It’s no magic trick. It’s a John Deere Precision Ag demonstration, showing just how much freedom satellite technology can offer a farmer in the field. Public Relations Manager Barry Nelson explained that operators need to program their routes just once and satellite operation will take care of the rest: distance, turns, no sweat. Barry also filled me in on the … Read More
Precision Ag Updates From John Deere
When it comes to sprayers John Deere is bringing a lot of new things to the market. At the product introduction I spoke with Brent Madden who not only works for John Deere but also farms with his family in Iowa. I asked him to put his farmer hat on first and tell us about some of the new sprayer … Read More
Precision Ag on Display at John Deere Product Launch
There was plenty of precision ag on display at the John Deere product introduction and I’ll have posts here about that over the coming days. This display was part of one of the field demonstrations where dealers got to see what they can offer their customers this fall. While I was at this field station I interviewed Mike Park, Factory … Read More
Dealers Welcomed to John Deere Product Launch
The Senior Vice President, Agricultural Marketing – North America, Australia & Asia, for John Deere is Doug DeVries. Doug came out on stage at the product launch in Cincinnati to thank the dealers who work directly with the customers. In my interview with Doug he says this is the widest range of products they’ve ever brought to the market at … Read More
New 7330 Premium Cab Tractor With AMS and AutoTrac
The John Deere “Dedicated Leadership” product launch is in full swing and today the media, a number of securities analysts as well as dealers from around the country got to see the new products coming out from the company. One of the first things my group got to do when we arrived at the John Deere product launch field site … Read More
John Deere StarFire iTC Receiver Software Enhancements
The John Deere product launch, “Leadership by Design,” is underway in Cincinnati, OH. An example of the kind of announcements we’re seeing today includes improvements to precision software. As more producers use precision guidance to lower input costs, save fuel and reduce passes in the field, John Deere continues to enhance software to bring more value and accuracy when using … Read More
Farm Science Review 2007
Get ready for Farm Science Review, Sept. 18-20, 2007 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center! New at this year’s Review is the Energy Education Tent. Located in Alumni Park, it features educational and informational displays from Ohio State, Purdue, and organizations/agencies with similar educational missions. A number of sessions at the nearby Question the Authorities program will be addressing the … Read More
Texas Ag Commissioner to Kick-off Precision Expo
Todd Staples, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, will attend and make introductory remarks at the Precision Ag Expo that will be held September 6, at the Ollie Liner Center in Plainview, TX. The Expo is sponsored by the Texas Plant Protection Association (TPPA) and co-sponsored by USDA-ARS, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas Cooperative Extension, New Mexico State University, Texas Tech University, … Read More
Harvesting Information
Managing data well on the farm can help growers harvest a wealth of information to help them operate more efficiently. One company that helps growers do that is SST Development Group of Stillwater, Okla. Operations manager Matt Waitts says SST is a software and information services company started in 1994. “We have an extensive record-keeping program for producers to record … Read More
UK Shows New Way to Spray
Precision agriculture was in the spotlight last week at a University of Kentucky College of Agriculture field day. This article from the Louisville Courier-Journal goes into some detail about how precision technology is helping farmers to save money on herbicide applications. Here’s an excerpt: The historically inexact science of applying herbicides to crop fields is getting more precise and less … Read More