John Deere announced Oct. 26 that it is partnering with Iowa State University to help U.S. farmers feed the world and fuel sustainability, the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal reported. Through the strategic partnership, Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. and ISU will establish a demonstration site consisting of four fields and processes that will enable Deere to test sustainable practices for large grain production systems in real-world scenarios, the global agriculture,
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September 8, 2022
Guest opinion: The future of work
Submitted by Nick Gerhart, PI515 Board Member, Executive Vice President of Homesteaders Life Company Is your company hybrid? Virtual? Face-to-face? A business leader cannot escape this conversation. What is the future of work? What will the office look like? Will there be an office? What about corporate culture that business leaders work so hard to create and foster? No one has all the answers to these questions today, but these questions
July 11, 2022
Guest Opinion: Encouraging technological innovation
Submitted by Nancy Mwirotsi, founder and executive director, Pi515 It feels like there’s a growing gap between our state’s youths and long-term career security and opportunity. This gap jeopardizes our ability to develop a future-ready workforce. As a community, we need to start having collective conversations that allow us to bridge this gap. We must work together to narrow the substantive gaps in quality of life and economic prospects between
July 11, 2022
Guest Opinion: Connecting All Iowans
Submitted by Brian Waller, president of Technology Association of Iowa, and Dave Duncan, CEO of Iowa Communications Alliance The pandemic has proved to be a catalyst for decades’ worth of transformation in a matter of months, not the least of which is how we all connect with one another on a day-to-day basis. Prior to 2020 most Iowans were regular internet users, but never could have imagined the sudden transition
July 11, 2022
Driverless farming
Deere’s autonomous tractor designed for large-scale farming operations This year, Deere & Co. will begin producing a fully autonomous tractor designed for large-scale farming operations in its Iowa manufacturing facilities. And yes, it will be in John Deere green. The tractors will come equipped with six pairs of cameras that provide a 360-degree view of the machine’s surroundings. The images are fed to the onboard computer, where a convolutional neural
June 30, 2022
Pi515 receiving $200K Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs initiative
Pi515 announced Wednesday it has been awarded a multiyear $200,000 Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative. The money is available for any use and will be distributed over two years starting in July, according to a news release. “This multi-year investment will help us scale our efforts in preparing young people for the future of work. The pandemic exposed disparities such as the digital
May 26, 2022
Guest opinion: Encouraging technological innovation is critical for our state’s future
Submitted by Nancy Mwirotsi, founder and executive director, Pi515 It feels like there’s a growing gap between our state’s youths and long-term career security and opportunity. This gap jeopardizes our ability to develop a future-ready workforce. As a community, we need to start having collective conversations that allow us to bridge this gap. We must work together to narrow the substantive gaps in quality of life and economic prospects between
February 24, 2022
Standard General taking Tegna private in $5.4B cash deal
Standard General is taking television station owner Tegna private in a deal valued at about $5.4 billion, Associated Press reported. An affiliate of Standard General will pay $24 in cash for each Tegna share. The transaction has an enterprise value of approximately $8.6 billion, including the assumption of debt. Tegna was formed in 2015 when it was split off from Gannett, which retained its print media. Tegna, based in Virginia,
