tech | Morning Ag Clips

June 14, 2018

data, binary

DATA ...

In-season and predictive crop data coming soon

Company uses machine learning, satellite imagery and predictive analytics to provide data

June 11, 2018

Guan, a Blue Waters professor at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at Illinois, teamed up with professor Jian Peng and graduate student Yunan Luo of the Department of Computer Science at Illinois to develop an algorithm that fuses satellite images from multiple sources into continuous, daily high-resolution images. The researchers describe their methodology and findings in the journal Remote Sensing of Environment. (Courtesy of University of Illinois)

TECH ...

Fusing quality and quantity in satellite imagery

Algorithm is generic enough for use in virtually any application

June 8, 2018

The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) launched a component of its popular Cropping Systems Calculator that provides insights into how decisions made on an individual farm will influence water-caused soil loss in the immediate and long-term future. (Courtesy of Land Stewardship Project)

TECHNOLOGY ...

Calculate the cost of soil erosion

Online tool available for calculating potential soil erosion impact of various crop rotations

June 3, 2018

Go to the Nutrient Pest Management website here at University of Wisconsin or simply search “Sporecaster” in either the Google Play Store of the iPhone app store to get the app. (Photo courtesy of UW-Madison CALS)

TECHNOLOGY ...

Using technology to manage white mold in soybean

App uses GPS and weather data to predict risk for field

May 30, 2018

The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) recently reformatted its popular field guide as an app for smartphones and tablets. (Courtesy of University of Missouri Extension)

COVER CROP GUIDE ...

Cover crop field guide available as mobile app

MCCC reformats popular field guide as an app for smartphones and tablets

May 22, 2018

To use the Sporecaster app, download it onto your phone from the Apple Store or Google Play. The app allows the user to locate and setup multiple fields and run the apothecial risk prediction model using weather data from a third-party provider (Dark Sky API). (Courtesy of MSU Extension)

SPORECASTER ...

White mold risk prediction app now live

Sporecaster developed to predict when the white mold apothecia are present in soybean field

May 15, 2018

Agriculture drone. (Photo by: George Silva, MSU)

TECHNOLOGY ...

Things to know about drones

MSU experts to discuss Unmanned Aerial Systems for crop management June 28

May 12, 2018

high tech tractor

USING TECHNOLOGY ...

Every field every time

Look at every field individually every time you make decisions relevant to that field

May 10, 2018

The Iowa AgriTech Accelerator is pleased to introduce Megan Vollstedt as the The Accelerator's new Executive Director. (Courtesy of Iowa AgriTech Accelerator)

STARTUPS ...

Iowa AgriTech Accelerator selects five startups

The program will begin May 29 in Des Moines' Historic East Village

May 9, 2018

Everyone, from weed scientists at the universities, to industry, to applicators, agree, we do not want a repeat of this past year. Thus an extraordinary training effort has been coupled with unprecedented scrutiny of every conceivable management practice, label phrase, and weather topic you can imagine. (Courtesy of University of Minnesota Extension)

DICAMBA TOLERENCE ...

Gearing up to use Dicamba tolerant soybean tech

A look at a handful of concerns