprayer is a topical issue for growers. It is, in fact, the first step to improve the usage rate of pesticides and fungicides, a smart way to save farm management cost. Growers, however, may try to select innovative adjuvants to adequately protect crops. ...
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