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[Podcast] ‘Stotz GPT’: 24-Store Deere Dealer Embraces AI & Data Analytics

On this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Ag Express, we catch up with Layne Richins, chief technology officer for 24-store John Deere dealer Stotz Equipment.
On this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Ag Express, we catch up with Layne Richins, chief technology officer for 24-store John Deere dealer Stotz Equipment.
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U.S. House Passes Farm Bill 2.0, Pesticide 'Liability Shield' Removed

The version approved Thursday removed controversial language that would have prohibited states and courts from, “penalizing or holding liable entities for failing to comply with requirements that would require labeling or packaging that is in addition to or different from the labeling or packaging approved by the EPA administrator.”


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Precision Farming Dealer's Best of the Web: April 29, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • AI Insights Reducing Manual Scouting for Midwest Retailers
  • Solinftec Closing the Loop on Autonomous Spraying
  • Case IH Dealer Educates Customers With Data Management Webinar
  • AGCO Dealer Boosts Tech Efficiency by 5% in 8 Weeks with AI
  • How Autosteer Systems are Becoming Smarter & More Connected

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Everyone Agrees Autonomous Systems Have a Place in Agriculture. So Why Aren't They Finding One?

Autonomous agriculture companies optimize at the machine level. Better agronomy, resource efficiency, labor reduction. The farmer listening to that pitch optimizes at the farm level. Cost per acre. Cost per bushel. Depreciation, switching cost, downtime risk, parallel systems. Those are not the same calculation. This article is about the gap between them. And why closing it is the real adoption curve.
"Right now, when a startup approaches a dealer group about representing its autonomous platform, the agronomic case is usually compelling and the economics question is usually left to the customer to work out. That's the wrong order," says Graham Gleed, principal advisor at abcg.
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‘Most Innovative Folks You’ll Find’ Gathering at 2026 Strip-Till Conference

13th annual event features educational sessions led by farmers, researchers, agronomists & equipment experts

“The networking is one of the things I love most about the Strip-Till Conference,” says Zack Smith, who strip-tills in Lake Mills, Iowa. “The farmers attending this conference are some of the most innovative folks you’re going to find."


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