After years of planning, research and development, FMC finally received EPA registration on a new herbicide, Anthem. You can learn more about it from Roger Webster, FMC. Roger was available to members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting this week in Kansas City, MO. Anthem is a “preplant, preemergence and early postemergence herbicide for corn. Anthem provides growers with … Read More
Ag Leader with Farm Broadcasters
Ag Leader Technology spent a day talking with farm broadcasters this week. Here’s Josh Rassmusson in their Trade Talk booth in Kansas City, MO. It’s the annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. I picked up my Golden ZimmComm Microphone to take my turn interviewing Josh. We talked about GeoSteer, Ag Leader’s new automated steering system. It works with their … Read More
What Precision Ag Customers Want and Need
One size doesn’t fit all. At least that’s what Ag Leader dealers believe and that’s why they attend the Ag Leader Academy. And whether a grower has 80 acres or 8,000 acres, Ag Leader has a product offering that can deliver a value to that customer. So, Ag Leader dealers are dedicated to spending enough time with customers to determine … Read More
ZimmComm Team on Location
Here’s the ZimmComm team (Jamie, Cindy and me) collecting all our photos and interviews from the Trade Talk session at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention. We’ve got lots. Photos are being updated in the photo album right now. Interviews will be showing up for days and days! Precision ag is a subject that’s becoming more and more a … Read More
Voting Time
I voted. Have you? It really is a civic duty and I hope you’ll take the time today to get it done. I’m not writing this to encourage you to vote for a certain person or issue. Hopefully you will have become familiar with the issues in your state and know what to do. As far as the Presidential race, … Read More
Your Data Becoming a Cash Crop
The American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers just completed their annual meeting along with the AgroNomics Conference and Trade Show. One of the companies exhibiting was Farmers Edge. They want you to Grow. More. Precisely. Wade Barnes, President/CEO and Co-Founder, was also on the program talking about “Data – the New Cash Crop.” He says that as we … Read More
Ag Leader is Spanning the Globe
Ag Leader has been selling into the international market for 18 years and currently has distribution in over 30 countries. Offices are growing and now span the globe with people on the ground in the Netherlands, Europe, Australia and Brazil, and the company hopes to continue to grow those operations to better serve international customers. David King, Ag Leader marketing … Read More
Ag Leader Expands Tech Support
You’ve heard the old saying, “Jack of all trades, master of none”, right? Over the years, employees have had to know enough about every product just to be dangerous. But with all the advancements in precision agriculture and the ways in which modern farming practices have changed, employees have in fact become experts on one product. They’ve become “specialized teams”. … Read More
SCR Dairy Precision
Let me introduce you to SCR Dairy, Inc., Precise Dairy Farming. We’re in a precision world in agriculture and that includes the dairy industry. In the case of SCR Dairy it’s all about cow monitoring systems. Just prior to the recent World Dairy Expo, ag media got a close up look at SCR Dairy via management presentations and a tour … Read More
Ag Leader Addresses European Market Expansion
The adoption rate of precision agriculture in Europe has been modest to date. Higher prices for grain and farm inputs have triggered an increasing interest in precision ag and its wider adoption. And while most precision ag has been focused on classic uses such as yield monitors, the interest in GPS guidance is growing. For example, in 2006, about 9 … Read More