I came across a new blog called ‘The Latest Dirt’ by Illinois farmer Jamie Walter who posted a video and his response to the question… “Does guidance/autosteering really pay?” His answer? A resounding YES! By using GPS, we can dramatically improve efficiency. It allows us to reduce overlap, increase speed and decrease operator fatigue. This saves a bunch on inputs … Read More
Best of 2010 on Precision.AgWired.com
More eyeballs were on Precision.AgWired.com in 2010. Readership increased this year by a whopping 66% to 48,000 unique visitors! Our Precision.AgWired.com reporters were busy in 2010, posting a total of 308 stories, including 54 with audio interviews or podcasts and 15 YouTube videos. The most popular YouTube video of the year was the unveiling of the Chip Foose designed John … Read More
Get on Santa’s List by Taking our Survey
We’re making a list and checking it twice of all the nice Precision.AgWired.com readers who have taken our survey – and one of them could get some green after Santa Claus comes to town! We know that people hate giving out personal information on the internet, but we are asking so that we can improve our on-line publications by knowing … Read More
Ag Technology Draws Investment Interest
Agriculture 2.0 is drawing big interest from Silicon Valley venture funds, according to Illinois-based Open Prairie Ventures. “Current projections are that the food supply will need to double over the next 30 years to feed the ever-increasing demands of the global population,” said Jim Schultz, founder of Open Prairie Ventures. “If we are going to increase our food supply by … Read More
Search eXtension.org
Local county extension agents used to be the main source of information for farmers and ranchers in any particular area whenever they had questions about the latest research and technology. These days, it’s getting more commonplace to surf the internet from the farm and get information from all over the world, but the trick is often sorting out the wheat … Read More
Agricultural GPS Equipment Booming in Canada
Check out how one local agricultural dealership in southern Ontario has greatly expanded their precision farming business in the past five years, according to a story in Blackburn Agri-Media. Dave Petheram of Elmira Farm Service says they’ve gone from selling about a hundred thousand dollars worth of the equipment five years ago to around 2 million dollars worth this year.
Support Future Farm Broadcasters with Toy Tractor
As you start your Christmas shopping, consider this for someone on your list – a signed John Deere toy tractor that will support future farm broadcasters. Joe Ertl has personally autographed each of the numbered John Deere B 1/16 scale toy tractors for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Foundation. This unique tractor was specifically designed for NAFB and … Read More
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you have food on your table today – thank God and thank our nation’s fabulous farmers and ranchers for the affordable, safe and abundant food supply they produce for the world. I found this poem online that gives good reasons to give thanks today for those who produce the food, fuel and fiber that we all enjoy: I’m Just … Read More
Pope Says Technology Benefits Agriculture
This week, as we “give our thanks to God for the fruits of the earth and the work of man,” Pope Benedict XVI recently offered some reflections on agricultural work and feeding the world. In a November 14 address, the pope said that “the process of industrialization has often overshadowed the agricultural sector, which, while also drawing benefit from modern … Read More
Official Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Stuff
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