During the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour I got this photo of EPA’s Denise Keehner, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds and Acting Chief Jason Weller, USDA-NRCS. They were attending the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour and met after luncheon remarks by Denise. I spoke with Denise after her remarks and on the subject of inter-agency cooperation she says … Read More
Use the InfoAg Conference App To Make Your Own Schedule
In the lead up to the 2013 InfoAg Conference you might want to get the app so you’re ready. You can get the app for iOS right here or for Android right here. If you’re attending InfoAg I’d like you to have it before attending my session on Wednesday afternoon! The conference will be held July 16-18 in Springfield, Illinois … Read More
The Importance of Conservation
This week I’m attending the Conservation in Action Tour put on by the Conservation Technology Information Center. We’re in Illinois and will be touring farms in the Indian Creek Watershed where CTIC has been partnered with multiple entities in a project since 2010. To kick things off I met our Acting Chief of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Jason … Read More
Landmark Services Cooperative Scouting Drones
Taking your iPad out in the field to fly a drone sounds like a lot of fun. This “fun” activity is becoming a business task more and more. The agronomists at Landmark Services Cooperative are getting in on the fun by using tablet-controlled drones for field scouting. One of the advantages this provides is quicker scouting times (up to 60% … Read More
iCropTrak Farm Management App
The new sponsor of the AgWired App is iCropTrak. We really appreciate their support and hope you’ll check out what they’re doing. To learn all about “Precisely Informed Farm Management” I spoke with Aaron Hutchinson, President and one of the founders of Cogent3D, Inc. The company has also pioneered other services like PrecisionEarth and GISRoam. Aaron says that iCropTrak is … Read More
Google Reader Gone – Subscribe to Precision.AgWired.com
If you’re trying to keep up with the latest news today then you really need a way to subscribe to RSS Feeds. Hopefully you already are. But if you use Google Reader, it goes bye bye today. So what do you do now? I shouldn’t assume you use Google Reader or even know what a news feed reader is I … Read More
New Holland Launches the Genesis T8 Series Tractors
A legacy name is making a comeback at New Holland. It’s the Genesis T8 Series of tractors! Here’s one of the newest tractor from New Holland out in the field at New Holland headquarters in Pennsylvania. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the industry-changing GENESIS™ tractor, New Holland has built a machine to honor its legacy—the GENESIS™ T8 Series tractor. … Read More
Field Staff for Ag Leader Machine Guidance Support
Ag Leader’s Machine Guidance Support Supervisor, Jordan Dittmer, wants you to meet their field support techs. The Machine Guidance Support Group is now up to three field support technicians. They are located in key areas of the US to best support Ag Leader’s growing needs in the field. Seth Schrader is the seasoned veteran of the group located in Northeast … Read More
Summer Training at the Academy
There are a growing number of training sessions being put online for Ag Leader Technology dealers according to John Mueggenberg, Ag Leader Academy. But it’s hard to beat the hands-on experience of classes at company headquarters in Ames, IA. John talked with me about the classes planned for this year which cover the full variety of equipment and software offerings … Read More
G-8 Open Data for Ag Take Aways
Data, data, data. I wonder how many times that word was used at this week’s G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture? A lot I’m sure. Well, I was not there but Paul Welbig, Raven Industries was. Here’s a photo of Paul on the left with Dr. Aboubacar Diaby, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. They are holding … Read More