John Deere, in partnership with Syngenta Crop Protection, announced a new liquid Central Insecticide System to help growers control corn rootworm with more efficiency and reliability while planting corn. “This central fill, closed-handling system allows the operator to efficiently and accurately apply insecticide at planting while decreasing potential insecticide exposure to the operator,” says Rob Rippchen, division marketing manager, John … Read More
John Deere Pavillion Celebrates Anniversary
Ten years ago, the John Deere Pavilion and Store opened in Moline, Illinois, to celebrate the past, present and future of agribusiness. Since then, the Pavilion has welcomed millions of guests from around the world and has become the region’s most popular attraction. On August 18, the John Deere Pavilion and Store will celebrate ten years with a day of … Read More
Precision Ag Fuels Green Revolution
A recent editorial by Ohio Director of Agriculture Robert Boggs notes that precision agriculture is helping to fuel the “green energy revolution” in his state and nationwide. Farmers, the founders of environmental stewardship, not only work hard to make every day “Earth Day,” they also adapt with the times to work smarter, increase efficiencies, and produce superior products that are … Read More
Volunteers Sought For PrecisionAg Occupation Survey
Do you (or someone you know) work as a Precision Agriculture Specialist/Technician? Or perhaps your work involves supervising or training Precision Agriculture Specialists/Technicians? If either of your answers is “Yes,” then we need your help. Under a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment & Training Administration, the National O*NET Center is seeking precision professionals to answer questions about their … Read More
MapShots Focuses on Crop Data Management
MapShots is a software development company specializing in crop management applications for agriculture. The company’s flagship product, EASi Suite, is a desktop software application that is a complete crop management software package, providing crop planning, crop recordkeeping and GIS/Precision Ag functionality. MapShots Director of Corporate Solutions Tim Taylor was at the recent InfoAg conference in Springfield, Illinois to demonstrate their … Read More
Let the farm shows begin!
The annual Virginia Ag Expo will be held Aug. 8, beginning at 7:30 a.m., at Renwood Farms in Charles City County. The annual event is the largest agricultural field day held in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Renwood Farms is a large grain and seed processing farm located on the James River, not far upstream from the historic Jamestown settlement, which … Read More
This month’s helpful links…
Links of the month by Kurt Lawton, Farm Industy News Midwest Independent Soil Samplers — Tom McGraw’s newsletters are a MUST READ (knowledge+wisdom+entertainment=excellence in my book) Sensing Nitrogen Stress in Corn – 2006 Corn Response to Supplemental Nitrogen – 2007 Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator (Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin) Concepts and Rationale for Regional Nitrogen Rate Guidelines for Corn — 2006 … 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
Central Valley Ag and Precision Farming
Precision ag is an important segment of the products and services offered to members of the Central Valley Ag cooperative in Nebraska. Glen Franzleubbers of Oakland and Keith Byerly of Tilton attended the recent InfoAg conference in Springfield, Illinois where they stopped by the John Deere Agri Services booth. Glen says their precision ag program at CVA is called Advanced … Read More
precision.agwired.com wins at AAEA
This site, precision.agwired.com, was recently recognized by its peers by bringing home a second place award from the American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) 2007 MarComm Awards program in Louisville, Ky. John Deere representatives accepted the award at the Tuesday night “Awards Night.” Remember to visit the site on a regular basis for the latest information on precision farming. For more … Read More