Dealer Success Academy
Date: 03/04/20
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Landoll’s Farm Equipment Sales Manager, Jamie Meier, and Cory Beaujot, manager of Business Development for SeedMaster Mfg. Inc. and DOT Technology Corp., recently sat down to talk trends in ag and what farming will be like in the near future.
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Resources
Understanding Farm Connectivity and IoT with RealmFive
Don’t Wait for Rural Broadband: Connectivity Alternatives for Rural Areas
Reliable, affordable connectivity is critical for producers and growers. A recent report from the USDA predicted big returns across the U.S. with precision agriculture, if rural broadband is provided.
RealmFive is changing the way customers interact with agricultural technology in areas including agronomy, inventory, irrigation, livestock, and machinery. Using highly improved long-range radio technology and easy-to-deploy devices RealmFive’s Connectivity Platform enables remote monitoring, control, and data-driven decision-making. The RealmFive Connection Platform is modular and flexible, allowing for simple third-party integration into the platform and a robust API to other digital farming platforms. With an expanding portfolio of applications including soil moisture, weather, irrigation monitoring, and state monitoring, RealmFive is bringing sensor-to-cloud solutions to agriculture.
Events
DMS 2020
ATTEND THE 2020 DEALERSHIP MINDS SUMMIT
The most influential “Dealership Minds” in the industry will gather August 4-5 in Omaha, Neb.
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Precision Farming Dealer
Defining Precision Success with Service Diversity
UAVs
- Sentera FieldAgent Analytics Tool to Include Tassel Counts
- Sentera Partners with Crop Risk Services
- senseFly Launches eBee X with Agisoft Metashape
- 17 Tips for Generating ROI from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- senseFly Introduces the Solar 360 Thermal Drone
Videos
![[Technology Corner] Precision Adoption Dip for No-Tillers](https://www.precisionfarmingdealer.com/ext/resources/remote/2020/02/21/Screen-Shot-2020-02-21-at-31701-PM.png?height=290&t=1582320837&width=400)
[Technology Corner] Precision Adoption Dip for No-Tillers
By and large, no-till farmers forecast a conservative approach to adding new equipment to their operation in 2020, especially precision technologies. Results of the 12th annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Study show that farmers generally plan to scale back use of precision farming tools and services on their cropping operations in the coming year.
John Blue Introduces New 3 Inch Self-Priming Poly Centrifugal Pumps
John Blue introduces its new 3 inch Self-Priming Poly-Centrifugal Pumps durning the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. The pump features a 3 inch port, 375 gpm max flow, 45 psi max pressure and 3,600 rpm max speed says Philip Burnham.
![[Technology Corner] Designing AI Architecture with Rural Broadband](https://www.precisionfarmingdealer.com/ext/resources/remote/2020/02/07/Tech-Corner-Full-Episode_2-7-2020_thumbnail.jpg?height=290&t=1581100273&width=400)
[Technology Corner] Designing AI Architecture with Rural Broadband
Digital connectivity is taken for granted in many areas, but high-speed internet is still absent in many rural areas throughout the country.
![[Technology Corner] Rethinking the Roles of a Precision Team](https://www.precisionfarmingdealer.com/ext/resources/remote/2020/01/24/Tech-Corner-Full-Episode_1-24-20_thumbnail.jpg?height=290&t=1579886280&width=400)
[Technology Corner] Rethinking the Roles of a Precision Team
What will the precision farming specialist of the future look like? How different will their role be within a dealership?
PFD Features
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In Case You Missed It: Top 10 Precision Farming Stories from January 2020
Here are the most popular items we’ve put up on PrecisionFarmingDealer.com from the month of January. -
Show & Tell Teaching Transfers Tech Expertise
Patience plays into any precision farming manager’s profile. Whether with customers, manufacturers or direct reports, the ability to calmly and confidently problem-solve, often under pressure, is a prerequisite for the position. -
Measuring the Measurables of a Precision Business
Nick Rust has an idea. Actually, he has a lot of them. But inspiration is an expectation for the longest tenured member of H&R Agri-Power’s precision farming team. -
Adding 15 Precision Hires: Lessons Learned in Year One
Finding talent in precision ag can be tough, but also a necessary part of expanding a precision business. According to the 2019 Precision Farming Dealer benchmark study, nearly 40% of dealers say adding precision staff was their greatest need to grow business, with another 50% saying it was an area of importance.
From the Virtual Terminal
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The FieldView-Tillable Breakup: What Went Wrong
Almost no one reads tech contracts (privacy policies, EULAs, terms of service, etc.) This fact has led tech providers to go overboard, creating long and complex agreements. -
Understanding the Importance of AgTech
AgTech has been a buzzword that has continuously grown. It can be great, and provide a lot of tools for us as farmers, but it can also be scary in the sense that we’re being bombarded with a ton of technologies, data and new tools that can help our operations. -
To the Point: The Deal You Aren’t Making
I just returned from our 2 national events in St. Louis, including the 5th Annual Precision Farming Dealer Summit. More top-level dealer attendance at the event this year confirms that precision remains both a challenge and opportunity to be figured out. -
Using Drone Technology May Increase with 5G Availability
Many farmers who own drones may not use them as frequently as they thought they would when they were purchased. Often, the drone is used as more of a targeted tool instead of having a broad application throughout a field.
Planning for a Successful Customer Service Strategy in 2020
[Podcast] Measuring The Customer Experience
In the fifth podcast with AgriSync, we talk about measuring the customer experience. If you can't measure customer experience, you can't manage it. In agriculture, customer experience largely depends on relationships and loyalty.
In this series, AgriSync speaks to industry and topic experts about different elements of customer support. Ranging from improving your customer communication to hiring new employees and finding ways to measure customer satisfaction, listeners will be given insights that help elevate their customer service game.
Top Directory Listings
Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Campus
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.
Lake Region State College - Dakota Precision Ag Center
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.
HTS Ag Precision Ag Solutions
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.
Reichhardt Electronic Innovations, Inc
Dealer technician and sales training available by appointment at Reichhardt Training Center or dealer location.
Most Valuable Dealership
2020 Most Valuable Dealership: RDO Equipment Co.
The 6-part 2020 Precision Farming Dealer Most Valuable Dealership video series is sponsored by Reichhardt Electronic Innovations.
Product Roundups
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Tires & Tracks Product Roundup 2020
Check out the latest tires and tracks from some of the industry's leading suppliers. -
Fertilizer Application Product Roundup 2020
Check out the latest fertilizer application products from some of the industry's leading suppliers. -
Planter & Drill Attachments Product Roundup 2020
Check out the latest planter and drill attachments from some of the industry’s leading suppliers.
Top Store Items
2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit Meeting Binder
If you weren't able to attend Farm Equipment and Precision Farming Dealer's SOLD OUT 2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit, you can still have the opportunity to learn leading strategies to evolve and improve the way you sell, service and support precision technology by purchasing an attendee binder.
2016 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)
Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2016 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2016 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership. Learn more.
Pushing Up Profits With Precision Farming
Examine cutting edge precision farming practices including variable-rate seeding, precision spraying and implement steering to improve accuracy and maximize profit.
Precision Farming Dealer 1-Year Subscription (U.S.)
Precision Farming Dealer is the dealer’s source for precision farming technologies and their application. Dedicated to best practices for selling, servicing and supporting precision farming and the equipment that relies on precision technology. Paid print subscription.