The 47th annual National Farm Machinery Show is bigger and better than ever, according to Corinne Fetter, Director of Expositions for the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville. Corinne is pictured here AgriTalk host Mike Adams during a break in the live broadcast of the show Wednesday. Corinne says they had a waiting list for the 47th annual show with some … Read More
Time for the National Farm Machinery Show!
It’s already time for the 2012 National Farm Machinery Show. We are here in Louisville now and tweeting with the show hashtag, #NFMS12. Here’s a little information for you. Dates: Wednesday, Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 Show Hours: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. daily (Eastern Standard Time) Location: Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY 40209 Admission: NFMS admission … Read More
Ag Leader Mesa A Fully Functional Handheld
At the National Farm Machinery Show Pete Youngblut, who works in the Ag Leader Technology software support group, brought me up to date on the new Mesa handeld rugged notebook that is SMS™ Mobile compatible. It allows a customer to go to the field to do crop scouting, set boundaries and more, then bring it back to sync with desktop … Read More
John Deere Re-introduces JDLink
At the National Farm Machinery Show I visited with the AMS Group at John Deere. Aaron Bartholomay, not pictured, told me they were re-introducing the JDLink System. This system allows for wireless communication with your equipment that makes remote management possible. They also have a new website for the system. I also had him talk about the John Deere “i’s,” … Read More
Equipment Technologies Creates OH/IN Network
The home of Apache Sprayers is Equipment Technologies, based in Indiana. I spoke with Kevin Covey and Jake Ridenour at the National Farm Machinery Show and learned that they’ve created a Raven Slingshot network over all of Indiana and Ohio! They said that using the Slingshot technology they’ve deployed base stations to provide overlapping 30 mile RTK coverage areas. This … Read More
New Holland Display Getting Attention
There was a lot of precision ag on display at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Bruce Ristau, Precision Farming Sales Mgr., New Holland, took time to tell me what the company is doing in this sector. Bruce says their displays are the high point of the latest products they’re showcasing at winter shows like NFMS. New Holland works closely … Read More
Financing Your Precision Gear
At the National Farm Machinery Show I visited with Russ Morman, Ag Leader Technology about financing. We don’t talk about that a lot but it’s very important. They work with Lease Consultants offering three different plans. He says the most popular is the Precision Annual Plan that allows customers to spread the cost of the equipment over up to five … Read More
Precision Power Pulling?
It’s “like candy for pullers.” That’s the Championship Tractor Pull taking place after the National Farm Machinery Show closes for the day. I know these tractors aren’t out in the field running precision hardware/software but thought you might enjoy seeing one of them in action. I had to spend a little time seeing the big indoor show and have some … Read More
Ag Leader and AutoFarm Receive FinOvation Award
During the National Farm Machinery Show, Farm Industry News presented their 2011 FinOvation Awards at an evening banquet. Our sponsor, Ag Leader Technology, along with AutoFarm, won for their INTEGRA display/ParaDyme system in the Precision Navigation category. Seen with the award are Mike Olson and Lori Costello, Ag Leader Technology. A year ago, Ag Leader and AutoFarm teamed up to … Read More
Advanced Seed Monitoring From Ag Leader Technology
It has been a busy day at the National Farm Machinery Show. I’ve been doing interviews all day and adding to the photo collection. So, lots of stories will be forthcoming in the next few days. Let’s start off with our coverage sponsor. This morning I learned some of what’s new with Ag Leader Technology from Russ Morman. Russ gave … Read More