Life as a precision technician during the winter months may yield fewer calls from distressed customers over the course of a week, but the unpredictable nature of the job can still call for a demanding day with hundreds of miles on the road.

While the Yield Force agronomic service team was already in year 7 with Sinclair Tractor when agronomic consultant Ethan Smidt joined as the third member in 2015, the late arrival didn’t mean the service provider was well established across the eastern-Iowa landscape.

It’s been an eventful few years for John Deere, and particularly its Integrated Solutions business, from the OEM expanding its precision farming partnerships to its highly publicized attempt to acquire Precision Planting.