Ag Leader has been selling into the international market for 18 years and currently has distribution in over 30 countries. Offices are growing and now span the globe with people on the ground in the Netherlands, Europe, Australia and Brazil, and the company hopes to continue to grow those operations to better serve international customers. David King, Ag Leader marketing … Read More
Utilizing SMS Software in a Drought Year
If you’ve been keeping up-to-date with the Precision.AgWired.com blog, then you’ve read about how SMS software from Ag Leader can assist you with verifying harvested acres when it comes to crop insurance reporting. But this year is unlike any normal year and we don’t have to tell you what you already know. It’s dry. And if it’s raining in your … Read More
Ag Leader Expands Tech Support
You’ve heard the old saying, “Jack of all trades, master of none”, right? Over the years, employees have had to know enough about every product just to be dangerous. But with all the advancements in precision agriculture and the ways in which modern farming practices have changed, employees have in fact become experts on one product. They’ve become “specialized teams”. … Read More
Crop Insurance Reporting: Verifying Harvested Production using SMS
Ag Leader recently shared how SMS software can be used to assist with crop insurance reporting, in particular acreage reporting. As harvest season shifts into high gear, Ag Leader is revisiting how these same tools can be used for verifying harvested production (see pages 250 – 252 for RMA guidelines). Listen to Luke James, Ag Leader software sales manager, as … Read More
Ag Leader Addresses European Market Expansion
The adoption rate of precision agriculture in Europe has been modest to date. Higher prices for grain and farm inputs have triggered an increasing interest in precision ag and its wider adoption. And while most precision ag has been focused on classic uses such as yield monitors, the interest in GPS guidance is growing. For example, in 2006, about 9 … Read More
Your Go-To Precision Ag Resource: Ag Leader Dealers
When you set out to buy a new product there are many different ways to gather information and even product reviews. You can ask your neighbor, “Google it” and turn to industry magazines and newsletters. You can even try to call one of those automated phone systems, press “0” and try to speak with a real person. But what’s better … Read More
Ag Leader Academy Dealer Training Wraps Up
For more than three years, Ag Leader has been providing customer and dealer training via Ag Leader Academy. And, Ag Leader Academy reached a new personal record by hosting over 70 dealer trainings this summer. With record attendance, Ag Leader Dealers will be more prepared than ever before to help growers through a successful harvest. One way Ag Leader dealers … Read More
Ag Leader Makes Field Tiling Easier
Improved soil tilth for better root development, lengthened planting windows and better nutrient access for crops are just a few benefits of field tiling. A new family of functionality for Ag Leader’s INTEGRA™ display, called Intellislope™, makes achieving those benefits easier and more economical for growers to do themselves by simplifying planning, installation and documentation of field drainage tile. Intellislope … Read More
Hydraulic Down Force on Display at Farm Progress Show
Ag Leader Technology’s Hydraulic Down Force/SeedCommand was on display this week at the Farm Progress Show. We teased it earlier this week but now you can see how it works. Once again Will Cannon, Ag Leader Technology product specialist, was right there when we visited the booth in Boone, IA. Planter down force monitor and control capability is now integrated … Read More
Learn More About Down Force at Farm Progress Show
SeedCommand from Ag Leader helps growers manage all of their planting operations, including seed population, planter performance, hybrid/variety mapping, split planting and variable rates. This helps change and adapt to field situations instantaneously when airbags take several seconds to make an adjustment. This equates to improved planting because seed will be in the ground at exactly the right place at … Read More