Raven and DOT have entered into a joint agreement to develop technologies for the DOT Power Platform, a mobile diesel-powered platform designed to handle a large variety of implements commonly used in agriculture.

With growing demand for detailed analysis and data on trends, influences and behaviors within the fast-changing farm equipment market, Lessiter Media has added Alex Zank for the newly-created position of Data Editor in its Ag Division.

Kevin Kelley with Kelley Engineering, a shortline and precision hardware dealership in Crookston, Ind., shares some of the strategies the dealership has deployed to show farm customers tangible returns on their technology and equipment investments.

Since Ag Equipment Intelligence began formally tracking dealer consolidation in 2009, the number of big dealers has increased by more than 11%.

This collaboration aligns analytics with data sets that provide a single point for growers to visualize, analyze and make all farm management decisions.

The path some farmers take in their strip-tillage journey is to quickly adopt — and heavily invest in — RTK farm-by- the-inch technology. But for Tom Cotter at Cotter Farms near Austin, Minn., he would rather first get research need vs. want and properly develop prescriptions before going too deep, too fast.

TerrAvion and Cerra are now offering their first collaborative product available to growers.

The CropScan 3000H is a dedicated NIR analyzer that is mounted to a combine harvester in order to measure protein, oil and moisture in grains and oil seeds.

As planting ramps up after spring was slow to arrive in many parts of North America, farmers will be closely monitoring their early-season fertilizer applications to ensure crops get off to a strong start. Use of nitrogen stabilizers are a staple on some farms to prolong the effectiveness of spring-applied nutrients. But a new company is beta-testing a unique alternative to chemically-applied nitrogen inhibitors.