Despite the heavy rains at times followed by high heat and humidity, around 800 growers, retailers and crop consultants came to Farm Journal test plots near Bloomington, Ill., to gain in-depth knowledge from experts at the recent Farm Journal Corn College. During this week-long classroom and in-field event, hosted by Farm Journal field agronomists Ken Ferrie and Missy Bauer, participants … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com: Ecological Intensification Key to Meeting Future World Food Needs
In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, we listen in on one of the sessions at the recent International Conference on Precision Agriculture held in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Ken Cassman with the University of Nebraska’s Center for Energy Sciences Research told the standing-room-only crowd that if you look at the past 40 years of farming … Read More
Judging Your Crops from the Combine Seat
After a season spent trying to protect yield, we all know the view from the combine seat is judgment day for hybrids, varieties and assorted management decisions. Watching that yield monitor as you open up fields gets more focused viewership than the alma mater versus the big rival on a football Saturday. Like flat screen TVs, precision ag monitors keep … Read More
SMS Software Now For Mobile PC Devices
Ag Leader expands on its mobile SMS software platform to make it work on larger-screen portable PC devices for field data capture. SMS Mobile PC is the latest way to utilize SMS Mobile software. This newest SMS software product enables the support of SMS Mobile for portable PC devices, including netbooks, tablets and laptop computers; the product can be utilized … Read More
Watch Hybrid and Variety Harvest Results in Real Time
Long known as the pioneer of the yield monitor, Ag Leader continues to gives farmers greater features as they roll out new hybrid/variety maps for its INTEGRA display. Now farmers can see hybrid and variety results in real time during harvest. “For a long time growers have used our yield monitor to compare varieties at harvest. However, the field had … Read More
Better Steering Guidance in Odd-Shaped and Contoured Fields
For farmers who deal with the planting and spraying challenges of farming on contours, terraces and hills, there’s a new guidance pattern from Ag Leader Technology that offers help. Called SmartPath, this new ‘drive and guide’ pattern is designed for fields beyond the straight and flat, and it doesn’t require the traditional set-up using beginning and end points. “If you … Read More
SMS Software Users Get Hard Core Certified Training
Computers and software are an essential element in a grower’s toolbox to achieve greater efficiency. Without advanced software, the coming explosion of variable-rate prescriptions and precise field management zones will not be possible. Even if you are not a power user of software yourself, it’s nice to know that those suppliers creating maps and prescriptions for your fields have the … Read More
ParaDyme Offers Year-Round Benefits
Anytime I hear a grower mention best corn planting in 38 years, my ears perk up and the brain wonders why? Then you hear corn seed savings of 45 bags of seed, or $9,900. Wow. I’m beginning to understand this best year deal. Franksville, WI, grower Mike Borzynski attributes his personal best in the field due to his investment in … Read More
Continue Your Precision Farming Equipment Knowledge
Almost every farmer I’ve interviewed about their precision agriculture investment over the years talks about technology complexity and the HUGE value they place on their retailer’s expertise. To that end, I like to hear about companies and their retailers continually offering product and software training to customers. Starting next week and running all summer, dealers for Ag Leader Technology will … Read More
International Conference to Focus on Precision Ag
Professionals, professors, scientists and some farmers will be traveling to Colorado next month for the 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture in Denver … an event that happens every two years, and this year happens July 18th through the 21st at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center in Denver. In this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, … Read More