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:
- Why Farmers Aren’t Buying Today’s Ag Robotics Model
- Over 50% of Farmers Willing to Adopt Precision Tech for Weed Control
- Precision Technology for 400-Bushel Corn Yields
- Florida Coast Equipment Assists National Guard with Post-Hurricane Recovery
- Demining Farm Fields in Ukraine
Why Farmers Aren’t Buying Today’s Ag Robotics Model
Tim Bucher, co-founder and CEO of Agtonomy, a California-based autonomous ag technology company, pens this guest blog for AgFunder. Bucher says there’s good, bad and ugly news for the ag robotics industry. “For autonomy to bring value to agriculture today, we must think about tractors and farm tools like farmers do,” Bucher says. “But we must do so collaboratively with the brands farmers already know and trust. This is how the entire industry can move together, faster, at the pace farmers need.”
Over 50% of Farmers Willing to Adopt Precision Tech for Weed Control
During this webinar, University of Illinois ag economist Shadhi Atallah shares results from a recent study on the economics of adopting weeding robots in Midwest corn production. Among the key findings — Over 50% of surveyed corn farmers expressed willingness to adopt weeding robots, with herbicide resistance as the main motivating factor
Precision Technology for 400-Bushel Corn Yields
The Beck’s crew dives into the history of their 400-bushel test plots to uncover the secrets to maximizing corn production. “As we get more technology that allows us to monitor and measure on a plant-by-plant basis and apply products and nutrients that we need, that’s going to help us raise it to 500 bushels.”
Florida Coast Equipment Assists National Guard with Post-Hurricane Recovery
CEO J. Todd Bachman shares how Florida Coast Equipment and Big Orange Rental were on the ready to help the National Guard as they prepare for post-hurricane recovery.
Demining Farm Fields in Ukraine
This YouTube Short shows Howard Buffett’s team testing out explosives on equipment that is used to demine farm fields in Ukraine.
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