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Farmers looking to reduce operator fatigue, lower fuel consumption and extend working hours and operation windows have a new tool – a high-accuracy automated steering system from Ag Leader. The all-new GeoSteer automated steering system was designed for farmers looking for repeatable, sub-inch accuracy, making it ideal for planting, spraying and other field operations that require precise automated steering. The … Read More

Preparing for harvest? Then there’s no better time than now to think about the list of items you can do in your desktop software before going out in the field. Ag Leader is also thinking harvest by announcing pre-harvest training events for hardware products that are being announced. Here are a few things you can do to prepare for harvest … Read More

One of the most popular tools in Ag Leader’s SMS Advanced software is the Multi-Year Averages tool. This allows growers to take multiple years of the same kind of data (such as harvest) and merge the data into one layer. This allows them to see trends like where the different areas of productivity are in the field. For fields that … Read More

In the middle of the day, during one of the hottest summers on record, 170 farmers gathered under a tent to learn. What could be worth the braving Mother Nature? Ag Leader OptRx™, of course! OptRx crop sensors, used in conjunction with the INTEGRA™ display, measure and record data about crops in real-time using the reflectance of light shined on … Read More

Michael Vos isn’t just your typical 2,000-acre farmer from southeast Iowa. Okay, maybe he is. But he’s also an accomplished farm geek at a time when being one is pretty chic – and profitable. See, Vos has turned his operation into a working science experiment, testing different practices, challenging traditions and twisting data – with the goal of wringing out … Read More

Last month, Ag Leader Software Support Specialist Luke James had the opportunity to travel to southern Texas to meet with Cody Bruner, Ag Leader SW Territory Manager, to discuss the value of data with a few key dealers and farmers from the region. Read and watch as James recounts his trip, how precision ag helps growers throughout the region, and … Read More

Ag Leader’s 3rd annual Educator’s Training will be held on Aug. 2-3 at Ag Leader Academy. The program is designed for institutions that are teaching precision ag practices to their students either in the classroom or in the field with the purpose of educating institutions on Ag Leader’s various services and products, as well as to provide hands on demonstrations … Read More

Aaron Friedlein, Ag Leader Certified Crop Advisor and product manager, farms part-time in northeast Iowa and also helps on his parents’ farm. He notes that, “Each growing season presents itself with new challenges and an opportunity to learn something new — some of these challenges are planned, some are surprises.” In this week’s special installment of “Insights Weekly,” Aaron shares … Read More

With the new Ag Leader Crop Sensor Rate Table available to OptRx™ users, more growers are utilizing this on-the-fly, variable rate tool to maximize yield potential. Many Ag Leader customers are using the OptRx crop sensing technology to apply an assortment of agrochemicals such as fertilizers, defoliants, pesticides, growth regulators, and more at a variable rate, according to real-time data … Read More