What do Farmers Edge and The Terminator Have in Common?

What do Farmers Edge and The Terminator Have in Common?

By: Shane Thomas, Global Digital Ag lead The association many of us make with artificial intelligence (AI) is Terminator. This popular 1984 movie had Arnold Schwarzenegger going back in time to tackle an AI machine from taking over the world. Packed with action, the...
What I Learned from the 2019 Crop Year

What I Learned from the 2019 Crop Year

By Thom Weir, Senior Precision Agronomist Now is the time to reflect on the season that just wrapped up and try and take some lessons from what we did and what happened.  Here are a few observations that I made. Planting Planting wheat early, followed by three weeks...
Farming in 4-D: Hindsight, Insight, Foresight and Integration

Farming in 4-D: Hindsight, Insight, Foresight and Integration

By Shane Thomas, Global Digital Ag Lead The digital evolution within the ag industry has been constant over the last decade and continually evolving; however, it doesn’t come without its challenges. Digital ag and ag tech aren’t always easy to adopt. As of today,...
Re-evaluating Zone Sampling

Re-evaluating Zone Sampling

By Ben Johnson, Farmers Edge Digital Ag Lead A lot has changed since I wrote this article on sensor-based soil sampling 2 1/2 years ago. First, I acknowledged that sensor-based soil testing is quite a way off from being widely adopted. Taking physical soil samples are...
‘Datify’ Your Decisions with Benchmarking

‘Datify’ Your Decisions with Benchmarking

By Shane Thomas, Global Digital Ag Lead October signals two things for farmers: Analyzing the past year’s harvest and planning for next year’s seeding. As we get later into harvest and finishing harvest, it presents an excellent time for reflection on what worked or...
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