Rob Saik, founder and CEO of Agri-Trend, explains the role of Agri-Trend in educating farmers.

When it comes to seeking finding precision technology information, most farmers believe it pays to soak up the latest ideas from a variety of sources. Yet survey results from among attendees at the 2012 National No-Tillage Conference indicates farmers rank dealers that carry precision technology equipment as the number one information source.

Trimble Navigation LLC has introduced Connected Farm, a package of hardware and software that allows users to connect their fields and tractors to their offices for increased farming efficiency.

Two precision ag products, auto guidance and automatic section control, lead the way in cost savings while also enhancing the productivity of machinery operations.

As precision farming equipment has become more sophisticated, so too has the dealer's approach to selling the tools and serving the customers who buy it. For the first time, the 2012 Farm Equipment's Dealer Business Outlook & Trends survey asked dealers if they would hiring precision farming specialists by the end of the year.

Leica Geosystems has entered into a software license agreement with Deere & Co. to provide guidance software for a range of new AutoTrac Ready tractor models directly via the ISOBUS. To date Leica Geosystems precision agricultural solutions cover a wide range of John Deere models.

In the world of precision ag, two technologies are the next big thing, says Matt Darr, Iowa State University ag engineer. They aren’t newly developed technologies, but they are the next big wave in agriculture.

Results from a survey of attendees at the 2012 National No-Tillage Conference indicate farmers will be paying considerable attention to utilizing the latest technologies to push up yields during the coming year.

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has concluded that planned deployment of mobile services by Lightsquared must be blocked to prevent the company's technology from interfering with the nation's existing global positioning system (GPS) technology.

World Ag Expo has precisely mapped nearly all of its 2.6 million square feet of show grounds using a Global Navigation Satellite System. The new technology has replaced the antiquated method of physically measuring and marking spaces for more than 1400 exhibitors since 1968.