Having shadowed several precision farming specialists from multi-store farm equipment dealerships for this series, I’ve come to appreciate the layered responsibilities that come with selling and supporting the technology of a major agricultural brand.
Precision farming has emerged as a vital industry within agriculture and one that may very well hold the long-term keys to higher yields with greater conservation. Along with all of the excitement and buzz this industry generates comes a steady flow of investment dollars from companies keen on developing their own precision farming capabilities to ensure their continued relevance and competitive edge in agribusiness.
Bodenhausen farms 2,300 acres near Muscotah, Kan., and also does custom field work for other farmers in northeastern Kansas. He's a proponent of banding fertilizer and will deep rip compacted soils as well as grain cart paths in the fall.
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Miles Mackow, general manager of Webb's Machinery in Lamont, Alberta, discusses the challenges of having a single precision specialist to cover multiple stores and the dealership's goal of implementing a more formalized structure for their precision business to increase revenue.
Spending quite a bit of time on the road the last few years, I only recently thought about how reliant I’ve become on electronic navigation to plot my course.
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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