From humble, yet ambitious beginnings, Ag Leader Technology founder Al Myers developed one of the cornerstone innovations in precision farming, and has his sights set on the next game-changer for the industry.

Since Monsanto purchased the The Climate Corp. in 2013 for nearly $1 billion, the ensuring years have seen some dramatic changes in the precision farming landscape.

Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, will provide their customers two-way data connectivity between their AFS and PLM Connect precision farming platforms, and The Climate Corp.’s Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform.

The Monsanto subsidiary announced its R&D pipeline of more than 35 projects, the first in-depth pipeline of its kind in the digital agriculture industry.

One of the more interesting elements of John Deere’s planned acquisition of Precision Planting from parent company Monsanto, involved the data collection capabilities provided by the hardware. The cancellation of the deal included a digital collaboration agreement between Deere and the Climate Corp., which would have allowed for sharing of agronomic data between Deere’s Operations Center and Climate’s FieldView platform.

Two agreements related to Deere’s purchase of Precision Planting will also be terminated, including the digital collaboration agreement between Deere and The Climate Corp., a division of Monsanto. Also ending is an agreement that would have allowed Ag Leader to expand access to and distribution of certain Precision Planting products and technologies.

TechCrunch.com reports Google parent company Alphabet is in advanced discussions to sell its Terra Bella satellite business to Planet Labs, but Monsanto’s Climate Corporation was also considered as purchaser for about $300 million.

The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto, announced the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia.

John Deere filed a response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to block the company’s planned purchase of Precision Planting from the The Climate Corp.