One of the hurdles standing in the way of faster adoption of precision agriculture and greater use of farm data is the lack of visibility of the benefits, a precision agriculture conference was told yesterday. Read the complete article on the GrainCentral.com website: http://www.graincentral.com/cropping/more-farmers-adopting-precision-ag-despite-visibility-challenge/

The weather data report is designed to help farmers choose the weather services that will work best on a specific farm. | Michael Raine photo Is there a most-trusted source for weather predictions? Does it matter whether weather predictions are accurate since there is so little you can do about it? Yes, it does matter, according to Prassack Advisors in Denver, Colorado. It matters because data management has mushroomed from simple record keeping into sophisticated systems tha

Learn, share, connect and be inspired about all things precision agriculture at the 19th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia in September. The landmark event will kick-off in Toowoomba on Monday 12 September. Running over three jam-packed days, the Symposium will feature guest speakers, practical presentations, farm tours and networking opportunities. A panel of speakers will showcase the use of precision agriculture (PA) technologies from a range of agricultura

View the original article on PrecisionAg.com http://www.precisionag.com/events/precision-ag-innovations-series-2016-5-takeaways/ HAVING just returned to the North Coast from a week in Des Moines that kicked off with our annual Precision Ag Innovations Series meeting and wrapped with a trip to the massive 2016 Farm Progress Show in nearby Boone, IA, my brain is literally swimming with ideas, thoughts, clever turns of phrase, etc., that I picked up from the many panel discussio