Awards Of Excellence Nominations Now Open

Melissa SandfortIndustry News

Precision agriculture products and practices have been enhanced and improved over the past two decades in large part by the work of innovative and driven individuals and organizations. The PrecisionAg Award of Excellence program sheds light on some of the most important people and programs that have helped agriculture realize the full benefits of technology to improve agronomy, efficiency, and … Read More

Ag Leader Introduces a Crop Sensor Rate Table for the OptRx™ Crop Sensors

Melissa SandfortAg Leader, Insights Weekly

Growers looking for application flexibility can take advantage of a new Crop Sensor Rate Table available now from Ag Leader Technology. This functionality offered through the DirectCommand system on the INTEGRA display allows producers to utilize the OptRx crop sensors to apply the agrochemicals they need on-the-go at the rates necessary for optimum performance. Crop Sensor Product Specialist Chad Fick … Read More

What’s Coming in SMS Basic/Advanced v12.0 From Ag Leader

Melissa SandfortAg Leader, Audio, Insights Weekly

Ag Leader will soon be releasing SMS Basic/Advanced v12.0 and SMS Mobile v6.0. Here are a few of the items that will be included in this upcoming release. Among the updates in SMS Basic/Advanced Version 12.0, updated tools allow growers to work with the latest file formats on the market from the following precision farming companies: Ag Leader, CNH, John … Read More

Planting Pre-Season Checklist from Ag Leader

Melissa SandfortAg Leader, Insights Weekly

What a spring! With beautiful weather and warming soil temperatures many growers have started to feel the itch to get out and start planting. Ag Leader’s Tech Support wants to take the time to pass along a few helpful pointers to ensure a smooth planting season while using Ag Leader equipment. Measures taken prior to lowering the planter into the … Read More

Downloading Soil Survey Data Just Got Easier

Melissa SandfortAg Leader, Insights Weekly

According to Isaac Bowers, Ag Leader Software Support and Training Supervisor, common questions during the winter months are, “Where can I go to find soil survey data?” and, “What do I need to do to bring that data into SMS?” In the past, growers had to know which websites had that data, wait to download a county’s worth of information … Read More

TeeJet AI3070 Dual Pattern Flat Spray Tip Introduced

Melissa SandfortCompany Announcement, Spraying

The new AI3070 spray tip from TeeJet Technologies provides thorough plant coverage with minimal spray drift. This spray tip utilizes a patent-pending design that provides two spray patterns at angles of 30º forward and 70º rearward. The leading pattern provides good penetration into the foliage while the trailing pattern provides thorough coverage of the upper crop canopy and grain head. … Read More

Looking for Grower Volunteers for Research Project

Melissa SandfortCompany Announcement, Corn

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension and the Nebraska Corn Growers Association are looking for corn growers to participate in a new research project. There is no fee to join the network and you will gain valuable, useful information for your operation. Be part of a statewide on-farm research program addressing critical farmer production, profitability and natural resources questions. Learn more here. … Read More

New Features for Leica mojoMINI and Leica mojo3D Now Available

Melissa SandfortCompany Announcement, Leica Geosystems

Leica Geosystems released additional features for its guidance systems Leica mojoMINI and Leica mojo3D to further enhance product usability and compatibility. The touch screen of the Leica mojoMINI has undertaken several modifications. It offers now two lightbar modes: the traditional cross track only lightbar and the Leica smart lightbar. Furthermore farmers are able to choose the use of WAAS and … Read More

Saving Money With Precision Ag Technology

Melissa SandfortAg Leader, Insights Weekly

The use of precision farming products continues to increase. With increasing input costs, producers are often looking for ways to adopt technology to make farming operations more efficient and productive. Guidance systems also reduce overlap in fields which leads to less passes across the field, less fuel and product use (i.e. seed, fertilizer, and herbicide), and fewer operator hours. And … Read More

UNL Looking For Extension Educator

Melissa SandfortCompany Announcement

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is now hiring a full-time, non-tenure leading, faculty position located in the Southeast Research and Extension Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This position will provide strong regional leadership for focused, comprehensive educational programs in Cropping Systems-Agricultural Technologies and Youth Development. This position offices in Fremont and serves the region. Review of applications will begin on … Read More