Today Leica Geosystems has launched Virtual Vista, a web based platform which allows farmers to monitor their fleet and field activities in a simple and effective way.

When building a precision farming operation, one question farm equipment dealers have to consider is how many hats should their precision specialists wear?

Don and Brian Glenn squeeze five crops out of three years on the 1,500 acres they no-till on Glenn Acres near Hillsboro in northern Alabama.

T-L Irrigation Co., manufacturer of hydrostatically powered pivot and linear irrigation systems, announces VRI application, the latest advancement in web-based irrigation management and services combined with T-L’s family of pivot management control systems.

When on-the-go crop sensors began to pop up in precision farming a few years ago, Tim Norris, owner of Ag Info Tech in Gambier, Ohio, acknowledges that he had his doubts about the technology.

The Satloc G4 is a complete aerial guidance system for aerial applicators. Satloc G4 is built with the processing power of Intel Dual-Core i7 processor and includes Windows 7 64-bit operating system.

“Precision farming is less about growing more crops and more about saving inputs on areas that don’t need them or won’t increase your profitability,” says Canadian farmer Jim Wickett.

The old adage, “garbage in, garbage out,” is a simple phrase used to describe the flawed collection and analysis of yield data that leads to flawed results. At the recent Ag Leader dealer event in Iowa, precision technology consultant John McGuire noted that far too often, farmers store reams of recorded yield data on their shelves, because nobody has ever taken time to show them what to do with it.

HarvestMaster, a division of Juniper Systems, announces MirusTM harvest data collection software as the latest addition to its research agriculture solutions offering. Mirus is an all-in-one software designed to collect and view harvest data in real time. The Mirus software is compatible with the industry leading HarvestMaster HM800 GrainGage systems.

As a precision farming dealer, what are your top three needs to improve technology service and support capabilities at your dealership heading into 2013?