Precision Planters News
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Small Robot Co launches robot services to 50 farms
Salisbury, 6 June 2022 Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced the launch of its commercial Per Plant Farming robot services. Pilot trials this season have revealed herbicide applications can be cut by around 77% and fertiliser by 15%. Britain’s first fully autonomous crop-scanning service, it will roll out from this autumn to about 50 ...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Software Evolution with SMS!
For 20 years, our SMS Software has made farm management decision making easier. With data gathered from planting to harvest, all of the information you need to make profitable decisions and manage your field data is right at your fingertips. Every year, SMS continues to become more informative and accessible. However, let’s look back on some major milestones that make this tool worth ...
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New Versions of SMS Software and AgFiniti now available
We’re been busy here at Ag Leader bringing you updates and new features to our products for the fall season ahead. We have new InCommand display firmware, new SMS Software and AgFiniti versions to share. SMS Software Version 20.5 and AgFiniti Version 20.5 Marks 20 Years of SMS Did you know the first version of SMS was released in the summer of 2000? SMS has been the trusted data platform ...
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New electronical control TF1100 and TF1600
Designing the new TF1100 and TF1600 front tanks, we thought both to the farmer and to the contractor: These equipments, which differ in the tank capacity, are easy to configure and precise in distribution and ensure distribution performances up to 450 kg/ha. They can be used as fertilizer spreaders for precision planters (with 6, 8 or 12 outputs) or as a seed tank for in-line seeders with ...
By Mascar SpA
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Veolia supplies crystallization technology to produce premium potash fertilizer in Turkey
Veolia Water Technologies will provide key processing technologies integrating HPD ® crystallization systems designed to produce high-quality sulfate of potash. In a world with a growing emerging class of more affluent consumers, the demand for high-value foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and coffee is soaring. Thanks to greenhouses and precision irrigation, these ...
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Agritechnica 2019 – 10th/16th November
You can’t miss the appointment with Agritechnica from 10th to 16th November 2019 in Hannover. We’ll be at the booth B68, Hall 12. Come to discover the Mascar range and the new products we propose this year: Multiflex is the new precision pneumatic planter that allows seeding at 8 rows for 70-75 cm and 12 rows for 40-45 cm, easy and quickly configurations setting by the ...
By Mascar SpA
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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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Deere Emphasizes Importance of Precision Agriculture Despite Termination of Acquisition
Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced it was informed by Monsanto Company that it has chosen to terminate a 2015 agreement for Deere to acquire the Precision Planting LLC business. "We are deeply disappointed in this outcome as we remain confident the acquisition would have benefited customers," said John May, President, Agricultural Solutions and Chief Information Officer. In 2016, ...
By John Deere
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LED lighting can significantly reduce greenhouse horticulture energy consumption
With the exception of energy consumption, where there is still much to be done, the Dutch are global leaders in greenhouse horticulture. The quality is high, and nowhere else is the use of water and pesticides so low. Even so, demand for innovation, sustainable production and healthy fruit and vegetables and high-quality flowers remains high. One innovation that would really help in this is the ...
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American farmers confront `big data` revolution
Farmers from across the nation gathered in Washington this month for what has become an annual trek to seek action on the most important matters in American agriculture, such as immigration reform and water regulations. But this time, a new, more shadowy issue also emerged: growing unease about how the largest seed companies are gathering vast amount of data from sensors on tractors, combines ...
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Decagon devices part of US$5m USDA grant
Decagon Devices, in Pullman, Washington is part of a national team that recently received a 5-year USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative Grant award of $5,161,495 to investigate precision irrigation and nutrient management for nursery, greenhouse and green roof systems using wireless sensor networks. Decagon Devices, an environmental instrumentation ...
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