Machine autonomy has tremendous potential throughout the agriculture industry. But when it comes to leveraging a fully autonomous solution, few market segments present as much immediate potential as sod farms.
Our team recently caught up with Chris Hunsaker at the FEMA Supply Summit and Showcase. He’s the co-founder of Acuitus Ag, a company providing software-related tools to OEMs and farmers.
This panel discussion about autonomy and automation at the National Farm Machinery Show earlier this month featured leaders from Sabanto, Solinftec, Agtonomy and Case IH. The question about how to get farmers on the path to autonomy came up.
Leaders from 3 major equipment manufacturing companies jumped at the chance to address some of the top precision dealers in North America during an OEM panel session at the 2025 Precision Farming Dealer Summit in Louisville, Ky.
While precision farming sales and service revenue was down on average in 2024, most dealers are optimistic they’ll bounce back this year according to the 12th annual Precision Farming Dealer Benchmark Study.
Continuing with the autonomy theme, the topic came up during a technology panel at the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association Fall Convention in Dallas.
There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.
Mississippi State is partnering with John Deere through a master research agreement, establishing a framework for the university’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute to help develop technology to automate critical steps in the production of cotton and other crops.
The announcement of a partnership between New Holland and Bluewhite was one of the big precision stories of the summer. West Coast New Holland dealers now have the rights to sell, distribute and service Bluewhite’s aftermarket autonomy kits.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
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