Accepting precision farming as a necessary evil is an approach that some farm equipment dealers take to justify their investment in a business they perceive to be only a complement to machinery sales.
It’s increasingly common to hear dealers and other agricultural industry experts simply refer to precision farming as farming. With the ongoing integration of technology into machinery, auto-steer and GPS systems have become almost as standard as in-cab features as air conditioning.
Gary Mach can be considered a third-generation dryland crop farmer in Texas. The family’s longevity in the business is due to paying for things as they can afford them, an approach Mach calls “equity farming.”
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Haug Implement Co., a Minnesota farm equipment dealer, is now supplying aerial surveying for Minnesota farmers with a company called Ag Pixel. Headquartered out of Willmar, Minn., Haug Implement Co. has been on the forefront of precision farming since 1994.
When the Beckman family began adopting precision farming technology on their 4,000 acre operation near Elgin, Neb., they had the foundation in place for a smooth transition to strip-till.
Managing precision ag data is a yearlong process, says Ohio State University Extension. Here's are some reminders and tips on how to help farmers get the most out of it.
It's easy to get confused about the two terms, precision agriculture and Big Data. Big Data is much more than precision agriculture, but precision ag operations often generate key elements of the data needed for Big Data applications.
Ryan Nell's family farm has been using precision farming equipment since 1999 — when he was 13 years old. Today, he's part of an extended family cash grain and dairy operation near Beaver Dam, Wis., and they continue to fine-tune and leverage precision farming data to improve productivity on their operation.
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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