AGCO was recently highlighted in the Harvard Business Review for the company's work in developing smart farm equipment and solutions. In the article, "How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Competition," Michael Porter and James Heppelmann define smart, connected products as having three core elements: physical components, smart components, and connectivity.
Ranch Systems, a provider of field monitoring and control solutions for growers, and OnFarm, an innovator of on-line farm management applications, have formed a partnership and completed the integration of their respective software.
Precision farming is a bit of a dichotomy between theory and practice for Alexander Young, who farms 4,000 acres of corn, wheat and double cropped soybeans with his father, John, near Herndon, Ky.
Andrew Olliver with the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) discusses the upcoming launch of the organization's ISOBUS compatibility database to farm equipment dealers and farmers, an how this resource will allow for more efficient identification of compatible equipment at the point of purchase.
For Paul Anderson, who farms with his father, Richard and runs Victoria Seed & Processing near Coleharbor, N.D., adapting their equipment to use precision farming technology has proven to be a frustrating experience due to cross-brand compatibility issues.
Further developing their partnership, John Deere and BASF have signed an agreement which covers the joint development of integrated precision farming solutions aiming to significantly enhance arable farming productivity.
Ryan Pilot, engineering manager with Agtron Enterprises Inc., talks about recent progress manufacturers have made improving compatibility of precision farming components, as well as some of the remaining challenges to achieve true plug-and-play capability for farmers.
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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