Since the 1990s, precision agriculture has promised to revolutionize farming by giving growers granular information about what’s happening with the crops in their fields and new technology to actually ...

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On Sept. 28, Agco AGCO announced it was entering into a joint venture with Trimble. Agco is paying $2 billion via a combination of cash on hand, free cash flow, and new financing (secured an ...

Google “precision agriculture,” and you get more than 9.3 million results. It’s become a big part of the story around agriculture stocks and the use of technology. What is precision agriculture?

It is no secret our farm economy has been struggling. In the last year alone, agriculture producers have faced record numbers of weather-related disasters, declining commodity prices, and uncertainty ...

Precision agriculture stocks are involved in the manufacturing and supplying of technologies used to improve farming practices. Such technologies include big data and analytics, GPS and GIS mapping, ...

Precision agriculture – using computers to manage farm inputs and yields down to the micro-level – certainly holds strong promise for farmers. The problem is that the experience of using it often ...

Precision agriculture involves the use of use of new technologies for greater efficiency. Through the use of cutting edge technology, farmers are now using precision agriculture to improve their ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As a result, many farmers worldwide are seeing crop yields become smaller and less ...