Sabanto Vice President of Product Cory Spaetti takes us through the steps of operating an autonomous tractor from the field, and shares perspective on how the process frees up the operator to accomplish a wide array of tasks.

A recent story has been making the rounds on ag websites about how a Canadian farmer agreed to a grain contract by texting a “thumbs-up” emoji. The farmer received a text message with an image of a grain contract offering to purchase 86 tons of flax for $17 per bushel.

What are the keys to successfully introducing and selling new technology to customers? Linco-Precision owner Skip Klinefelter shines some light on the topic at his company's field day, which featured cutting edge technologies from Augmenta, Sabanto, Farmwave, Leaftech Ag and Greeneye.

"During a recent field technology day with Pacific Northwest growers we focused on helping growers to manage their minimum till operation as it changes throughout the growing season," says RDO agronomist Erin Hightower. "Growers asked us questions like: What tool can help me to manage pesticide application and input costs as the needs of my crop change?"

AGCO, Case IH and John Deere leaders jumped at the chance to address elite precision dealers during the first ever OEM panel discussion at the Precision Farming Dealer Summit in St. Louis, Mo.