Articles Tagged with ''wheat growers''

Wheat Growers CEO Dale Locken to Retire

March 22, 2017 | Posted in Industry News

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dale Locken announced that he plans to retire from Wheat Growers.

Wheat Growers Adds Agronomy Sales Manager

December 28, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Adam Butcher has joined the 2014 Precision Farming Dealer Most Valuable Dealership as an Agronomy Sales Manager and will oversee the Wheat Growers' south region.

Wheat Growers to Hold Maximizing ROI Workshops

November 29, 2016 | Posted in Data Management

At the upcoming Maximizing Return on Investment workshops, Wheat Growers agronomists will provide in-depth insight into these record yields, beginning with a review of summer plot data.

Detailed Agenda, Speaker Lineup & Special Session Released for 2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit

September 29, 2016 | Posted in Precision Agriculture 101, Precision Sales, Autonomy & Robotics, Industry News

Precision Farming Dealer has announced the agenda, speakers and presentation lineup for its second Precision Farming Dealer Summit. With the theme of “Proven Business Blueprints,” the 2017 dealer-only event will feature some of the most progressive minds in the precision farming business, sharing bankable management methods and money-making strategies to maximize profitability in today’s market.

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Control Technologies Aim for One Weed at a Time

By Dave Kanicki posted on September 5, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

There’s just no winning with weeds. If we don’t kill them, they’ll choke out our crops and devastate yields. In earlier days, we removed them by labor intensive hoeing and cultivating. More recently we started spraying herbicides to control them. Unfortunately, this unwanted vegetation figured out how to beat the most common of the weed killers being used, leaving us with as big of a problem, we had before we started spraying.

2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit Schedule

May 16, 2016

Read on to see the tentative schedule for the 2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit, Jan. 9-10, 2017, in St. Louis, Mo.

Wheat Growers Announces Organizational Changes

Wheat Growers, a grain and agronomy cooperative headquartered in Aberdeen, S.D., has announced the impending retirement of a senior leadership team member along with other organizational changes.

April 13, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Wheat Growers, a grain and agronomy cooperative headquartered in Aberdeen, S.D., has announced the impending retirement of a senior leadership team member along with other organizational changes.

Garden City Co-op is Now an MZB Provider

April 7, 2016 | Posted in Dealer Development

A roundtable discussion at the Precision Farming Dealer Summit this winter led to a partnership between MZB Technologies and Garden City Co-op in southwestern Kansas.

Wheat Growers Opens New Kennebec Agronomy Center

March 7, 2016 | Posted in Dealer Development

The 20,000 square foot center is the first phase of Wheat Growers' $40 million project to include a grain handling facility and shuttle loader in Kennebec.

Wheat Growers’ Innovation Center Open for Business

December 18, 2015 | Posted in Industry News

Wheat Growers' new Innovation Center opened this week. The innovation center includes facilities where farmers can learn about precision ag technology and get training.

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Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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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.