Seeing the need to for more flexibility to map soils, Eric Lund, president of Veris Technologies discusses the features of the new iScan system that mounts to the row unit of a tillage implement or planter. The front coulter and the rear closing disc contain 2 electrodes that inject electrical current and then 2 chromium carbide points detect the electrical array after it’s gone down in the soil about 2 feet. An optical sensor also shines red and infrared light 2 inches deep to measure soil optical properties which relate to organic matter.

Matt Strein with AeroVironment discusses the new Quantix unmanned aerial vehicle solution. The hybrid aircraft combines features of a quadcopter and fixed-wing models. A vertical launch and transition to horizontal flight allows for 400 acres of coverage and up to 45 minutes of flight time.

Jeff Dickens, product sales specialist, discusses the benefits of Ag Leader’s DisplayCast, a new feature providing display-to-display communication for InCommand displays, and AgFinity’s capabilities to carry information from displays to the cloud over to other displays.

To help growers monitor, adjust and learn from the performance of their planter or sprayer while it moves through the field, the company has introduced the new John Deere Connect Mobile App.

Kansas State University Extension discusses technology to consider that could help take some guesswork out of determining optimum nitrogen application rates for winter wheat.

In response to this need for continued education, BASF is expanding its On Target Application Academy (OTAA) stewardship program with an online training module.

LandPKS combines cloud computing, digital soil-mapping data and the Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide information about the sustainable potential of land under current and future climate, says the USDA.

The concept of real-time disease monitoring with nano biosensors that can communicate with your cell phone might sound futuristic, but the steps in the process have been proven to work in a lab setting, says the Alberta Canola Producers Commission.