Last month, I had the opportunity to share some of the results and analysis from our most recent benchmark study at the Western Equipment Dealers Assn. meeting in Arizona. During the course of my discussion, one of the questions I posed to the room was how many are offering some type of data management service?
Through this partnership, Trotter Fertilizer will provide growers with advanced precision agronomy recommendations from Farmers Edge to enhance existing variable-rate technology (VRT) programs.
Consolidation is trending in the precision farming industry with several equipment manufacturers, hardware suppliers and data management providers merging or forming business partnerships in recent months.
Topcon Agriculture and SDF plan to enter into a non-exclusive long-term partnership agreement. This latest arrangement of Topcon with a major OEM is designed to strengthen both positions in the global markets for agriculture machines and precision farming.
The Des Moines Register reports attorneys for Kinze filed motions asking a federal judge to stop John Deere from trying to access a wide variety of internal documents about the Williamsburg company's planting equipment business, including marketing strategies, sales data and research and development plans.
For the third year in a row, U.S. dealers are forecasting fewer additions to their precision farming departments, according to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s 2017 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends report.
Trimble announced it has added 4 new partners in the U.S. and Europe to its Vantage distribution network of independent partners that provide growers, advisors, retailers, co-ops and local OEM dealers with precision farming expertise.
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.
The month was dominated by coverage of the ongoing lawsuit over John Deere's acquisition of Precision Planting and the major manufacturer's agreement with Ag Leader.
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.
DigiFarm VBN is a proven leader in providing RTK Correction Services across the Midwest and beyond, via cellular based RTK network. We have been in business since 2011 working with farmers, Ag retailers, and precision Ag dealers
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