Todd Janzen, attorney at Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP in Indianapolis, grew up on a Kansas grain and livestock farm and now practices law in the at the intersection of ag and technology. In this guest post, Todd addresses the question "Does Your Co-Op Own Your Farm Data?"
With precision farming data becoming an increasingly valuable commodity, it's more common to find dealers selling services to include compiling a comprehensive yield report or layering field maps that color-code weaker producing areas for farm customers.
This week I was very thankful to have an autosteer system while performing planting especially since it is always so hard to tell how far away from the previous pass you are.
While still on the cusp of planting season, precision specialists have been feeling the service pressure build for several weeks. Checking in with a few dealers recently, they didn't mince words with how hectic it's been.
I just read the article in Precision Farming Dealer in which Ag Info Tech was identified as the Most Valuable Dealership ("Selling Precision Partnerships with Purpose & Profitability", Precision Farming Dealer, Winter 2015) and would like to offer my congratulations both in this recognition but maybe even more in being able to build your idea into a business.
Creative thinking is a mandatory skill for most precision farming specialists. This applies not only to troubleshooting a technical problem in the field, but also seeking out new sales opportunities.
Spending time during the last few weeks at a handful of industry events, I had the chance to take the pulse of both precision dealers and manufacturers on their market outlook for 2015.
Having recently attended the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers meeting in Louisville, there was plenty of discussion among attendees about the advancements — and existing hurdles — to true precision equipment compatibility.
Spending quite a bit of time on the road the last few years, I only recently thought about how reliant I’ve become on electronic navigation to plot my course.
One of the annual challenges for me and other precision farming managers is planning and budgeting for the upcoming year. Looking back on 2014 and what worked and what needed changing, I found that our dealership had an incredible response to the service agreements we implemented last year.
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.
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