Janzen Ag Law is celebrating our first year. What better way to celebrate than write a blog post about the highs and lows of what it meant to start a business in late 2015. Here are my highs and lows from the past year.

Farmers in the Lake Erie watershed area in northwest Ohio are extremely aware of the public’s interest in water quality and agriculture’s role in protecting it. David Myerholtz says precision farming practices help him and his father, Lowell, fine tune and document their efforts to protect the water quality in Lake Erie. Technology also helps them use crop inputs more efficiently.

Rich Schlipf, who heads up Rich Schlipf Farms Inc., near Milford, Ind., could be characterized as being on the bleeding edge of precision agriculture. “Although we farm only 700 acres and custom-plant about 700 acres a year, we are over-equipped,” he says.

Expanded networking sessions to feature autonomy in ag, aftermarket opportunities and bundling service on Jan. 9-10 in St. Louis.