Ray and his son, Kevin, farm 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans near Cedar Bluffs, Neb. With about 70% of their cropland irrigated, they are constantly looking for ways to improve yields while making more efficient use of nutrients and seeding rates.

Trimble announced today registration is officially open for its International User Conference- Trimble Dimensions- being held November 3-5, 2014 at the Mirage and the Treasure Island Hotels in Las Vegas.

Ron Peterson, who farms 2,400 acres of corn and soybeans near Gilbert, Iowa, started using precision farming equipment in the 1990s with a yield monitor and hasn’t looked back. However, he remains skeptical about adopting new kid-on-the-block technology until he’s convinced it can pay its way.

French began farming hops for beer production near Keenesburg as a hobby, but he decided to use the grant to learn more about agriculture through Aims Community College’s new program, based on the Fort Lupton campus.

Precision farming technology that will allow reduced herbicide use by accurately identifying and spot-spraying weeds, developed from research funded by the Horticultural Development Company (HDC), is to go into commercial production.

Agri-Trend Data Corp and John Deere are creating connectivity conduits between MyJohnDeere and The AGRI-DATA Solution.

At the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., John Deere introduced it's new ExactEmerge seed delivery row unit system, allowing for the most accurate planting at speeds up to 10 mph along with the new MaxEmerge 5 row units for planting at traditional speeds.

Leveraging loyalty, experience and return on investment with technology can turn the pursuit of smaller farmers into profit for dealers.

Helping farmers get more value per acre through the expert analysis of production data is the goal of a collaboration announced between Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and John Deere. The companies announced today that they will work together to develop approaches and technology that will deliver data and provide information to farmers that will assist in the execution of site-specific applications to improve yields and manage costs. Specifically, Dow AgroSciences has signed on to leverage the MyJohnDeere platform and new cloud-based technologies for future delivery of customized prescriptions tailored to the grower’s environments.

AGCO announced today a new AgCommand integration with the Raven Industries’ Slingshot system connected to its Fuse Technologies initiative. The ability to integrate AgCommand and Slingshot will provide growers with a more seamless experience by enabling their fleet and data management tools to sync together via the AgCommand website.