"A big part of ‘think, believe, know’ is data collection. Data especially drives our variable-rate efforts. From seed to commercial inputs, we want to find the sweet spot where we maximize return on investment for each acre," Bob Walker says.
Growth in drone-treated acreage illustrates how quickly adoption has expanded in recent years. About 16.4 million acres were treated by ag drones in 2025, up 59% from 10.3 million acres in 2024 and more than four times the 3.7 million acres sprayed in 2023.
Precision Farming Dealer editors are excited to announce the release of the 12th annual Precision Farming Dealer Summit program. Here's what to expect Jan. 11-12 in Indianapolis ...
For Cody Anderson of L & L Ag Production in Connell, Wash., the idea of targeted spraying is not new. It is something he had been thinking about long before technology existed to make it possible.
The 11-stop tour that spans six states from Ohio to North Dakota and puts its most technologically advanced combine to work in real fields while celebrating the farmers who power the season.
Through equipment displays and hands-on technology experiences, RDO team members showed how the right combination of equipment, data and local support can help farmers prepare fields, plant accurately, manage crops and complete harvest within critical operating windows.
When the largest commercial deployment of autonomous tractors in the American sugar industry launched in May 2026, the technology came from an established Utah-based autonomous systems company, the platform was John Deere, and the deal was done through a family-owned Florida dealership. Not a Silicon Valley channel play. Not a direct-to-farmer subscription model. A dealer. Startups and OEMs still strategizing about distribution should take note.
In part 3 of Graham Gleed's Ag Autonomy Economics Series, he explores the critical role dealers play in the adoption of cutting-edge precision technologies.
Carbon Robotics is well known for its LaserWeeder, but did you know the company also makes autonomy retrofit kits for tractors and implements? The company recently launched the Carbon Autonomy Ready program, which enables implement manufacturers to make their equipment optimized for Carbon Autonomy kits.
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DigiFarm VBN is a proven leader in providing RTK Correction Services across the Midwest and beyond, via cellular based RTK network. We have been in business since 2011 working with farmers, Ag retailers, and precision Ag dealers
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