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Is the Call Out Justified?

By Keith Byerly posted on October 20, 2017 | Posted in Industry News
To imply that any Agronomic Advisor that has built a program that has proven itself to bring value your operation over the years has any intention of selling Tons vs. enabling your long-term success is irresponsible.
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Analyzing Analytics

By Keith Byerly posted on September 22, 2017 | Posted in Data Management
Field Analytics is the emerging buzz area of Precision Ag. It has existed for several years in many different forms and offerings, but never really gained a lot of momentum or a large following. And honestly, it’s because it is a challenging proposition to get correct.
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Garbage In Garbage Out

By Keith Byerly posted on September 14, 2017 | Posted in Data Management
Precision Ag, as a whole, has a fascination, and a conundrum when it comes to Yield Data. The Holy Grail is to take your local data and turn it into useful and useable tools that drive decisions and input application.
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Adapting to the Times

By Keith Byerly posted on July 21, 2017
As I was driving back and forth between our office and warehouse a couple of weeks ago, there was a survey crew working along the highway. They had their RTK antenna in one hand, and their data logger in the other. And for the next few days, they continued to work on this stretch of highway doing a survey of elevation. And it got me to thinking about how all of us adopt technology, and specifically how quickly we do it.
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Preparing for the Unknown

By Keith Byerly posted on June 9, 2017
The best football coaches always have a game plan. Some of them even script their first few plays so that the team knows exactly how to prepare and come out of the gate for the best start. I think in farming that we do the same thing every season. But without a doubt, the game has thrown us some major variations that we were not expecting.
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Digital Records of Visual Observations

By Keith Byerly posted on May 19, 2017 | Posted in Industry News
As we are watching this corn crop come out of the ground this year, it’s time to begin evaluating what has happened thus far. Different areas have had wet spells and planted corn in wet soils, while almost everybody has planted in cold soils. We have had humidity that made residue management difficult, and the wind that has buried clean strips with trash. Through it all, you all did the best job you could to manage the conditions that you had and planting to the best of your abilities. So now is the time to grade your work.
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RTK for Everybody

By Keith Byerly posted on April 27, 2017
As we are in the midst of putting our crop in this year, there are a few things that some of us take for granted. One of those is straight rows, which most any system can deliver.
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Sprayer Systems are Cool Again

By Keith Byerly posted on April 7, 2017 | Posted in Industry News
All too often, in Precision Ag, we get drawn in by the shiny new objects. The newest gadget or widget on the market garners all of our attention, and we wait to learn more and learn its ROI. And when this happens, all too often we forget about some of the older players on our bench.
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