AGCO announced the release of Auto-Guide 3000 – AGCO’s latest integrated assisted-steering solution designed to provide professional farmers around the world with best-in-market functionality. Auto-Guide 3000 is a complete satellite-assisted steering technology and is the mainstream offering for precision technology solutions from AGCO. To meet a growing customer demand for guidance systems, AGCO has taken steps to design its next … Read More
Two New Products From Trimble
Trimble introduced a new high-accuracy correction service available to the agriculture market. The Trimble RangePoint RTX correction service is an introductory, cost-effective correction service available to farmers across the contiguous U.S. as well as most of Canada, South America, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Africa, Asia and Australasia. The RangePoint RTX service is ideal for broadacre agriculture applications. … Read More
Ag Secretary Happy to Work for Rural America
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is happy to be keeping his “great job” and continuing to fight for the future of American agriculture. “I am extraordinarily privileged and honored to have the job as the United States Secretary of Agriculture and to have another opportunity to continue this work,” Vilsack told the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting last week in … Read More
Leica Geosystems Launches Virtual Vista
Leica Geosystems launched Virtual Vista, a web based platform which allows farmers to monitor their fleet and field activities in a simple and effective way. Virtual Vista connects directly through the built-in modem of the Leica mojo3D and customers can access the service within a few steps. No extra software has to be installed nor has additional hardware to be … Read More
Together We Are Ag Leader
An end user’s most important resource is their precision farming dealer. Ag Leader recognizes the importance of their dealer network and that’s why, in 2013, we’re going to introduce you to a few of those dedicated professionals in a series called “Getting to Know Ag Leader”. To kick things off, we caught up with Todd Peterson of Peterson Ag service … Read More
On-Farm Irrigation Advances for Producers
Join the Texas Project for Ag Water Efficiency outside of Harlingen, Texas for a one-day workshop on ON-FARM IRRIGATION. This workshop will focus on low or no cost irrigation techniques and technologies to improve yields and boost net farm income. Presenters from Texas AWE, Texas AgriLife, and NRCS will cover topics including irrigation scheduling, water use efficiency, soil water sensors, … Read More
Should We Be Friends With HSUS?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What do you think is top story of 2012?” Our poll results: It looks like the majority of you at fifty-seven percent felt like “The Drought” was the top story for 2012. “No Farm Bill” came in at fourteen percent and ten percent said “USDA Meatless Monday Uproar”. Our new ZimmPoll is now live … Read More
New Products from TeeJet Technologies
TeeJet Technologies will be introducing several new and innovative spray and precision farming products at AG CONNECT 2013. Among the products being introduced are three AE50 award winners: 1. Sentry 6140 tip flow monitor is a unique, in-cab device that monitors the flow rate of individual spray tips to detect problems like clogging, lost tips and misalignment. 2. Sentry 6120 … Read More
Powering Your Precision Gadget
Got a new gadget on which you can use a new precision app for your farming operation? Then here’s an option for making sure it stays charged up on the road or in the field. It’s the Hyperjuice Micro. I started out with a Hyperjuice Mini which I still have but I like the smaller Micro. It has two usb … Read More
Winner of No‐Till Product of the Year
For eight years running, readers of No-Till Farmer magazine have voted AGROTAIN nitrogen stabilizer by Koch Agronomic Services the top product in the fertility/soil amendments category. Allen Sutton, who was on the product development team for AGROTAIN stabilizer, accepted the award on behalf of Koch at the National No‐Tillage Conference in Indianapolis. AGROTAIN stabilizer is a great fit in no‐till … Read More