Every digital business lead I know is stretched too thin, which is not to say they’ve cornered the market on being overextended. But the relentless pursuit of digitization to make business more efficient, productive, and competitive has put digital teams in the hot...
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...
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...
After 20 years developing digital solutions, I have concluded that companies are ill-served following the conventional software product development process. Bringing in a development team at the point of implementation is rolling the dice. Inevitably something is...
New rules to compete and comply. In agribusiness, data insights define who leads the market and who follows, making it the single greatest catalyst driving competition and change. In 2023, farm data will become more than a competitive issue, as new FDA rules...
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...
Every point along the agricultural supply chain stands to benefit from data. From farmers looking to increase their yields to equipment manufacturers looking to improve products, data is essential to gaining a competitive edge. Agribusinesses in particular have a...
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...
Big Picture, Hidden Risks Who isn’t awed by the vivid clarity of drone imagery? With ultra-high resolution, multispectral imagery, you can spot an aphid on a soybean leaf well before those pests are well established. What drone imagery can’t do is provide a complete...
Rural America has an internet access problem, and for the foreseeable future, it will continue to be reality for growers and ranchers in remote areas. While rural connectivity is improving, a 2019 report found that 25% of farms cannot get online. Without access,...
