Larry Quinn wasn’t quite ready to walk away from the agriculture communications industry when he retired as Director of Communications at USDA. With his strong connection to the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Larry saw a need to share the story and legacy of farm broadcasters across the country. “I looked around and among the membership of NAFB I found … Read More
NAFB Scholarship Recipients Awarded
On the opening day of the 70th National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention the NAFB Foundation awarded this year’s scholarship recipients during a luncheon sponsored by the CME Group. Gina Olsen is the first recipient of the George Logan Scholarship. She is attending the University of Missouri and seeking a degree in agriculture. [wpaudio url=”http://zimmcomm.biz/nafb/nafb-13-gina-olsen.mp3″ text=”Interview with Gina Olsen”] Amie … Read More
What Deere’s Expanded Access Means to Partners
Another agriculture technology company that took advance of John Deere’s API Integrators Conference was MapShots. Chuck met up with Ted Macy, Vice President of Operations and Lead Architect for MapShots. The company focuses on software development and providing crop management applications for the agriculture industry. Ted gives credit to Deere as being one of the first companies to give expanded … Read More
John Deere’s Approach to Developers & APIs
On day one of John Deere’s API Integrator Conference the idea of treating developers like customers and API’s like products was brought to the table. Robert Witcher, Manager in API Enablement & Developer Relations for John Deere, has over 18 years of technology experience, has focused mostly on leading IT for software engineering, including IT strategy for software products and … Read More
John Deere’s Focus on Partner Goals
John Deere’s API Integrators Conference shared with current and future partners the importance of adding customized value to applications for growers globally. Ag Connections attended the event and expressed their excitement for Deere’s customer focus as it lines up perfectly with their customer focused company. Pete Clark, president and co-owner of Ag Connections, an agriculture software company located in Murray, … Read More
John Deere – Making Precision Ag Easier
Making precision agriculture easier was the goal of John Deere’s API Integrator Conference. This global outreach is geared towards unlocking new innovation for customers across the world. Chuck met up with Kevin Very, API Strategy for John Deere’s Intelligent Solutions Group. Kevin’s role focuses on developing the API strategy and structuring information solutions partnerships with 3rd parties for John Deere’s … Read More
AgJunction Shares Excitement for John Deere API
AgJunction’s, Jeff Dearborn attended the John Deere API Integrator Conference. AgJunction is a data services company along with hardware. Jeff overseas the cloud services division. They work with over 35 million acres of crop land and with about 56,000 growers. Chuck caught up with him during the event and Jeff shared his view on what John Deere’s API means for … Read More
John Deere’s Vision for Future Partners
The John Deere API Integrator Conference brought current and future John Deere partners together to learn more about joining forces to provide products that allow producers across the country to do what they do best. Product Manager for On Board Applications at John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, Janae Tapper, presented at the conference on what’s new for AgLogic™ and John … Read More
Ag Leader Shares Impressions on John Deere’s API
During John Deere’s Develop with Deere event, Cory Weddle with Ag Leader Technology spoke with Chuck and gave his impression as an outside partner on the opening up of John Deere’s API and the development of new applications. He shared that it will provide a faster way to solve problems for customers and believes it will truly benefit all parties … Read More
How Partners Impact John Deere’s Technology
John Deere’s recent API Global Integrators Conference brought both technical developers and business participants together to discuss integration strategy, provide input and network with others in their field. During the event Chuck sat down with Brian Holt, Technology Solutions Architect at John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group. He guides the technical direction and implementation of application programming interfaces for api.deere.com, My … Read More