Precision Planting of Tremont, Illinois recently launched a new iPad monitoring application for use in production agriculture. It’s called “FieldView”, their latest addition to the 20/20 Seed Sense system for planter management. Sean Arians, education coordinator with Precision Planting, says the application puts the iPad to good use in the cab of the tractor. “Rather than just playing games like Angry … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: RTK your way
MyWay RTK was launched in the Fall of 2010. It’s a new RTK system engineered for the specific needs of agriculture – and designed so farmers can work with those most important in making their operation successful. In this Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology we take a closer look at a technology neutral solution to help farmers receive their RTK corrections over the … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Making life a little simpler
Each month we look at different technologies that make our lives just a little easier. Sometimes it is great technological advancements is precision technologies… sometimes it’s the latest and greatest app for our smart phone and sometimes it is just making a tedious process a little less cumbersome. That’s the case this month. In this Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Technology in cranberry harvest
Holiday season is rapidly approaching with just a few short weeks from Thanksgiving and only 55 days until Christmas. We oftentimes forget about what it takes to get the food to our table. In this Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology we sit down with Trenton Beemis, a Wisconsin cranberry farmer and recently the National FFA Organizations Proficiency Award winner … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Equipment to match those advancements
How can we keep up with the technological advancements growers face in the field? In this Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology we sit down with Katie Dierker, Division Marketing Manager with John Deere and find out what John Deere is doing to meet the increased demands of growers in the field. This summer, John Deere had its biggest John … Read More
There’s an app for that, too
There are Android and iPhone apps for just about everything. My friend, Jason Webster runs the Practical Farm Research for Beck‘s Hybrids in Downs, Ill. In addition he farms, too. Jason fully admits he doesn’t always practice what he used to preach about scouting fields during the growing season. Because of that – he’s gone to a more sophisticated form of scouting. One that he utilizes and … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Save Our GPS
I love my TomTom. I really am not sure what I would do without it. I come from a small town in Central Illinois and I recently made a career move that took me to Indianapolis. Tom is the best co-pilot a girl from small town USA that moved to the big city could hope to find. He takes me … Read More
Mother Nature Won’t Have The Last Laugh
What problem cost growers the most during planting season? In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we’ll look at some of the challenges growers have faced this spring after Mother Nature’s temper tantrum and how the technological advancements in modern agriculture can benefit them. I sat down with Sean Arians, Education Coordinator for Precision Planting, … Read More