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:

Farmer Uses AI to Build Harvest Schedule

Iowa farmer Kelly Garrett, who grows corn, soybeans and wheat across 9,000 acres, explains how his son used John Deere’s new generative AI assistant, JD, to build a harvest schedule. “We didn’t understand why we were experiencing some of the yield losses, but the AI will help you analyze that and pick a way to be more efficient,” Garrett says in this Information Week feature. “It’s just data management and data understanding, and adopting the AI is the next round of technology that can make us more efficient.”

Read More at Information Week

Precision Technology Powers Leading Nebraska Potato Farm

Follow the May family as they share how they’ve grown Frenchman Valley Produce into a high-volume potato operation raising approximately 2,400 acres of potatoes and shipping more than 1.2 million hundredweight annually. 21st Century Equipment's Senior Precision Ag Consultant, Preston Jueneman, explains how Deere precision technology is helping the Mays improve accuracy and consistency in the field. Implement guidance, AutoPath, JDLink Boost, Operations Center, electric power, and autonomous equipment are all playing a role in a modern potato-growing operation.

Iowa State Program Brings Precision Ag to High School Classrooms

Farm Journal takes an inside look at Iowa State’s PATCH program, which gives high school students hands-on experience with the latest precision technology tools. 

‘I’m Frustrated at the Spray Drone Industry’

Mike Yoder, founder of drone dealer NuWay Ag, explains why a recent meeting with big farmers in Wisconsin had him feeling frustrated on his drive back home. 

SMSU Giving Precision Technology a Look After $600K Grant

Precision Technology is making its way to the Southwest Minnesota State Univ. research fields, thanks in large part to a $600,000 grant. “With the new grant, we’re going to get precision equipment,” Adam Alford, associate professor of agronomy, announced at a field day last week. “We’re going to have strip-till and no-till capabilities now. Both areas have interest because they don’t disturb the soil as much, and that reduces soil erosion rates.”

Read More at Marshall Independent

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