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Deere Requests a New Trial Date in Precision Planting Merger Case

January 9, 2017 | Posted in Industry News

Last night (Jan. 8), the judge set a new trial date of June 5, 2017, in the Deere-Precision Planting merger case.

Janzen Ag Law's The Year in Reverse: 2016

By Todd Janzen posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

One of my favorite end of the year activities is to reflect on the past 12 months and ask: What were the big stories of 2016?

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The Creative Gene AMVAC SmartBox Closed Handling System

December 12, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planter Control

The Smartbox Closed Handling System offers growers "SMART Options" in today’s economic environment, as well as safe, flexible and precise application.

Precision Planting vApplyHD On-Row Liquid Control

December 8, 2016 | Posted in Application Control

vApplyHD is an industry first: an on-row liquid control product that incorporates flow measurement and control into a single device.

Kinze Files Motion to Block Deere

November 14, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Source: Des Moines Register

The Des Moines Register reports attorneys for Kinze filed motions asking a federal judge to stop John Deere from trying to access a wide variety of internal documents about the Williamsburg company's planting equipment business, including marketing strategies, sales data and research and development plans.

Capitalizing on Rising Demand for Planter Control Systems

Seeding and planting technology ranks high among precision growth opportunities during the next 5 years as dealers look for revenue opportunities with updates and upgrades.

By Ian Gronau posted on October 19, 2016 | Posted in Precision Sales

Seeding and planting technology ranks high among precision growth opportunities during the next 5 years as dealers look for revenue opportunities with updates and upgrades.

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Planting or Burying Seeds of Precision Innovation?

By Jack Zemlicka posted on October 19, 2016 | Posted in Precision Sales

One of the precision markets often identified by dealers as holding the most revenue potential is planter technology. Recent years have seen the debut and development of electric drives, high-speed seed delivery meters and hydraulic down force systems.

Dawn Claims Infringement on Planter Technology

Dawn Equipment serves notice to Precision Planting and Ag Leader over patents related to hydraulic down pressure control for row crop planters.

October 17, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Dawn Equipment serves notice to Precision Planting and Ag Leader over patents related to hydraulic down pressure control for row crop planters.

Deere Files Response to DOJ’s Complaint

October 14, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Deere & Co. responded to the Dept. of Justice’s complaint to the Deere’s acquisition of Precision Planting.

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[Technology Corner] Farmer Takes Retrofit Route with Smart Sprayer in 2024

It’s planting season, which means a lot of the technology we spotlight on this program is being used in the field as we speak. I paid a visit to Eagle, Wis., farmer Tyler Troiola who’s using John Deere See and Spray for the first time this growing season. He says it took his dealer about 2 solid weeks to install the system on his 2018 John Deere sprayer.

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