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Autonomy in Specialty Crops News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Automation in row crop farming is difficult enough, but the problems get even more complex in speciality crops. Charlie Andersen and his team at Burro are helping farmers take the first step to bringing robots onto the farm. Andersen… “You know, you think, if you're in the Midwest and you're a big tractor, you're high up, there's nothing above you. You can use high precision GPS to navigate around. If you're in a blueberry ranch or a table grape vineyard, you're unde...

While more and more agtech hits the market, there is still no substitute for time spent out in the field.

Agtech for Agronomists News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Agriculture continues to change and evolve, and technology has only accelerated the pace of these changes. In order to keep up with their farmer customers, trusted advisors like agronomists and consultants need technology of their own. Shannon Winny of GroWest Ag Ventures says pen and paper just no longer cuts it. Winny… “Right now we're dealing with such large fields. We have fields that are up to 1200 acres in size. You can't keep track of every area in those fields wit...

Crop Scouting App Saves Time Monday May 24th, 2021 News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Some of the biggest needs for technology in agriculture may not be focused on farmers, but instead on their trusted advisors. Independent Crop Consultant Shannon Winny of GroWest Ag Ventures uses a tool called FarmQA to keep track of everything she’s seeing in the field and communicate that to her farmer customers. Winny… “So I use it for soil sampling. I use it for scouting. I use it for it anytime I'm out in the field. It's just my way of cr...

HotSpot Ag helps track, control, and schedule the optimal amount of irrigation in an easy way.