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Survey: Farmers More Interested in Boosting Yields Than Cost Cutting

Farmers are more than twice as likely to be motivated by how high they can get their yields than by lowering their cost of unit of production. That's according to a recent survey Millennium Research completed for the Precision Ag Institute.
February 11, 2016 | Posted in Industry News
Farmers are more than twice as likely to be motivated by how high they can get their yields than by lowering their cost of unit of production. That's according to a recent survey Millennium Research completed for the Precision Ag Institute.
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Precision Tools Emerging on Rice Farms

March 26, 2015 | Posted in Industry News
In 2013, USDA conducted the latest Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) of the U.S. rice industry, interviewing farmers about production practices, resource use, and finances in the 10 largest rice-producing States.
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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.
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Record Soybean Crop Planted, Corn Acres Reduced

July 1, 2014 | Posted in Industry News
A new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation pegs the nation's planted soybean acreage at a record 84.8 million acres. But ultimately Mother Nature will determine how plentiful harvest will be for both soybean and corn farmers, says the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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iCropTrak Chosen for USDA/NRCS Mobile Contract

May 15, 2013 | Posted in Product Innovations
Cogent3D, Inc, announces contract award to assist USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to re-engineer their mobile workforce with a new Mobile Conservation Planner App using iCropTrak to allow NRCS staff to spend more time with client collaboration and conservation efforts in the field.
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