The annual Precision Farming Dealer Summit, held at the historic Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 8-9, drew a sold out crowd for the 3rd consecutive year.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share the first part of a conversation at the 4th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference between attendees Kerry and Angela Knuth, Jeff Reints and Tim Leischner, who discuss precision objectives and early payback in their strip-till systems.

Lessiter Media, Brookfield, Wis., has promoted Publisher and Senior Account Executive Michael Ellis to Director of Sales for the company.

Researchers describe the various sensors and the “simple and versatile method for patterning and transferring graphene-based nanomaterials” to create the flexible sensors

While we officially welcomed the new year this week, dealers began preparing for 2018 long before flipping the calendar to January. This includes forecasting the most promising precision technologies to increase revenue in the coming year. Precision Farming Dealer recently asked dealers to identify their best precision bets, and the results ranged from expanding service offerings to new product lines.  

Here are the most-viewed items in 2017 from PrecisionFarmingDealer.com.

Sneak peek at the new AGCO seeder, artificial intelligence in the ag industry and reflecting on your business practices. 

The new technology allows farmers to check for specific genetic traits in crops or weeds. That way, they'll instantly know if their crops are drought or insect resistant or if weeds in their fields are herbicide resistant.