Uniformity and input savings have driven Nathan Lykins’ investment in precision technology. He started with just a yield monitor, built to boom shutoffs on their sprayer and now uses row clutches and hydraulic drives on their planter and variable rate fertilizer application.
It’s been almost two months since Monsanto spent nearly a quarter-of-a billion dollars to acquire Precision Planting (PP), the Tremont, Ill.-based company that made its mark developing seed monitoring and planting technology.
A little more than a month into my role as technology editor for Farm Equipment and No-Till Farmer, I am doing my best impression of a sponge, soaking up as much precision knowledge as my brain can hold.
As the integrated solutions manager for a growing John Deere dealership network, Jeff Buyck of Gettysburg, S.D.-based C&B Operations, acknowledges that customer service is an evolving process when it comes to precision farming technology.
In less than a month, hundreds of visionaries, researchers and novices will descend upon the Midwest for the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.
Customers who are willing to communicate with their equipment dealers deserve to be heard because they’re your best source for product performance and service issues. Of course, these communications usually come in the form of compliments, complaints and/or “I wish …” or “This would work better if …”
To gain the attention of strong candidate for the precision farming specialist position you’ve opened at your dealership, your messages about the job, including job ads and descriptions, must be dynamic and unique.
If you’re creating a new precision farming department, you should know that the process of recruiting employees has changed. This article, the second of four, will discuss that knowing and understanding the job is a critical platform for successful recruitment.
The way employees are recruited has changed. In a series of four articles, I will explain these changes and a few strategies to adjust to the new trends, how truly understanding the job that you are recruiting for will enable you to recruit more effectively, how creating dynamic recruitment messages will help you to attract star candidates, and where to look to recruit good people.
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.
DigiFarm VBN is a proven leader in providing RTK Correction Services across the Midwest and beyond, via cellular based RTK network. We have been in business since 2011 working with farmers, Ag retailers, and precision Ag dealers
We leverage our years of experience and industry knowledge to deliver solutions that keep you moving forward. For more than 30 years, our team of entrepreneurs and technicians have focused on understanding the hurdles you face. Then we brainstorm possibilities. Whether it’s offering a replacement part, repairing parts that aren’t working or creating custom solutions for your challenge. We’re experts in ag equipment electronic parts and systems. But more importantly, we make connections to keep your operation moving forward.
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