Precision agriculture is growing in popularity each year. And for one Ag Leader customer, Don Batie, keeping up with the latest and challenging himself to increase productivity and efficiency by using precision farming tools has been on his “to do” list for the past five years. Don’s farm is located northeast of Lexington, Neb., and consists of irrigated corn, soybean … Read More
Precision Farmer Profile – Mike Cox of Indiana
Mike Cox of Indiana was one of more than 250 innovative farmers from around the country who attended the recent BASF Crop Protection grower symposium in Fort Lauderdale highlihgting “Fields of Opportunity” for the future of agricultural productivity. Mike Cox is a corn and soybean farmer from Indiana who really enjoyed the symposium, interacting with fellow producers from around the … Read More
Precision Farmer Profile – Jay Drees of Iowa
More than 250 of the nation’s most innovative farmers recently were invited to attend the recent BASF Crop Protection grower symposium in Fort Lauderdale highlighting “Fields of Opportunity” for the future of agricultural productivity. Among them was Jay Drees of Iowa. “I’m a second generation farmer. We basically raise corn and soybeans,” Jay said. He also serves on BASF’s Grower … Read More
Soil Qualities Won’t Suffer with Corn Cob Removals
Concerns over hurting the soil quality when harvesting some crop residues for cellulosic biofuels, instead of leaving the residues on the fields to help the soil quality, might be unfounded. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research says that soil quality would not decline if post-harvest corn cobs were removed from the field. “Crop residues have many useful functions when left … Read More
BASF & John Deere Team to Help Soybean Growers
BASF Crop Protection and John Deere have teamed up to help soybean farmers fight disease with an effective fungicide and a targeted way to apply it. Soybean growers who purchase $300 or more of Priaxor™ fungicide from BASF before March 15, 2013, may qualify to purchase John Deere spray nozzles between April 1 and May 31, 2013 with no payments … Read More
AG CONNECT Expo Comes to Close
The 2013 AG CONNECT Expo has come to a close but I have a lot more interviews to share in coming days. To wrap things up for now I spoke with Sara Truesdale Mooney, Show Director. Here are a few of the statistics from the show this year. The high quality of the attendees was evident in the average acreage … Read More
Record Opening Day at Iowa Power Farming Show
The first day of the Iowa Power Farming Show this week drew a record 11,185 visitors, and attendance was still strong on Wednesday despite the weather. The show is still open until 3 pm today. The great attendance is the main reason why Ag Leader Technology is a premier sponsor at the event, according to sales manager Mike Olsen. “It’s … Read More
What to do With All That Data
At a networking breakfast this morning at AG CONNECT Expo, sponsored by CaseIH, Dr. Terry Griffin, VP – Applied Economics CrescoAG, spoke on the “Making the Most of Precision Ag: I have all this data. Now What?” It is a good example of the type of sessions you’ll find at throughout the show. I recorded Terry’s remarks which include a … Read More
Put Your Data to Work for You
Many farmers who have been adopting precision farming technology over the last 20 years may have a gold mine of data that could help increase productivity – if they just knew how to organize and analyze it. Luke James with Ag Leader Technology is doing an educational session at the Iowa Power Farming Show today about how farmers can get … Read More
Ag Leader Hydraulic Down Force Beats Airbags
“Airbags are for crash test dummies” is the slogan on the ad in the Iowa Power Farming Show program for the new Hydraulic Down Force system from Ag Leader Technology. “With our hydraulic system we can fully adjust pressure from zero to full down force in one second or less,” said Will Cannon, product specialist for Ag Leader. “Airbag systems, … Read More