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Equipment Mixups Can Cost Time in the Field

Brand Dairy Farms is one of The Fertilizer Institute’s 2014 4R Advocate Award winners and precision farming equipment helped them attain it.
By Clair Urbain posted on June 6, 2014 | Posted in Equipment Compatibility
Brand Dairy Farms is one of The Fertilizer Institute’s 2014 4R Advocate Award winners and precision farming equipment helped them attain it.
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Seeking Guidance When Researching New Technology

By Clair Urbain posted on May 9, 2014 | Posted in Product Innovations
Ron Peterson, who farms 2,400 acres of corn and soybeans near Gilbert, Iowa, started using precision farming equipment in the 1990s with a yield monitor and hasn’t looked back. However, he remains skeptical about adopting new kid-on-the-block technology until he’s convinced it can pay its way.
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Making Data Records Work with Specialty Crops

By Clair Urbain posted on April 3, 2014 | Posted in Data Management
Iott Seed Farms produces seed potatoes used to grow spuds for potato chips near Kalkaska in northwest Michigan. Owners Dennis and Greg Iott also grow wheat, rye and sudex in their potato rotation. This specialty crop presents challenges as the Iotts strive to collect better data to fine-tune their cropping system.
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Frustration Can Shelve Precision Farming Plans

By Clair Urbain posted on March 4, 2014 | Posted in Service & Support
Everybody likes a precision farming equipment story that ends happily ever after. For Jeff Toussaint, a fourth generation no-till farmer at Toussaint Farms near Medina, N.Y., his first foray into precision farming was more of a nightmare, and he attributes poor dealer support as the main reason for it.
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