On display at the 2015 Commodity Classic was New Holland’s Flexi-Coil® P Series Air Carts. The redesigned carts have an unprecedented number of patent-pending features for all operations. Chuck met up with New Holland’s Trevor Rempel, Global Product Marketing Manager, on the trade show floor to learn more about the rather large piece of equipment. “We started with a completely … Read More
Deere Highlights Machine Sync Upgrades at #Classic15
John Deere was pleased to showcase new enhancements to Machine Sync at the Commodity Classic last week. J.C. Funke, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, spoke with Taylor Truckey during the event to learn more about Machine Sync’s expansions. “We’ve taken John Deere Machine Sync to the next level in multi-machine automation and operational logistics,” said J.C. “We’ve expanded the original … Read More
Analyst Talks Risk at BASF #ScienceBehind15
As it does every year, the weather will play a major role in the price for corn and soybeans in the future. Market analyst Arlan Suderman of Water Street Solutions gave some of his thoughts on price points for the grains in the coming year during the BASF Science Behind media event last week in Phoenix. His models show favorable, … Read More
John Deere App for Apps
John Deere recently announced their new John Deere App Center that allows their equipment users to search and find apps most useful to their business or operations. We learned more about the app during Commodity Classic from Laura Donaldson with Deere. “With more and more apps out there we wanted to make sure our customers had a central place to … Read More
TekWear Places 3rd in Ag Tech Accelerator Program
Innovative wearable technology company TekWear, LLC, finished third among 10 finalists at VilCap USA: Agriculture 2014, an entrepreneurial funding program. TekWear was chosen from more than 60 other start-up companies to take part in the three-month program devoted to finding, developing or marketing innovative products and services that provide solutions to agricultural and food production challenges. “We were thrilled to … Read More
FarmLink Highlights TrueHarvest at #Classic15
Producers nationwide could have banked an extra $9.5 billion in revenues if they had gotten the full potential out of their ground. That was the message Brian Howard, Director of Program Development for FarmLink told attendees of this year’s Commodity Classic in Phoenix, Arizona. He said his company’s new product, TrueHarvest, is a first-of-its-kind benchmarking tool that identifies significant opportunities … Read More
Increase Uptime with Deere Operations Center
Growers got to learn more about what the MyJohnDeere Operations Center has to offer during a What’s New session at Commodity Classic last week. Deere Product Manager Tyler Hogrefe says the center provides customized tools to improve machine uptime, logistics management, and agronomic analysis in a secure, accessible way. “You can scale the program to meet your operation’s individual needs,” … Read More
DuPont Pioneer at #Classic15
DuPont Pioneer showcased new tools and services available to growers at the 2015 Commodity Classic last week in Phoenix, Ariz. “For nearly 90 years, Pioneer has excelled in providing growers with access to an expert field team that provides tailored advice and whole-farm solutions to position the right products on the right acres and improve their productivity and profitability,” said … Read More
FarmLogs Advantage Unveiled
FarmLogs, the leading data science company that helps over 20 percent of U.S. farms maximize productivity and field profitability, unveiled FarmLogs Advantage at Commodity Classic last week. The suite of breakthrough innovations will make precision farming possible for every farmer in America. The new version of FarmLogs will offer powerful automated data collection and analysis features focused on helping farmers … Read More
Yield Champs Share Tips at #Classic15
Two yield rocking champions played to a standing room only crowd at the 2015 Commodity Classic in a session sponsored by BASF Crop Protection on how to get the most out of your acres. Always a crowd pleaser, world champion soybean grower Kip Cullers of Missouri hammered home the importance of happy plants and packing starch. “You keep that plant … Read More