Drones took flight at the Precision Planting PTI Farm workshop. Precision Planting lead agronomist Jason Webster told the crowd of no-tillers and strip-tillers that he’s on board with the potential of these UAVs to provide a significant ROI.
We’re talking about drones this week, because they seem to be generating a lot of buzz amongst growers and dealers. Luke Schultes owns and operates Viola Drone Services in Audobon, Iowa.
"Farmers in Australia tend to embrace precision technology quickly because we need it in order to survive," says David McGavin, co-founder of Precision Seeding Solutions.
Versatile announced a partnership with Mojow Autonomous Solutions — the two companies are teaming up on the development of Mojow’s EYEBOX autonomous navigation controller. Engineers from both companies have been working together over the past 6 months, to integrate the system on Versatile tractors.
Strip-Till Farmer's 10th annual benchmark study of strip-till practices conducted in early 2023 shows that most strip-tillers plan to use precision technology in 2023 and beyond.
Veteran farmers Jim Leverich of Sparta, Wis., and Keith Wendte of Effingham, Ill., are two early adopters of precision technology.Leverich remembers using Ag Leader’s groundbreaking Yield Monitor 2000 in 1992, while Wendte recalls entering the precision arena around the same time with yield maps, GPS and grid soil sampling.
Precision specialists often wear many hats — technician, salesperson, business owner, farmer. Bruce West barely has enough closet space for all the hats he wears as owner of West Enterprises, an independent dealer in western Illinois.
AGCO, Case IH & John Deere representatives share perspective on autonomy, R2R, successful dealership strategies & more during the 2023 Precision Farming Dealer Summit.
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.
Precision specialists often wear many hats — technician, salesperson, business owner, farmer. Bruce West barely has enough closet space for all the hats he wears as owner of West Enterprises, an independent dealer in western Illinois.
Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder uses artificial intelligence and lasers to zap weeds in the field. We’ve featured it a few times on the program, check out PrecisionFarmingDealer.com for the nuts and bolts.
Last week, I shadowed Dave Thompson in Amboy, Ill. He’s a precision farming specialist with Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor. He tells me most of his customers were done with harvest by the middle of October.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.