Insights and Stories on GPS

Recent solar flare has little impact on farmers

Oct. 8, 2024 at 11:29 am CDT

A precision ag expert says a massive solar flare that occurred late last week may not end up causing too many problems after all. Matt Yanick, owner of My Precision Ag Ltd., says the flare that various space weather monitoring stations detected Oct. 3 doesn't seem to have too caused many issues at all.

‘Solar storm’ knocks out GPS signals over weekend

May. 14, 2024 at 10:21 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Brandt closes GeoShack deal, locks up Topcon sales in Canada

Jul. 16, 2020 at 4:02 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Brandt buys GeoShack’s Ontario business

Jun. 8, 2020 at 3:03 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Farmers keen early adopters, StatsCan report shows

Jun. 22, 2017 at 4:24 am CDT

By Terry Fries

Precision ag firm AgJunction plans post-merger job cuts

Dec. 30, 2015 at 7:01 pm CST

Precision agriculture equipment and software firm AgJunction is set to cut down its workforce in the wake of its merger with a U.S. competitor. AgJunction, which in 2013 relocated its head office from Calgary to Kansas and shut its Calgary manufacturing plant, announced Wednesday it will reduce its total workforce […]

By Staff

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

Nov. 10, 2015 at 1:06 pm CST

GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it […]

By Allan Dawson

GPS firm buys sprayer boom control maker NORAC

Jun. 10, 2015 at 7:56 pm CDT

Saskatoon tech firm NORAC Systems, best known today for its automated boom height control systems for field sprayers, is set to become part of a major U.S. GPS systems firm. California-based Topcon Positioning Group announced Wednesday it will buy NORAC for an undisclosed sum, as the latest of Topcon’s recent […]