I love my TomTom. I really am not sure what I would do without it. I come from a small town in Central Illinois and I recently made a career move that took me to Indianapolis. Tom is the best co-pilot a girl from small town USA that moved to the big city could hope to find. He takes me … Read More
Raven Introduces OmniSeed System
More reliability, efficiency and control are what Raven Industries promises growers can get with the new OmniSeed Advanced Air Seeder Control System, just introduced this week. “OmniSeed allows for variable rate technology, it’s a very scalable system with a lot of unique features on it that we think are going to be pretty popular in the air seeder market,” Raven’s … Read More
FS Green Plan Solutions Overview
Meet Sid Parks, Manager, Precision Farming. That means we talked about FS Green Plan Solutions, a broad area of products and services offered to local FS retailers and a sponsor of Precision.AgWired.com. We’ve certainly introduced you to this part of GROWMARK before but thought you might be interested in Sid’s outlook. The definition of precision farming is very broad and … Read More
Mother Nature Won’t Have The Last Laugh
What problem cost growers the most during planting season? In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we’ll look at some of the challenges growers have faced this spring after Mother Nature’s temper tantrum and how the technological advancements in modern agriculture can benefit them. I sat down with Sean Arians, Education Coordinator for Precision Planting, … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Connecting with the Connected Farmer
In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we’ll look at how some farmers are using their online time and the social media tools they’re using to make important purchases. A recent survey by AgHaven showed that more farmers are spending more time online but are sometimes frustrated with the results. AgHaven President, Srik Soogoor says … Read More
Planting On The Minds of Growers
During the recent Commodity Classic which was held in Tampa, FL, I spoke with Ryan Molitor, Raven Industries. Ryan is actually in the background of this photo of their booth. He and I seem to run into each other at shows all over the country and at all times of the year. So I asked him what’s different about this … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Precision Mixing? There’s an App for That!
In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we hear about a new app that can help producers more precisely mix crop protection products. Precision Laboratories, an agricultural chemical company, has developed, Mix Tank, an iPhone-based app that allows you to save custom tank mixes and share them via email, Twitter and Facebook. You can hear … Read More
FS Green Plan Provides Agronomy Based Solutions
Planting season is almost upon us now, which means a new year for farmers to discover how they can increase yields and profitability. GROWMARK FS Green Plan Solutions helps farmers do just that. I recently spoke with Jim Spradlin, vice president of agronomy for FS Green Plan, about how they help their farmers. “The FS system works very hard to … Read More
Deere Offers Nutrient Management Advice at Classic
“Balancing Fertilizer Price Risk and In-Field Management to Optimize Yield and Profitability” was the topic of a Learning Session at the 2011 Commodity Classic in Tampa last week, sponsored by John Deere. Deere’s Pauley Bradley, manager of nutrient applications, had a full house for the session which discussed nitrogen practices today, concerns that fall anhydrous application may not be around … Read More
SMS Software Customer Training is Valuable
Casey Schlichting, corn and soybean grower from Clear Lake, Iowa, farms about 1,300 acres with his father and uncle. For about seven years, he and his family have utilized SMS Software from Ag Leader – a data storage solution that captures data from planting, fertilizing, spraying, harvest or guidance, and houses it all and organizes it for easy access. Casey … Read More