New Crop Software

The technology race only seems to be getting bigger and agriculture seems to be keeping on in the race. The giant Du Pont Pioneer has developed a new crop software that can might as well be called a farmer's best friend. This new technology combines a field-by-field data with real-time agronomic and weather information to help growers make informed management decisions. The main goal on the Pioneer Field 360 is "to guide growers to better use the field data they have collected, currently and in prior years, to increase farm productivity and profitability". This new farming toy might come at a very high price but its almost priceless the service it offers you. We cant yet control the weather but we can control how we manage it.

Google Glasses hits the farms

I stumbled upon this very interesting video on how Google glasses once again have managed to attract a bigger and diverse market assuring every sector is affected positively by its new product. Farmers and the Ag sector are not an exception. This video goes ahead and interviews different farmers from different backgrounds to see what they think of the new Google glasses. We often heard a similar answer, "hands-free technology". There are many things that this new device can offer and many apps but the very main way it will help farmers is by being a hands-free device that allows them to do other things while texting, calling on the phone or checking emails as well as storing information instantly. Google has now infiltrated into the the Agriculture industry and is here to make a big change.
  http://www.agriculture.com/news/technology/google-glass-hits-farm_6-ar32382 

Sprayers with lasers

The Ohio State University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science has develop a new sprayer that would save costs on chemicals and harm on plants. This new prototype is an "intelligent" sprayer system that uses a combination of lasers and computer algorithms to monitor specific field conditions and only apply the amount of chemical needed for each plant. Studies have shown that this new system can reduce the amount of chemicals used by 40% to 87% with a better spray strategy control. For now the prototype is specifically for orchards. Eventually they plan on adapting this technology into other crops. The main reason for this new technology creation was for savings in the industry. Reports say that farmers spend more than $4 billion in pesticide each year.
http://http://www.agriculture.com/news/technology/sprayers-with-lasers-save-chemical_6-ar34189/news/technology/sprayers-with-lasers-save-chemical_6-ar34189