Precision Farming Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week:

• Are We Ignoring the Risks of Autonomous Agriculture?
• Edible Dry Beans Are a Precision Market Opportunity
• Dealers to Benefit from 9th Annual Strip-Till Conference
• Why It’s the Perfect Year for Customers to Try New Precision Ag Technology
• Robot of the Week: TerraClear, a “Roomba” for Rock Picking

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As global leaders with the widest range of spinner spreaders and air boom applicators in the industry, Salford Group has got you covered. Backed by over 400 application-specific dealers, eight North American parts distribution centers and revered in-field application support, we’re the partners you need to make your business as productive as possible.

Are We Ignoring the Risks of Autonomous Agriculture?

Amid the hype of autonomous agriculture, a researcher at Cambridge says no one seems to be asking about its associated risks, even though high-dollar cyberattacks are already targeting large operations in the agriculture industry. This article from The Western Producer notes some potential technology weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers and solutions to keep it from happening.

Edible Dry Beans Are a Precision Market Opportunity

Dublin, Ontario, farmer Dave Louwagie doesn’t think edible dry bean producers are effectively using precision agriculture technologies, despite a great return on precision management. “Edibles are a high-value crop so the impact is significant, especially on highly productive soils and in the best productive areas of the field,” Louwagie says in this episode of the Edible Bean School on YouTube.

Dealers to Benefit from 9th Annual Strip-Till Conference

We’re looking forward to the 9th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference July 28-29 in Iowa City, Iowa! Strip-tillers have told our editors that they wished dealers’ field techs attended annual meetings like this so techs would better understand the strip-till process and how to address the challenges that come up in farmers' roundtable discussions at the conference. With customers and most of the manufacturers in the strip-till market on-hand, it’s a worthy investment for your dealership staff. The 8-page conference lineup is now available.

Why It’s the Perfect Year for Customers to Try New Precision Ag Technology

Erin Hardin, precision ag coordinator at Southern States Cooperative, says it’s the perfect year for customers to try new precision technologies. She talks about how she introduces new precision technology to skeptical growers, what technologies she’s most excited about this season and more in this short AgriTalk podcast episode.

Robot of the Week: TerraClear, a “Roomba” for Rock Picking

Billed as a solution to the “oldest problem in agriculture,” TerraClear uses real-time imagery and artificial intelligence to pick rocks. Watch the implement at work on a skid steer in this video from TerraClear.

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