Everybody likes a precision farming equipment story that ends happily ever after. For Jeff Toussaint, a fourth generation no-till farmer at Toussaint Farms near Medina, N.Y., his first foray into precision farming was more of a nightmare, and he attributes poor dealer support as the main reason for it.

The Western Corn Belt Precision Ag Conference held March 18-19, 2014 in Sioux Falls at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, 1101 N. West Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, will feature a wide variety of presenters and exhibits related to the latest in precision agriculture with the focus on increasing crop yields through the use of newly developed Precision Planting Technologies.

SST Software is now offering a precision ag certification program. he SST Precision Ag Certification Program is an intensive, 10-week training course for preparing precision ag technology specialists.

Phil Draude, precision sales manager with Brokaw Supply, shares basic steps on how to structure customer training sessions.

In order to help farmers optimize their seed hybrids and increase their yields, Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. announces the world’s first electric multi-hybrid concept planter.

Mike Bland has been around the block a few times with precision farming equipment. More than a decade ago, he and his father, who is now mostly retired, started with a John Deere Brown Box for guidance, then upgraded to a GreenStar 2 controller and they now run with a GS3 unit.

By Brian Hoffman’s estimation, he’s had better than average luck adopting precision farming tools at Hoffman & Sons Inc., where he farms with his brother-in-law, Jesse Scroeder, and long time employee, Dan Bolling, near Brunswick in northeastern Nebraska. They no-till 2,200 acres of corn, soybeans, alfalfa and dryland cereal rye.

Ag Leader announced today that AgFiniti® Remote Support allows dealers to connect to a user’s display for viewing and troubleshooting from any location in real-time. This service makes it possible for farm managers, dealers and support technicians at one location to view an Ag Leader® Integra or Versa™ display in a client’s equipment at another location.