Ag Leader Technology, Inc., and HARDI International A/S announced a cooperative effort to bring greater performance, productivity and profitability to the market with the introduction of the HC 9500 controller, a customized display available on select HARDI ISOBUS sprayers. In addition to complete incorporation with HARDI’s signature i-Features, the HC 9500 controller provides growers with a powerful, full-featured precision farming … Read More
Ag Leader Provides Confidence in Variable Rate Nitrogen Application
When you’re dealing with Mother Nature, nothing is ever sure. But one thing growers can be sure about this 2011 growing season, with the help of the Ag Leader OptRx crop sensor, is nitrogen application. This technology allows the operator to put nitrogen where the crop needs it, leading to input cost efficiency as well as less environmental impact. Basically, … Read More
Get Ready for the Growing Season with Video Tutorials
Technology is literally at the tips of our fingers. We have the ability to learn and read and study the latest advances in agriculture in a variety of different ways. Ag Leader provides information about how to use these technologies via user manuals, and for those customers who are more visual, newly created videos demonstrate the processes step-by-step. These videos … Read More
Join us at InfoAg 2011
InfoAg 2009 was a terrific success. Over 650 participants shared in presentations on a wide range of topics on technology applications and data management and interpretation. As with previous InfoAg Conferences, the networking among participants was again a highlight of the experience. New relationships formed at InfoAg will lead to greater benefits and opportunities for those involved. InfoAg 2011 will … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Precision Mixing? There’s an App for That!
In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we hear about a new app that can help producers more precisely mix crop protection products. Precision Laboratories, an agricultural chemical company, has developed, Mix Tank, an iPhone-based app that allows you to save custom tank mixes and share them via email, Twitter and Facebook. You can hear … Read More
Hands Free Options Give Growers Efficiency and Freedom
As you prepare for the 2011 planting season, you might be looking for ways to make your application and planting equipment more efficient. One way to do that is to utilize autosteer capabilities, giving you hands-free options to focus on other aspects of your business while in the cab. One example is the ParaDyme system from Ag Leader — a … Read More
Have You Completed Your Checklist?
Just as you wouldn’t leave for vacation without an oil change and checking the fluids in your car, as planting season approaches and you find yourself servicing planting equipment, be sure to give your precision ag equipment a “once-over” as well. A great place to start this routine service check is by making a back-up of last year’s data and … Read More
Ag Leader Firmware Update
The latest firmware updates for the INTEGRA and EDGE displays have been released, offering several enhancements and new features for customers. With these new features, the displays offer even greater functionality for your operation, and the firmware enhancements address many common requests. Customers who have the INTEGRA display will see increased functionality, including Virtual Terminal and Advanced Seed Monitoring for … Read More
SMS Software Customer Training is Valuable
Casey Schlichting, corn and soybean grower from Clear Lake, Iowa, farms about 1,300 acres with his father and uncle. For about seven years, he and his family have utilized SMS Software from Ag Leader – a data storage solution that captures data from planting, fertilizing, spraying, harvest or guidance, and houses it all and organizes it for easy access. Casey … Read More
Ag Leader Mesa A Fully Functional Handheld
At the National Farm Machinery Show Pete Youngblut, who works in the Ag Leader Technology software support group, brought me up to date on the new Mesa handeld rugged notebook that is SMS™ Mobile compatible. It allows a customer to go to the field to do crop scouting, set boundaries and more, then bring it back to sync with desktop … Read More