Dakota Micro is proud to announce a new factory install partnership with Kinze Manufacturing. Kinze Customers will now have the ability to purchase planters and grain carts with the AgCam camera as a factory installed option. AgCam cameras have been engineered to withstand the harshest environments with ease and reliability. Featuring a completely waterproof housing, these cameras can be used … Read More
Case-IH AFS and New Holland PFS Software Users Convert to Ag Leader SMS Software Today
Ag Leader Technology is offering current Case-IH AFS and New Holland PFS desktop software users the opportunity to convert to Ag Leader SMS desktop software. CNH AFS/PFS users that choose to convert will be assured continued SMS software updates and industry leading support directly from Ag Leader. Ag Leader and SMS will continue to support the CNH file formats and … Read More
Ag Leader Launches New Insights Magazine
Ag Leader Technology announces the launch of Insights magazine, a new precision farming publication produced by the Ag Leader team. The debut issue of the quar¬terly magazine reached a circulation of more than 20,000 readers this month, primarily targeting growers and precision farming industry professionals who are looking to get more out of their precision farming tools and to learn … Read More
The Great PrecisionAg Give-Away Winners!
This year’s PrecisionAg Give-Away winners were selected at the 2012 Commodity Classic. Integra from Ag Leader: winner was Bob Metz DGPS subscriptions from OmniSTAR: winners were Linda Wolfert and Dennis Clarke Cruizer II from Raven: winner was Darin Anderson Summit & Stratus With Field PC from SST Software: Cal Dalton Congratulations to all! 2012 Commodity Classic Photo Album
Ag Leader Acquires Water Management Products and Technologies
To integrate water management into its expanding precision farming portfolio, Ag Leader has acquired Soil-Max, manufacturer of the market-leading Gold Digger tile plow, and the assets of Gradient, Inc., a related company which revolutionized the control of tile plows with the Intellislope GPS-based control system. These products allow growers and tiling contractors to solve water management challenges very cost effectively … Read More
Organizations Express Support for Conservation Title in the Farm
Today, 643 organizations, representing tens of millions Americans, expressed strong support for the Conservation Title of the U.S. Farm Bill in a letter sent to Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee Frank Lucas (R-OK), as well as the ranking members of those committees. The letter urges the committees to provide … Read More
New Highly Erodible Cropland Initiative for CRP
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new conservation initiative to protect up to 750,000 acres of the nation’s most highly erodible croplands. The new initiative will assist producers with targeting their most highly erodible cropland (land with an erodibility index of 20 or greater) by enabling them to plant wildlife-friendly, long-term cover through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Producers … Read More
Precision Technology Aids in Farm Safety
We’ve all heard the scary statistic that the work farmers do every day to provide our nation with the safest, most abundant food supply in the world is also the most dangerous. That’s right: The National Safety Council’s 2009 edition of Injury Facts ranked agriculture as our nation’s most dangerous industry. Farmers are continually aware of the personal risk they … Read More
Wheat Growers Purchases MZB Technologies
Wheat Growers has purchased MZB Technologies, a precision agronomy company based in Watertown, S.D. Wheat Growers has been using MZB Technologies as their exclusive precision ag software since 2002. The MZB Precision Farming System delivers a patented, zone-based, precision farming system that delivers multi-layer field management for site-specific application of agricultural inputs. MZB offers two service options: • The MZB … Read More
Precision Tank & Equipment Company to Join No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet
BRANDT announced Precision Tank & Equipment Company will join the No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet, driven by championship contender Justin Allgaier. Precision Tank and Equipment (PT&E) is the first to join BRANDT as part of effort to represent the various aspects of agriculture through its marketing initiative in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. PT&E is a leader in agriculture, fire, municipal and … Read More