Precision Farming Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week:

• 1/3 of Growers Expect to Invest in Autonomous Machinery in Next Decade
• Inside Look at Swiderski Equipment’s Precision Farming Department
• Basketball’s Teachable Moments for Business
• Analyzing Ag Tech’s Potential to Fight Poverty
• Would You Keep Doing Business with a Company Like This?

Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by Salford Group.

As global leaders with the widest range of spinner spreaders and air boom applicators in the industry, Salford Group has got you covered. Backed by over 400 application-specific dealers, eight North American parts distribution centers and revered in-field application support, we’re the partners you need to make your business as productive as possible.

1/3 of Growers Expect to Invest in Autonomous Machinery in Next Decade

Farm Equipment’s Dan Crummett speaks in-depth with Brownfield about his U.S. Farm Adoption & Outlook report, based on a recent survey of 500 North American growers. The survey shows that nearly 1/3 of growers expect to invest in autonomous farm machinery by 2032 and labor is the top reason why. “53% said their interest was based on the labor shortage,” Crummett says.

Inside Look at Swiderski Equipment’s Precision Farming Department

Swiderski Equipment, one of Wisconsin’s premier ag equipment dealerships, provides this behind-the-scenes look at its 12-person precision team. Hear from Precision Farming Sales Manager John Cooper, Precision Farming Technicians Skyler Cooper and Jett Lyons, Precision Farming Specialist Cody Miller and Precision Farming Parts & Service Manager Abby Weltzien as they discuss how to manage the growing needs of customers on a daily basis.

Basketball’s Teachable Moments for Business

In this March Madness themed piece, Mike Lessiter’s blog on Rural Lifestyle Dealer unearths teachable moments on his son’s rec-league playoff tourney run and how simple tracking and reporting of numbers can provide progress, even to a group of high school ballplayers.

Analyzing Ag Tech’s Potential to Fight Poverty

Prime Future blogger Janette Barnard is tired of talking about “first-world problems like how to make the really efficient thing marginally more efficient.” In this new entry she dives deeper into a potential path for ag tech to elevate more people from extreme poverty.

Would You Keep Doing Business with a Company Like This?

Every so often, Good Works Tractors gives its YouTube viewers an inside look at the business side of the dealership. In this video, the dealership talks about the decisions involved in adding or dropping a manufacturer. They give first-hand examples of some of the troubles they’ve dealt with in hopes that you can venture with more confidence in your own business endeavors!

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At Salford Group, we have range - in our product lineup and when it comes time to apply. As global leaders with the widest range of spinner spreaders and air boom applicators in the industry, we’ve got you covered. Salford’s BBI and Valmar applicators are proven over millions of acres and range from simple, durable fleet spreaders to precision, variable rate machines engineered for high acreage, custom application. Backed by over 400 application-specific dealers, eight North American parts distribution centers and revered in-field application support, we’re the partners you need to make your business as productive as possible.

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