Polaris® Industries Inc., the leading manufacturer of off-road vehicles and The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) announced a national partnership recognizing the industry-leading utility vehicle (UTV), Polaris RANGER, as the “Official UTV of the PRCA, the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.” “Given that the majority of our members and fans reside in rural America, this … Read More
New Holland Debuts Guardian™ Injection Toolbar
New Holland has introduced the Guardian™ Injection Toolbar to the Guardian self-propelled sprayer line. The new piece of equipment was on display at the 2015 Commodity Classic and Chuck stopped by to chat with New Holland’s Jason Hardy to learn more about it’s capabilities. The Guardian™ Injection Toolbar applies the liquid fertilizer exactly where the crop needs it most. Farmers … Read More
ANBO Manufacturing’s New Line of Grapples & Blades
ANBO manufacturing has announced a new product line of grapples and blades for Wheel Loaders, Large Tractors and Skid Steers with horsepower rating ranges from 100 HP to 300 HP. The grapple line-up includes a series of rugged and reliable rakes and rakes with upper grapples that have exceptional quality and high capacity material handling capability. “Products in this new … Read More
Do You Agree With Government Controlled Internet?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What do you think of proposed government control over the internet?” It has been called net neutrality or open internet but now it should be called government controlled internet. In a vote along partisan lines the FCC last Thursday passed sweeping changes in how it will be regulating the internet. Basically, they are treating … Read More
Seed Hawk Wins AE50 Award For Innovations in Ag
Growers have a new ally in the pursuit of higher yields, controlled inputs and overall increased efficiency with Seed Hawk’s award-winning new Precision Meter and iCon™ Wireless Control System. The new technologies – which won the prestigious AE50 2015 Award for innovative new products produced in 2014 – take precision seeding to a whole new level. “We’re extremely proud of … Read More
New Holland’s Flexi-Coil® P Series Air Carts
On display at the 2015 Commodity Classic was New Holland’s Flexi-Coil® P Series Air Carts. The redesigned carts have an unprecedented number of patent-pending features for all operations. Chuck met up with New Holland’s Trevor Rempel, Global Product Marketing Manager, on the trade show floor to learn more about the rather large piece of equipment. “We started with a completely … Read More
PrecisionHawk & Agri-Trend Provide UAV Services
PrecisionHawk and Agri-Trend announced a partnership to offer PrecisionHawk’s leading UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) data collection, Sensing and Analysis tools to farmers across the US and Canada through the Agri-Trend SkyScout™ Program. This year, the partnership will offer UAV services throughout regions of Canada using trained individuals with the objective to roll out a full commercialization service model in 2016. … Read More
FarmLogs Advantage Unveiled
FarmLogs, the leading data science company that helps over 20 percent of U.S. farms maximize productivity and field profitability, unveiled FarmLogs Advantage at Commodity Classic last week. The suite of breakthrough innovations will make precision farming possible for every farmer in America. The new version of FarmLogs will offer powerful automated data collection and analysis features focused on helping farmers … Read More
2014 Nebraska On-Farm Research Results
The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network continues to grow and this year the program expanded to include three update meetings with over 250 in attendance. Growers and educators discussed results from over 75 on-farm research studies. A number of topics were covered: cover crops, foliar fungicides, growth promoters, harvest methods, seed treatments, foliar micro-nutrients, planting operations, corn and soybean planting populations, … Read More
Iteris’ ClearAg Crop Protection Beta Testing Program
Iteris, Inc., a leader in providing intelligent traffic management and weather information solutions, announced the opening of its ClearAg™ Crop Protection application programming interfaces (API) beta testing program. Chuck spoke with Bob Stern in the Iteris booth during the 2015 Commodity Classic allowing him to share more information about their next step in the evolution in our family of precision … Read More