It was both comforting and fascinating to immerse myself for a few days in the youthful precision farming culture at Ag Leader’s annual dealer event in Iowa.
There were plenty of the combines still roaming the fields in Indiana and Ohio during my swing through the two states last week visiting several precision farming dealers.
Farm Equipment magazine has announced the agenda and presentation lineup for the 2013 Dealership Minds Summit, a first-ever, 1-day conference and networking event for dealer-principals, top-level management and executives from farm equipment dealerships of all colors.
Ultimate Software, a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced that RDO Equipment Co., a company that provides innovative solutions for John Deere agriculture and construction, Vermeer, and Topcon customers in more than 60 locations across the U.S., is leveraging the UltiPro human capital management (HCM) solution for increased employee engagement, HR operational effectiveness, and strategic workforce analytics and reporting.
During a recent trip through Illinois — to include a couple of farm equipment dealer visits — one precision farming specialist offered a candid prediction about how intertwined technology and machinery will become in the near future.
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?
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.
With new and often pricey precision farming technology being introduced at a rapid rate, the used equipment market is an appealing option for dealers to attract thrifty buyers and establish lasting business relationships.
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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