Technology
FieldNET Pivot Watch available at US dealers
FieldNET Pivot Watch is now available through Zimmatic dealers in the U.S. and Canada, according to a press release. Albert Maurin, sales and tactical marketing manager at Lindsay, said the device attaches with a simple aluminum... more »
StePac promises to take broccoli packaging “out of the Ice Age”
A packaging product from StePac L.A. with modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging (MA/MH) technology aims to change long-haul packing for fresh broccoli and other vegetables traditionally shipped in ice. The company is marketing the product, Xtend Iceless... more »
High tunnels use grows in Mid-Atlantic region
In 1998, when Mike Orzolek and myself founded the Penn State Center for High Tunnel Research and Education, we were building on the excellent research and Extension work already conducted by Otho Wells, University of... more »
ADAMA adds aerial data imagery analysis service
Crop protection provider Adama US is offering a new service. Adama Eagle Eye offers an advanced analysis of aerial data and imagery that helps growers protect yields more efficiently through maps, statistics and other tools.... more »
SmartFarm network emerges from local weather forecasting technology
Before the advent of computer satellite tracking equipment, farmers relied on prognostics, such as candles, weather vanes, the color of the sky, and the fabled Farmers’ Almanac, to make informed planting decisions. Even animals –... more »
Digital agriculture projects benefit from Cornell fund awards
Projects ranging from a soil-swimming robot that can sense conditions in the root zone in real time to computational models that can predict produce spoilage received seed funds from the Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture’s new... more »
Enhancements made to tractor products by John Deere
John Deere has added a new tractor to its specialty lineup – the premium high-crop 5115RH – and made ergonomic updates to its model year 2020 5GN and 5GV tractors. John Deere offers a new... more »
Bioscience beckons, offers new traits for growers, consumers
Talking to researchers and companies about their genetically-engineered projects for specialty crops is a little bit like a trip to a grower’s dream world. Imagine ground cherries that stay on the plant until harvest, potatoes... more »
