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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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