App to help PA Sea Grant protect and promote coastal and watershed resources Pennsylvania Sea Grant and Skyward App Company have released an Android app to detect aquatic invasive species (AIS) in real time. The “PA AIS Field Guide” app joins an earlier version that...
Marjorie Valin
From Space to Field: the Emerging Power of Satellite Imagery
Help from on high A technology that has been around for decades is emerging as a powerful “new” tool in solving agriculture’s most urgent problems. The difference between then and now is in the clarity and frequency of satellite imagery, and agriculture’s vastly...
Agriculture turns to technology as the labor pool shrinks
Farm workers are the single largest expense on many farms, costing from 25% to 75% of a crop’s value. And that assumes you can find them. The farm labor shortage is so severe that even smaller producers are investing in technology, an expense that was off the table...
Don’t Kill the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg
What to cut and not cut from digital budgets in a downturn Budget cuts are a reality in an economic downturn, but indiscriminate cuts in the wrong areas could kill the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs. One of the greatest risks for agribusinesses is cutting back on a...
Farming: Not the Easiest Job to Do–or Get
Lyle Drees did not want his son to stay on the family farm. He knew the struggles his son would face if he followed in his footsteps and urged him to look at a more stable career. One that offered the financial security farming cannot. It was time, he told his son, to...
The Evolution of E-Luminate: Syngenta’s Seed Selection Platform
Seed selection is one of the most important decisions a farmer makes. Even if farmers do everything else right, planting the wrong hybrid or variety on their fields can reduce yields and eliminate their profits. Selecting seeds that improve yields requires the ability...
Skyward Apps Expands Developer Training on Software Security Risks
Skyward Apps, a top-tier agriculture technology firm, has taken added steps to protect client applications by putting its software engineers through training on the current top software security vulnerabilities. Skyward’s additional training comes amidst a sharp...
Who Will Benefit from Ag Data’s Competitive Advantage?
Gone are the days when retailers could compete on selling seeds, equipment and crop protection products. In 2022, the competitive advantage will go to advisors who know how to help farmers benefit from their on-farm data. For farmers and advisors, data offers...
Custom Software? It’s the Way You Compete
If your business has any intention of remaining competitive, your organization must be able to adapt to rapidly moving markets. That used to mean paying for market and competitive intelligence from the same research companies your competitors used. Software has...
Skyward App Company Appoints New CEO and CTO
Management change positions Skyward for growth in key markets Columbia, MD--The Skyward App Company (Skyward), a specialist in complex software and data integrations, has appointed Katherine (Kat) Crawford as CEO to replace Nick Elliott, who assumes the first CTO...