Frustration if often a byproduct of progress and as any precision specialist will tell you, helping customers integrate new technology into their operation comes with a hitch or two.
Dicamba drift issues are a big concern this summer, making me wonder how willing farmers will be to trust the recommendations from their ag data platforms on when it is OK to spray. An even better question is: what happens if the platform's recommendation gets it wrong, resulting in Dicamba drift and nearby crop damage?
Having visited with dozens of precision farming specialists — often at their dealership — one of the things I take note of is their interaction with customers, fellow employees and me.
We’ve all probably been in the situation where casually committing to an obligation is a short-term way to delay dealing with it. I can recall at least a few occasions where procrastination seemed like a good idea at the time.
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.
Despite forecasters calling for brief, but unwelcome snow showers this week in our area, I’m still ready to ride the wave of annual motivation that is spring cleaning.
Federal law prohibits price fixing or collusion among competitors. As more ag data moves from farmers' tractors and computers into the cloud, the temptation to price fix by ag technology providers grows. Is it inevitable that sooner or later, ag data platform providers will conspire to fix prices?
I’ve typically been one to lend a neighbor, friend or family member a tool, book or household supplies when in need. I’ve certainly been on the borrowing end of the equation and I’m happy to reciprocate.
As dealer optimism continues to inch upward heading into the second quarter of 2017, no-till farmers are eyeing increased adoption of numerous precision farming technologies.
Our most recent online poll asks how soon dealers expect autonomous vehicles to be commercially available, and the vast majority don’t expect we’ll be waiting very long.
Here in the Technology Corner today, we’re talking about the PTx OutRun autonomous platform — a retrofit kit that enables autonomous grain cart, and now more recently, tillage operations.
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