The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a grant to TekWear, LLC, Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative wireless, web-connected technologies for monitoring and growing specialty crops such as pecans.
Farm Equipment has announced the agenda and presentation lineup for its “Next Generation-themed” 2015 Dealership Minds Summit, its once-every-2-years conference and networking event for dealer-principals, top-level management and executives from farm equipment dealerships of all colors. The upcoming event (open only to professional dealer personnel) centers exclusively on “The Next Generation” of management & ownership transitions within farm equipment dealerships.
Today the FAA outlined guidelines for registration and marking unmanned aircraft systems in an email to current government, university and organization operators of unmanned aircraft, reports AUVSI’s Scott Kesselman.
Swiss mini drone producer senseFly has joined AgGateway, becoming the first UAV manufacturer to join this non-profit consortium of businesses that serve the agriculture industry.
The editors of Farm Equipment and related dealer properties have announced that Floyd Jerkins, Jerkins Creative Consulting (JCC), Benton, Ill., will provide the keynote presentation to attendees of the 2015 Dealership Minds Summit.
Nick Viney is a veteran user of precision farming technology on his 1,400 acre corn, soybean, rye and alfalfa operation near Evansville, Wis. But his experiences haven’t always been without hassle.
If companies like Facebook and Google have their way, everyone in the world will have access to the internet within the next few decades. But while these tech giants seem to have all the money, expertise, and resolve they need to accomplish that goal—vowing to offer internet connections via things like high-altitude balloons and flying drones — Yael Maguire makes one thing clear: it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
With mergers and acquisitions bringing more locations under one umbrella, and the fast-rising valuations of dealerships limiting the potential pool of buyers, a greater use of Employee-Owned Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) is expected by many to be seen in the years ahead.
We had a front-row seat to the launch of AEF’s Agricultural Interoperability Network (AgIN) at AGRITECHNICA a few weeks ago, which promises to ease the process of data sharing for farmers and dealers.
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