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Combining Practical Precision Payback with Agronomic Value

It takes time and focus to get full dealership buy-in and build out the economic benefits of adding agronomic services.
By Martin White posted on July 7, 2020 | Posted in Dealer Development, Data Management
Precision agriculture allows producers and their trusted partners an excellent way to add production value through the collection of clean, calibrated data. The rubber meets the road when agronomic intelligence is combined with equipment data to create unique, informed management solutions for each farm customer.
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2020 BENCHMARK STUDY

Precision Revenue Growth Slows as Dealers Navigate an Evolving Market

For the first time in 5 years, dealers did not exceed higher-end growth projections in 2019, and forecast more conservative growth in 2020.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on July 6, 2020 | Posted in Precision Sales, Service & Support, Data Management
Problem solving is often the linchpin of a dealership’s precision farming business. The last couple of years have tested the abilities of precision teams to overcome ongoing economic — and more recently — social challenges to maintain, if not grow revenue.
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Create Balance Between Precision Hardware Sales & Agronomic Service

Today’s sophisticated precision farming tools can enable improved decision making on agronomic issues in the field, if combined the right way.
By Mitchell Hora posted on June 10, 2020 | Posted in Service & Support
We’re taking precision tools one step further to utilize agronomic zones and the Haney soil health test, which gives us our phosphorus (P), potassium (K), pH and organic matter, but also plant available nitrogen (N) in the nitrate, ammonium and organic form, organic, P and inorganic P, micronutrients, carbon in the soil and biological activity.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit 2020 Recap

Help Your Precision Staff Flourish from Onboarding to Seniority

3 precision experts give boots-on-the-ground examples on how to generate real improvements in employee retention and the rate of successful hires.
April 10, 2020 | Posted in Service & Support
The ag industry is in the midst of a labor shortage, and precision ag is no different. There’s never a been a more important time to employ management practices that keep retention high and support the strengths of your precision staff.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit 2020 Recap

Pick Solutions Over Sales to Become Precision Systems Integrators

Controlling customers’ costs and reducing risk are gateways to move a precision business beyond a ‘start with the sale’ mentality.
April 7, 2020 | Posted in Dealer Development
When you integrate a solution, two events can happen: either the solution works well together and you reduce a lot of risk for the customer, or you become part of the customer’s fabric. You can do software integration or data integration.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit 2020 Recap

3 Disruptive Tech Trends that Will Shape Your Precision Business of the Future

Having the right tools in the field and in the dealership are essential to advancing customer communication and improving the overall service experience.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on March 31, 2020 | Posted in Dealer Development, Product Innovations
Anticipation can be a frustrating and ambiguous objective when it comes to forecasting the when and how the next ag tech innovation will influence a dealership’s precision farming business.
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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

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.
Dakota Precision Ag Center

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

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.
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