While attending my first National No-Tillage Conference last week, I found there was no shortage of programs and conversation centered on precision farming technology.

It’s always a pleasure to get a guided tour of farm equipment dealerships I visit and take an intimate look at the how each precision farming operation is structured.

When I began this job, one of the first things I did was scour the Internet to familiarize myself with precision farming terminology.

There were plenty of the combines still roaming the fields in Indiana and Ohio during my swing through the two states last week visiting several precision farming dealers.

With winter inevitably approaching, I recently took advantage of an online deal to have my home heating unit tuned-up to hopefully avoid the nightmare of a broken furnace on a sub-zero day.

During a recent trip through Illinois — to include a couple of farm equipment dealer visits — one precision farming specialist offered a candid prediction about how intertwined technology and machinery will become in the near future.

After running the gauntlet of dozens of precision farming or ag electronics exhibits at my first Farm Progress Show last month in Boone, Iowa, I can honestly say it took a few days to physically recover and mentally digest the wealth of information shared during the event.

While traversing the grounds at the Midwest Ag-Industries Exposition last week in Bloomington, Ill., it didn’t take long to find out what was on the minds of dealers and manufacturers, beyond the beautiful weather that accompanied the event.

Good customer service is often based on flexibility and that certainly applies to precision ag specialists.