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:

• Using GPS Coordinates to Make Art with Planting
• Moving Iron Podcast: What to Watch for in 2024
• The Next Team-Building Tool for Your Dealership Team
• Small Robots Produce “More Robust” Cover Crops
• Precision Lessons Learned from the 2023 Growing Season

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Introducing the new Enviro-Max XP™️ Cast Opener … Precisely put your growers’ seed in the soil with a heavy duty, American made cast opener assembly that will outlast their planter. The Enviro-Max XP™️ new ductile iron bearing housing is cast and machined in the USA to eliminate minimize runout and failure while maximizing yields.

Using GPS Coordinates to Make Art with Planting

Reuters has the scoop on a Thai rice farmer using GPS coordinates to plant seeds at various spots in the field to depict cartoon cats. Tanyapong Jaikham expects tens of thousands of tourists to check out the art in his rice fields. “Previously, rice was mainly considered for consumption,” he says. “This approach allows us to develop tourism and agriculture simultaneously.”

Photo by: Reuters/Napat Wesshasartar

Moving Iron Podcast: What to Watch for in 2024

Here’s something to listen to during your drive to work this week! Casey Seymour interviews Shawn Skaggs, CEO of Parallel Ag, about companies' mergers and the marketplace's current state. They discuss the challenges and benefits of expanding equipment distribution, the impact of regional differences on operations, and the importance of economies of scale and technology. They also explore the transition in the used equipment market and the potential market shift in 2024. Additionally, they touch on the solidification of buying groups, the generational crossroads in farming, and the focus on inventory controls and culture in preparation for the future.

The Next Team-Building Tool for Your Dealership Team

Farm Equipment Editor/Publisher Mike Lessiter recently wrote about his experience in an "escape room." Could it be the next team-building tool for your dealership's team?

Small Robots Produce “More Robust” Cover Crops

Here’s a feature from Iowa Farmer Today on smaller robots being developed to assist cover croppers. “These are very small-sized machines — things you could put in your car trunk and deploy in the farm,” says Naveen Uppalapti, research scientist at the University of Illinois I-FARM’s Farm of the Future.

Photo by: Phyllis Coulter

Precision Lessons Learned from the 2023 Growing Season

A lot of you might be traveling this week, so here’s another podcast for your playlist! RDO Equipment precision experts Tony Kramer and Joel Kaczynski share what they learned from the 2023 growing season and talk about their experience using new precision tools like ExactShot, Smart Apply and Data Sync.

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Introducing the new Enviro-Max XP™️ Cast Opener … Precisely put your growers’ seed in the soil with a heavy duty, American made cast opener assembly that will outlast their planter. The Enviro-Max XP™️ new ductile iron bearing housing is cast and machined in the USA to eliminate minimize runout and failure while maximizing yields.

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