Growers got to learn more about what the MyJohnDeere Operations Center has to offer during a What’s New session at Commodity Classic last week. Deere Product Manager Tyler Hogrefe says the center provides customized tools to improve machine uptime, logistics management, and agronomic analysis in a secure, accessible way. “You can scale the program to meet your operation’s individual needs,” … Read More
Deere Sponsors Policy Panel at #Classic15
John Deere sponsored an ag policy panel at the 2015 Commodity Classic, moderated by our friend Sara Wyant with Agri-Pulse, and featuring the policy specialists from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and National Farmers Union (NFU). Among the issues NFU’s Chandler Goule and AFBF’s Mary Kay Thatcher discussed was EPA’s pending Waters of the U.S. proposal “Waters of the … Read More
MyJohnDeere Operations Center Connectivity
John Deere has made several significant advancements in the area of intelligent precision solutions in the past six months and at Commodity Classic we learned more about how these tools help growers connect with trusted advisers. Pat Pinkston, John Deere Vice President for Technology and Information Solutions Agriculture, introduced a panel consisting of a farmer, an agronomic services provider, and … Read More
John Deere Offers Machine Sync Enhancements
At the National Farm Machinery Show last week, John Deere announced expanded the functionality of its Machine Sync application for 2015. The new Machine Sync features include coverage map sharing and guidance line sharing that can be useful during seeding and spraying operations, as well as when applying nutrients and during harvest. These new features make it easy for two … Read More
Deere Premium Round Balers now B-Wrap Ready
New for farmers attending the 2015 National Farm Machinery Show last week, John Deere announced that the 469 Premium and 569 Premium Round Balers can now apply B-Wrap, the alternative to indoor storage. John Deere Kentucky rep Steve Broome says B-Wrap comes in rolls and is rolled onto round bales just like regular net wrap. “It seals out all moisture, … Read More
John Deere ExactEmerge One Year Later
The big deal at the Farm Machinery Show last year was the big reveal of the ExactEmerge planter by John Deere and the revolutionary seed delivery system that allows for accurate planting at speeds up to 10 mph was still an attention-getter at the exhibit this year. “Last year was an exciting time,” said Deere’s ExactEmerge expert Kelby Krueger. “We … Read More
NFMS Honors Charter Exhibitors
The National Farm Machinery Show this week honored a baker’s dozen of companies that have exhibited at the event for all of its 50 years of existence. Those companies are: Case IH Danuser Daughtery Companies Dupont Pioneer Hutchinson/Mayrath Parrish Implement Co. Rhino/Earthmaster Stockyard Farm & Dairy Supply Townsend’s Sales & Livestock Equipment Manitou Americas John Deere Allis Chalmers/AGCO Moridge Manufacturing/Grasshopper … Read More
Deere Introduces Smaller Self-Propelled Sprayer
At the National Farm Machinery Show this week, John Deere announced the introduction of the new R4023 Self-Propelled Sprayer – smaller, more nimble, and ideal for producers with smaller, irregular-shaped fields. Dave Mulder, product line manager for John Deere application equipment, says the new R4023, which replaces the 4630 model, features a 4.5L, 173 horsepower Final Tier 4 engine, new … Read More
Deere Kicks Off Drive Green Events for 2015
In what has become an annual tradition across the country, hundreds of local John Deere dealerships are again hosting Drive Green Demo Days events. This year’s Drive Green events will focus on the tractor buying experience, not only giving guests the opportunity to check out a wide variety of equipment and implements, but also the many different attachments that are … Read More
John Deere App Center Available
AgNerd Cloud alert! Appy Monday to you. How about a program could focusing on Apps? As in the new John Deere App Center. To learn all about it I talked with Nathan Greuel, John Deere Mobile Technician. The John Deere App Center provides users the ability to search and find apps most useful to their business or operations. They will … Read More