Electronically monitoring cows for activity helps to automate the heat detection process, and supply more accurate breeding information for increased pregnancy rates. Activity monitors can also alert producers to health challenges ahead of clinical signs being visually observed, allowing for earlier treatment and avoiding a potential drop in milk production. To increase monitoring capabilities, GEA Farm Technologies has added eating … Read More
New Holland Sponsors Great American Wheat Harvest
Next week I’ll finally get to see The Great American Wheat Harvest! AgWired has been a sponsor of this fantastic project since the beginning and now we get to see the fruit of that investment during National Ag Day Activities next week in Washington, DC. Conrad Weaver, ConjoStudios, the film producer is happy to announce another silver sponsor for the … Read More
New Holland’s Tier 4B Solution
Tier 4B. We’ve all heard about it but how many of you understand it? If you watch this presentation that was done by New Holland’s David Kohuth during Operation Blue Force you’ll have a much better understanding. It’s the best explanation I’ve heard so far. New Holland has settled on ECOBlue™ Hi-eSCR technology as their final solution and David walked … Read More
Bayer Buzzing About Bees
One of the most important topics discussed at the recent Bayer CropScience Ag Issues Forum was the buzz about bee health and what is being done to address declining bee colonies. One of the panelists was Laurie Adams, executive director of the Pollinator Partnership. Laurie stressed that collaboration between all parties is needed to protect all pollinators, including bees. Listen … Read More
New Holland Precision Land Management
If you are not familiar with New Holland’s approach to this thing we call precision agriculture then Chris Carrier wants to bring you up to date. Chris manned the New Holland Precision Land Management (PLM) tent during the recent Operation Blue Force event I attended. Precision technologies are revolutionizing agriculture, and producers are using them more and more to reduce … Read More
More Powerful & Accurate Steering for Farmers
Leica Geosystems announced the Leica SteerDirect ES Plus, the enhanced successor to the Leica SteerDirect ES. The electric steering system gives farmers a brand independent steering solution to improve accuracy by diminishing skips and overlaps, saving fuel, fertilizer, chemicals, and reducing operator fatigue. The Leica SteerDirect ES Plus is a flexible solution that enables assisted steering on most tractor, sprayer … Read More
AgriImage Announces Ag-Scout Extreme
Crop scouting is getting more fun because of companies like AgriImage. I first learned about this company before this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Finally, I caught up with company Vice President, Sean Pinkerton, to talk about their products. The newest addition to their line-up is the Ag-Scout Extreme. It features a carbon fiber airframe that makes it lightweight and … Read More
17 Inappropriate Uses For An Electric Fence
The Zareba Systems customer service line has taken some interesting calls over the years. Been asked some very…unique questions and told some rather interesting stories. See, we’ve always thought electric fences were a pretty straightforward product. You want to keep some animals in a certain area? Sure, we can do that! Oh, you need to keep pests and predators away … Read More
New Holland Ground Speed/Headland Management
The next lesson I got with Operation Blue Force from New Holland put me back into the cab. This time it was all about Ground Speed Management and Headland Management. Our classroom teacher was Vic Constable. After the lesson I got into a T9 4-wheel drive tractor with track units pulling a massive field “Optimizer” to put that lesson in … Read More
Precision Aerial Ag Show
It might not be quite the same as a show put on by the Blue Angels but . . . For you agnerds out there it sounds pretty exciting. It’s the Precision Aerial Ag Show. Here’s the tentative agenda. The PAAS is powered by Farm Industry News and Farm Progress Events. The event will be held in Progress City USA, … Read More