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Listen to the 2026 Growing Season Farm Playlist

Hop in the cab, hit shuffle and enjoy these songs that all have something to do with farming. Some of them are directly farming related like Luke Bryan's "Rain Is a Good Thing." Other's might be more subtle like Jason Isbell's song "Grown," which isn't necessarily about agriculture but the title involves things (or people) that grow.
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Precision Farming Dealer's Best of the Web: June 10, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Kentucky Farmer Plants Entire Crop Autonomously
  • Nebraska Farmers Show How Precision Tech Transforms Their Operation
  • Most Valuable Precision Dealer Shares Drone Insights
  • Top 10 Leaders in Smart Harvest — ‘the Future of Intelligent Agriculture'
  • Greenfield Robotics Founder Shares Update on Ag Robots' Impact

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Precision Farming Dealer's Best of the Web: June 3, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Autonomous Machine Plants Organic Corn Trials
  • Why AI Isn’t Showing Up On Your Bottom Line
  • More Universities Offering Precision Ag Degrees, But Enrollment Lagging
  • How to Launch, Fly and Map With New WingtraRAY Drone
  • Big Changes for Case IH and New Holland Machinery Dealers, Customers – and Rival Colors



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Hands-On Precision Ag Lessons Yield 'Aha' Moments for Iowa High Schoolers

Opening eyes was part of what Iowa State University’s Digital Ag Innovation Lab was aiming for in creating the Precision Ag Technology Curriculum for High Schools (PATCH) program, which debuted this school year in 22 high school agriculture classrooms in Iowa and will expand to another round of schools across the state this fall.
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Electric Farm Machinery: Outlook Through 2027

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$500.00 (33%)

This online-exclusive report features original reporting from expert farm machinery journalists and primary research on the impact of electric farm machinery for North American equipment dealers, manufacturers and suppliers.

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Alternatives to Fossil Fuels in Farm Machinery: Overview & Outlook Through 2027

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$100.00 (14%)

This compilation covers a state of the technology review of alternative fuels and includes primary research of North American dealers. This authoritative report provides you with the insight you need to strategically position your business for changes in the fuel choices that power the machinery on the farm.

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Precision Ag Adoption Among No-Tillers

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Over the last 10 years, no-till farmers have had a relatively consistent pattern of adoption for precision ag technology. Trends among key precision technologies show a relatively consistent pattern of expansion with a temporary downturn in 2020 and 2021, then a return to similar rates of expansion in 2022 and 2023.

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Ag Equipment Intelligence’s USDA Ag Census Reference Guide: 20 Years of Essential Agricultural Data (2002-2022)

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$100.00 (17%)

A Breakdown of the USDA Censuses of Agriculture from 2002-2022, examining how farmers are spending, what equipment they’re using and what crops they’re growing. This is a recommended tool for manufacturers and dealers to understand how the demographic of their customer base is set to change in the coming years, particularly when it comes to what they will buy and what they will grow.

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2024 'Big Dealer' Report

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$100.00 (20%)

Since 2011, the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence in collaboration with the Machinery Advisors Consortium have compiled the annual "Big Dealer" Report to provide the ag equipment industry with a thorough, by-the-numbers analysis into the shifts in dealer ownership, along with insight into the implications these shifts have on the industry. It's the most detailed source of information on ownership changes and consolidation trends of North America's largest farm equipment dealers.

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2019 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends

2019 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends (PDF) - Farm Equipment Forecast

$299.00

Compiled and written by the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence and in its 14th year, the 48-page Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Forecast has become the must-have business planning tool for the equipment dealer, manufacturer, consultant and other key players in the Ag equipment industry.

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2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit Meeting Binder

$79.00

If you weren't able to attend Farm Equipment and Precision Farming Dealer's SOLD OUT 2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit, you can still have the opportunity to learn leading strategies to evolve and improve the way you sell, service and support precision technology by purchasing an attendee binder.

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AEI Business Trends Outlook 2016

2016 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$199.95

Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2016 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2016 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership. Learn more.

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2015 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

2015 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$199.00

Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2016 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2016 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership.

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