Besides having the media in for John Deere’s product launch, dealers and others came for information and training on all their new equipment rolling out. Chuck’s first interview for the event was with Dave Guetterman who specializes in John Deere’s 9R and 9RT. “The new 9 family of tractors was designed around three customer values: performance, up-time and cost of … Read More
A New FR Harvester from New Holland
Here is one serious looking machine. Looking at the New Holland FR Self-Propelled Forage Harvester from the business end it looks like it’s ready to chomp through just about anything you can imagine. During the New Holland Media Day Doug Otto did a walk around for us to explain what’s new in this model. New Holland has been at the … Read More
STAR Energy Powering up for Farm Progress Show
It takes a lot of energy to power the annual Farm Progress Show and that’s where GROWMARK FS STAR Energy shines. Retail fuel manager Jason Stauffer, who we talked with at the 2010 Farm Progress Show in Iowa, says it takes them awhile to prepare for the event. “It starts about the second or third week in July,” he said. … Read More
Milestone Speedrower Series Windrower from New Holland
Here’s another milestone for New Holland. It’s the 50th Anniversary of New Holland Speedrower® self-propelled windrowers. And to celebrate New Holland is introducing the Speedrower 160 SP Windrower. The media got to see it and learn about it so we can share the details with you. Walking us through the details of the new machine is Jordan Milewski. You can … Read More
Hick Chick Chat from The Legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip
Last week I crossed one thing off my bucket list thanks to the Renewable Fuels Association and ZimmComm. I was able to attend and cover the 2014 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The Legendary Buffalo Chip opened for the first time in 1981 hosting the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling (TM) and the Best Party Anywhere (TM) There’s … Read More
AgWorks Doing AgOS Training
The 2014 AgWorks User Conference is underway in Davenport, IA. Welcoming us this morning is Greg Duhachek, President. I spoke with him during last night’s reception to get a preview of what this conference is all about. It’s an annual conference to bring customer users together to show new features of their software and share the vision of the company. … Read More
In-Cab Wifi From Ayrstone
Need wireless productivity on your farm? Ayrstone is here to help. Bill Moffitt, Founder/President, was on hand at the recent Ag Media Summit to talk about their new products, including the new AyrMesh Cab Hub. BRING YOUR AYRMESH WIFI NETWORK INTO THE CAB OF YOUR VEHICLES The AyrMesh Cab Hub mounts in the cab of your tractor, sprayer, combine, or … Read More
Inside the New Holland CR Cab
Earlier we showed you the New Holland CR10.90 Combine. Today we take a look inside via ZimmGlass. During the New Holland Media Day Chuck Zimmerman jumped into the cab of a CR combine driven by Brian Faulk. Chuck says: The first feeling I had was of being suspended above the machine in a glass bubble. There’s more than 62.3 square … Read More
New Holland Celebrating Major Milestones
The New Holland Guardian Sprayer was on display to agricultural media recently. Here’s Abe Hughes, VP, North America, in front of the monster sprayer. The front-boom sprayers have been introduced with Tier 4B and you can get them with the available 1,600 US/gallon tank and 120-foot boom options to cover more acres faster than ever. New Holland is hitting several … Read More
AgGateway Digging into Data Sharing with SPADE
Many booths at the recent InfoAg Conference sported this little sign: AgGateway – SPADE Participant. We caught up with AgGateway Standards Director Jim Wilson at the John Deere booth to learn more about the SPADE project. “SPADE stands for Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange,” Wilson explained. As a non-profit industry consortium, AgGateway is facilitating the project which will ultimately benefit … Read More