FarmBits Podcast: Spray Tech Savvy
August 13, 2021
Sam Marx, UNL research technologist, discusses PWM technology, challenges in the spray application industry, and his work to improve the efficiency of spray nozzle designs using computational fluid dynamics.
FarmBits Podcast: Sky-High Scouting
August 5, 2021
Taranis Regional Sales Manager Tim Pearson highlights the company’s approach to scouting — specifically the technology used in Taranis’ precision scouting services, and how it is making scouting operations more efficient.
FarmBits Podcast: Partners in Precision
July 29, 2021
Ethan Noll, of AgPartners Cooperative, Inc., offers his perspective on the digital tools that AgPartners is leveraging to enhance crop protection services for their customers.
FarmBits Podcast: Sporing New Insights
July 28, 2021
Kristine White, CEO of Spornado, discusses how her company is providing predictive fungal disease insights with its Spornado Sampler, an in-field device that captures airborne fungal spores above the crop canopy.
FarmBits Podcast: Elevating UAVs
July 22, 2021
Sam Pendleton, Rantizo director of sales, provides an overview of Rantizo's UAV technology used in the company’s custom application services.
FarmBits Podcast: Amazing Trace (Genomics)
July 22, 2021
Erik Christian, Trace Genomics agronomic services manager, breaks down Trace's DNA analysis technology for soil samples, which provides detailed reporting of abiotic and biotic parameters within the soil.
FarmBits Podcast: Solving for N
June 24, 2021
Iowa State University associate professor Jonathan Claussen shares his research on developing and testing soil nitrogen sensors that rely on an ion-selective membrane and communicate via telemetry.
FarmBits Podcast: A Birdseye View
June 17, 2021
This week, Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell discuss their graduate research on leveraging remote sensing data for near real-time, in-season nitrogen management.