As we continue in this series, the last connector might be the AMP connector. These were very popular years ago with Dickey-john radars, controllers and planter monitors and are still used today.

The new integration allows all users of MapShots' AgStudio software platform to read as-applied maps and production data from Trimble's Connected Farm solution. Previously, AgStudio software users could only read harvest data from the Connected Farm solution.

The process for data communication in precision farming has changed greatly in the past 20 years and maybe is one of the fastest moving technology pieces, today. Though it is not a major piece of hardware or software, it is inherent in most tasks a precision grower does and the services that his dealers provide.

Gary Wolf farms 500 acres near Verona, Mo., and continues to adopt precision farming equipment in his strip-till operation. But with that adoption, comes the challenge to cost-justify precision equipment upgrades.

The next connector we'll look at is the Conxall. These connectors have been used by Raven for close to 40 years for Flow meters and other sensors. I thought they would be easy to find and even easier to order. I was wrong. I have found that all the old brand names I’ve known over the years are not found under the original name anymore. See entire series >>

AgGateway is celebrating its 10-year anniversary by launching several new programs at its Annual Conference November 9-12 in San Antonio, TX, that highlight innovations in agricultural eBusiness – or "eAgriculture."

Trimble and Raven announced that Trimble Connected Farm solution users can now view task data and as-applied maps transferred wirelessly from Raven's Slingshot system.