I was enjoying a bowl of Total Raisin Bran on Wednesday morning at the Hampton Inn in Mitchell, SD when my email pinged with the news: Precision Planting had accepted an offer to be purchased by Monsanto for $210 million, with performance incentives that could take it up to a quarter million. The deal is expected to be completed this summer.

For the two of you who missed it, here's a link to the…

We've been covering the Lightsquared vs. GPS story since it broke in early 2011 when the FCC granted the company permission to begin testing its 4G LTE wireless internet service on a bandwidth precariously close to GPS. The threat to GPS integrity unleashed a torrent of objections from the GPS industry, as well as companies and governmental agencies that rely on GPS, against the Lightsquared system moving forward.

After government agency testing determined that the interference was…

I am hoping to develop a network base in Latin & South America.  Can anyone recommend companies or individuals that i might reach out to in order to learn more about the regions?  I appreciate any assistance you might provide.

I’ve been fascinated with the rapid adoption of mobile technology, most recently driven by the tablet computer, since last July during the InfoAg Conference. In 2009 the iPad was still coming off the drawing board when the previous InfoAg Conference was happening. But by the 2011 event it was everywhere, seemingly surpassing laptop use in almost no time at all.

More recently, I was bumping around some ag technology blogs and came across a piece on mobile technology by Steve Cubbage.…