Nexat

Nexat marries big power to many farm field solutions

Based on a single tool carrier design, but with a cab, the unit plants, sprays, harvests and more

An automated, 1,100-horsepower carrier unit with interchangeable implements has been developed by Nexat GmbH for broad-acre crop production. Joseph Jandrisch is an owner of Kalverkamp Innovation, a parent company of Nexat GmbH, and he’s also one of four managing directors who guide product development for the machine. He said the Nexat is a gantry-style, modular […] Read more

Raven’s Omnipower 3200 will work with earlier SeedMaster implements, but the company is focusing on spraying and spreading operations and developing options with CNH, its new parent company.

Raven releases a more robust robot

Omnipower units remain compatible with existing attachments as CNH considers further autonomous options

Glacier FarmMedia – Raven’s Omnipower agricultural robot now has more power and a better controls system. “We’ve beefed up the frame and some of the structural elements to allow that extra power to be handled by the frame. There’s a redesigned caster wheel system and we put higher flotation, higher weight capacity tires on,” said […] Read more


Weight variations generate micro deformations of the bin’s leg, and analyzing this information helps estimate the weight. The tool is easy to install on an existing bin.

No bin load cells? No problem, get that weight anyway

Strain gauges can be used, along with some computer programming and smart data processing to tell what you have

Glacier FarmMedia – A French company can install a IoT (internet of things)-based product-measuring system into grain bins with legs within half an hour. Nanolike installs strain gauges into the legs of grain bins and then uses algorithms and artificial-intelligence based cloud computing to estimate the amount of product inside. A strain gauge is used […] Read more

Once the data is uploaded to the SWAT Cam servers, crop and weed maps are generated. So far, there are 13 different crop models and four weed models available, and in 2023, plant stand counts will be available for some crops.

Capturing field realities on the go tells tale

Croptimistic’s SWAT Cam’s automated cameras and machine learning models are designed to monitor crops

Glacier FarmMedia – Advances in machine learning have enabled agricultural companies to deploy new systems that enhance their services. One of the latest companies to hop onto the artificial intelligence bandwagon is Croptimistic Technology that is going to market with its SWAT Cam in a limited release this summer. Derek Rude of Croptimistic said SWAT […] Read more

FendtOne’s system puts all the tools and computer interface in one place.

Armrest, joystick are farmers’ new best Fendt friends

Controls at operators’ fingertips are combined with a range of display options

Glacier FarmMedia – The FendtOne operator interface has been expanded to more tractors in the Fendt lineup. The system was released on the 700 Gen 6 last year. During the Farm Progress show in Decatur, Illinois, this summer the company announced it will also be a standard feature on the Fendt 300, Fendt 500, Fendt […] Read more


TerraClear is developing a robotic rock picker with the company’s TC80 Rock Picker bucket that has two opposing tracks on a hydraulic arm that pulls stones into the bucket. The automated platform is guided by a rock-locating computer program that uses drone imagery to find the big stones.

Producers might farm-out robotic agricultural tools services

Whether it’s a drone in the air, a soil sampler in the field or picking tools, it’s a service

Glacier FarmMedia – Agricultural robots have opened the door for more farm operations to be contracted out to service companies.  The pace of new robotic-based agricultural platforms developed and tested on North American fields is accelerating, and many of these companies are targeting a service model for their business plan.  Traditional ag retailers plan to […] Read more

Agrifac is one of the large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are testing the Bilberry technology.

The ag game is changing and the intelligence is inside

Artificial intelligence in agriculture is at the technology farmgate with machines that think like farmers

Glacier FarmMedia – Artificial intelligence may soon create a sea change in agriculture that could challenge conventional crop production and farm management techniques. Many components required to build autonomous, smart agricultural equipment for vegetable and grain production in North America are already proven technologies. Sensors including cameras, radar and lidar (light detection and ranging), as […] Read more

A survey illustrates that management decisions on farms are increasingly made with the information collected on farms, as opposed to information gathered from seed dealers and university or extension research.

Farmers move to their own or local data for decisions

Ag retailers answered questions on the technology used in their business, precision products and services offered to customers, and how farmers are using it

Glacier FarmMedia – United States agricultural retailers have doubled their use of pooled data since 2017, according to the precision dealer survey recently published by Purdue University. “For instance, with nitrogen back in 2017, about 40 per cent of dealers said that there was some influence or major influence on a nitrogen decision. In 2021, […] Read more


MK1 Engineering built a prototype four-row planter to test the AeroTube technology and used it to plant corn plots in six Midwestern states this spring. The company is working to increase planting speed from three to five miles per hour (five to eight km/h).

Aerospace know-how focused on planting

System delivers corn seed tip-first into the row to capture more yield potential and improve weed control

Glacier FarmMedia – Keith Strang and Mitch Dille had just finished a project in the aerospace industry and were thinking about starting their own company but they needed a problem to solve. Dille, also a farmer, discovered one at a local trade show. A world-record corn grower mentioned the need for a system capable of […] Read more

The John Deere 800R Floater is equipped with the same cab that’s used in the company’s sprayers and 8R tractors. It comes with a standard hydraulic pump that powers the New Leader dry-bins and Hagie liquid applicators, which makes it easier to switch between units.

Float material onto the fields wet or dry

Glacier FarmMedia – John Deere has a new floater that makes it easier to switch between dry and liquid application equipment compared its previous offering. Franklin Peitz, John Deere product marketing manager, said the 800R Floater can cover more acres in a day compared to the model it replaces, the John Deere F4365. “These things […] Read more