Precision Farming Talks at Cotton and Rice Conference

Kurt LawtonEducation, Equipment, Events

Come to the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge, La., on February 1-2 to hear more than 90 presentations on precision farming and much more at the 14th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference. As in the past 13 years, the conference is Co-Sponsored the following seven mid-south universities: University of Arkansas, Mississippi State University, University of Missouri, University … Read More

Iowa Farm News Ag Show This Week

Cindy ZimmermanEvents

Farm News is hosting its ninth annual agriculture show this week in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Nearly 60 exhibitors from Iowa and surrounding states will showcase their latest state-of-the-art technology in grain and livestock products, ag services, seed varieties and farm toys. Featured speakers at the event include David Kruse, president of CommStock Investments and Brazil Iowa Farms of Royal, and … Read More

Excellent Ohio Technology and Conservation Conference

Kurt LawtonConservation, Education, Events, Farmers, sustainability, Tillage, University

Corn and soybean growers in Ohio and surrounding states should definitely attend an excellent late-February conference to pick up great information that can improve their farm operation. The Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference is the largest, most comprehensive program of conservation tillage techniques in the Midwest. About 60 presenters (farmers, industry professionals, and university specialists) from around the country focus … Read More

Official Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Stuff

Cindy ZimmermanEvents, General

Marathon County will be hosting Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days in 2011 and they are already offering official Marathon County Farm Technology Days apparel and collector’s items for that special someone on your Christmas list. Among the items they have for sale on-line are hats, hooded sweatshirts, t-shirts (youth & adult), tote bags, travel mugs – and the collectible IH544 toy … Read More

OptRx Improves Nitrogen Efficiency

Joanna SchroederAg Leader, Corn, Events, Farm Progress Show, Video

I’m here in Iowa at the Farm Progress Show. Although there are farmers from all over the world in attendance, farmers in Central Iowa have been struggling with excessive amounts of rain. This causes crops, such as corn, to lose nitrogen, which negatively impacts crop yield. Nitrogen has also become more expensive over the past couple of years so more … Read More

Attend A Great Farm Show To Relax And Learn Before Harvest

Kurt LawtonAg Leader, Company Announcement, Education, Equipment, Events, Farm Progress Show, Farmers, Fertilizer, GPS, Guidance, Insights Weekly, Remote sensing, Variable rate

As the nights begin to cool, we know harvest is just around the corner. But before your mind gets totally wrapped around the culmination event of your hard work, take a break to visit and learn at one of the best outdoor farm shows, the Farm Progress Show, Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 near the central Iowa community of Boone. … Read More

Check Out Nebraska Precision Farming Session Aug. 31-Sept. 2

Kurt LawtonEducation, Events, Farmers, University

The debut of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Precision Ag Practicum is next week at the Ag Research and Development Center near Mead.  There is still time to enroll if you are looking for an opportunity to sharpen your Precision Agriculture skills and learn about the latest developments with this technology including irrigation applications. This new program offered by University of … Read More

Precision Ag at Farm Progress Show

Kurt LawtonDisplays, Education, Equipment, Events, Farm Progress Show

Make the trek to central Iowa near Boone for the nation’s greatest summer agricultural showcase, the annual Farm Progress Show, held August 31 through September 2. Precision agriculture demonstrations return to the Farm Progress Show and will share space with the standard field demonstrations. Strip till is gaining popularity across the Midwest. These demonstrations will be located east of the … Read More

Precision Ag at Central Ohio Field Day

Kurt LawtonDisplays, Education, Equipment, Events, GPS

Precision agriculture and the economics of technology will be the focus of the Ohio State University Extension Central Ohio Agronomy Field Day on Aug. 25. The event will be held from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at David Miller Farm, 10750 Millersport Road, Millersport, Ohio. Registration is $10, payable by noon the day of the event. Precision farming topics include: … Read More

Precision Ag Technologies Save Money

Kurt LawtonEducation, Events, GPS, Guidance, Planting, Satellite, Spraying

Research shows a lightbar can pay for itself in three years on only 300 acres. It can be done with a GPS receiver that receives the free WAAS correction signal that functions within 12-inch accuracy. This was just one precision farming economic message presented by Matt Darr, Iowa State University ag engineer, during a field day at its Northern Research … Read More