It’s still summer but not too early to start thinking about fall herbicide applications. David Wheeler with FMC Corporation says with all the resistant weed pressure around the country a fall burndown is more important than ever. “Primarily we use a fall burndown application in soybeans or corn to prevent the early season growth of winter annual weeds that can … Read More
New Holland Looks to Take Manual Out of Data Transfer
For years, there’s been no problem with generating data with farm equipment. The issue came with the extra chore too many farmers had to perform at the end of the day and manually transfer information from a USB stick to their computer back in their home office. During the recent InfoAg Conference, Chuck caught up with Chris Carrier from New … Read More
John Deere Ops Center Like Grand Central for Data
Just like Grand Central Station serves as a hub for trains and people coming in and out of a city, the John Deere Operations Center serves as a hub for data coming in and out of a producer’s operation. “That’s where all of our data is feeding in, being processed in a way to be consumed and help [farmers] with … Read More
360 Yield Center
Making sure that “once you plant your seed, it never has a bad day” is the mission of 360 Yield Center according to Rhett Schildroth, engineering manager. Rhett was working during the InfoAg Conference and we talked about what the company does. At 360 Yield Center, we are fueled by our passion for the industry and our experience in maximizing … Read More
What’s New with LFR at FMC
LFR stands for Liquid Fertilizer Ready formulation and FMC Corporation is expanding that franchise to help growers. “We’ve had a lot of success with Capture LFR,” FMC Corn Segment Manager Matt Hancock said during the recent Ag Media Summit. “It provides the control a grower wants with the convenience of just being able to toss it in the tank with … Read More
John Deere’s Tech Legacy Includes Modern Connectivity
For 178 years, John Deere has been working with customers to bring farmers the latest technological developments in production agriculture. So it’s no wonder that now extends into the precision agriculture realm and connectivity on the farm. “We started with the plow, we did it with tractors, and technology is an extension of that,” Corey Reed (pictured talking with the … Read More
Raven’s Slingshot Field Hub 2.0
Raven Precision has introduced a new Slingshot product, the Field Hub 2.0. Josh Skanderup was available during the recent InfoAg Conference to talk about it. The core of the Slingshot experience is the Slingshot Field Hub. A small device that fits neatly into the cab of your vehicle, the hub connects your precision ag hardware to Slingshot’s suite of services. … Read More
Ayrstone Helps Bring ‘Revolution’ to Ag Data Management
There’s a revolution coming in agriculture, and it has to do with technology and how data is managed. “There’s just a lot more devices today that talk on a network and more coming all the time,” Bill Moffitt with Ayrstone told Chuck during the recent InfoAg Conference. His company offers producers long-range wi-fi networks that can cover up to 100 … Read More
#AgMedia Learn About Overlap System From FMC
Ag journalists had the opportunity to learn more about the Overlap™ System that FMC promotes for weed control during the recent Ag Media Summit. “Overlap is a term that we use for overlapping residual herbicides and we do that in order to manage resistant weed species like tall waterhemp and palmer pigweed, primarily,” said FMC Technical Business Manager David Wheeler … Read More
John Deere’s Ops Center Puts Data in One Place
Lots of farmers have tons of information, but the real key is how to organize all that data into something that helps their bottom line. At the recent InfoAg Conference, Chuck talked with John Deere’s Tyler Hogrefe about how the John Deere Operations Center helps consolidate the information where producers can make the most of it. “We realized that we … Read More