As precision farming technology rapidly evolves, equipment dealerships continue to develop or grow their precision specialist departments to meet customer need. But keeping pace with growers’ thirst for precision technology is an ongoing challenge.
How would you rate, on a scale of 1-10, (1 being excellent, 10 being poor), your precision ag suppliers (major line and any independent precision ag suppliers) on their training and support of you as a precision ag specialist?
There was no dabbling in precision technology for Bill Darrington. He researched, observed, picked the right system and jumped in with both feet. An AgLeader system allowed him to install and control row clutches or section shutoffs on his Kinze planters, Blu-Jet fertilizer applicator and Hagie sprayer and serve as a yield monitor on his Lexion combine.
Precision Agriculture Professor Terry Brase has always loved gadgets. After creating a few maps, Brase — who Precision Farming Dealer caught up with recently at the International Precision Ag Conference in Indianapolis — says he came to a logical conclusion about where the technology would prove particularly useful.
Starting this fall, AGCO will include a one-year subscription to its AGCOMMAND telemetry system as a standard feature on its 2013 RoGator and TerraGator applicators.
From the 59th annual Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, Hemisphere GPS introduces Outback MAX with Outback ConnX — the next generation Outback Guidance system that redefines simplicity in precision farming.
Case IH made a splash in June when it announced a supply agreement with Great Plains Manufacturing, to produce twin-row planters for the world’s second largest farm equipment maker.
Leica Geosystems announces the new Leica GeoAce RTK base station. The product provides access to Leica Geosystems patented Virtual WrenchTM, the Agriculture industry’s first web based remote service, support and diagnostics tool.
From technician to service manager to now chief technology officer, Layne Richins has pretty much seen it all in his 20-plus year career with Stotz Equipment. And now he’s at the forefront of implementing AI at the 24-store John Deere dealership.
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