Articles Tagged with ''big data''

U.S. House Ag Committee Holds Hearings on Farm Data

By Todd Janzen posted on October 29, 2015 | Posted in Data Management, Industry News

The US House of Representatives Agricultural Committee held hearings yesterday on Big Data and Agriculture: Innovations and Implications.

Monsanto to Transform into Data, Service Provider

September 25, 2015 | Posted in Service & Support, Data Management

Reuters reports Monsanto executives are seeking to reposition the company as a business built on data science and services, as well as its traditional chemicals, seeds and genetic traits operations.

FarmersEdge Appoints New Chief Technology Officer

August 18, 2015 | Posted in Industry News

FarmersEdge has appointed Kevin Grant, PhD, as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), to drive the company’s existing precision agriculture technology platform and accelerate the potential of its big data capabilities.

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Are Livestock Farmers Being Left Behind in Ag's Big Data Revolution?

By Todd Janzen posted on June 5, 2015 | Posted in Data Management

I can’t help but wonder whether wide-spread adoption of data collection and sharing by poultry farmers could have helped stop the spread of the avian flu.

USDA: Big Data Implications for the Production of Official Statistics

January 28, 2015 | Posted in Data Management

Source: Mark Harris, Chair of the Agricultural Statistics Board and Director of the Methodology Division, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Unless you live completely off the grid, you likely have heard of, and contribute to, "big data," the often-used catch phrase describing massive (and ever-increasing) volumes of information stored digitally on computers, servers and clouds.

North Dakota Precision Ag Summit Proves Interest in Tech Still High

January 21, 2015 | Posted in Dealer Development

Source: AgWeek

North Dakota’s 4th Annual Precision Agriculture Summit drew a slightly smaller crowd to Jamestown than last year, but the audience still showed strong and more intense interest in a fast-changing topic.

From the Virtual Terminal

Being the Data Security Blanket for Customers

By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 21, 2014 | Posted in Data Management

Talking with farmers, there seems to be a distinct divide between those who are embracing the big data revolution and those who are skeptical of it. One farmer colorfully likened the risk of independent companies or government agencies accessing his data without permission as “a sign of the apocalypse.”

Iteris Debuts ClearPath Ag Precision Weather Content System

July 1, 2014 | Posted in Data Management, Product Innovations

Iteris, Inc. has introduced ClearPath Ag, a data-driven, premium weather content system for precision agriculture.

Consultants to Discuss Impact of Big Data

June 11, 2014 | Posted in Data Management

The impact of "Big Data" and how it can best be used by professional ag consultants and their clients will be a primary discussion point at the annual conference of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants which will be held Oct. 19 - 21 in St. Louis.

John Deere: Technology Vendors Need to Feed Ag's Big Data Needs

June 5, 2014 | Posted in Data Management

Source: V3.co.uk

Population growth and diminishing farmable land are forcing the agriculture industry to adopt high-tech IT and big data analytics solutions, according to John Deere global infrastructure services manager Larry Brewer.

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Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Campus

The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.

Lake Region State College - Dakota Precision Ag Center

The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.

HTS Ag Precision Ag Solutions

Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.