Spending quite a bit of time on the road the last few years, I only recently thought about how reliant I’ve become on electronic navigation to plot my course.

One of the annual challenges for me and other precision farming managers is planning and budgeting for the upcoming year. Looking back on 2014 and what worked and what needed changing, I found that our dealership had an incredible response to the service agreements we implemented last year.

Ag Leader has announced a new line of GNSS receivers — GPS 6000, GPS 6500, RTK Relay and GPS 6500 base station — as well as the company’s latest automated steering controller, SteerCommand.

On October 29, the United Launch Alliance will be sending an Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the GPS IIF-8 satellite into space, which will set new unit into semi-synchronous circular orbit around Earth. The mission, conducted for the U.S. Air Force, will launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Steve Berning has spent quite a bit of time researching precision farming equipment. On his 1,700 acre operation in Warrensville, Ill., using a mix of technology and brands helps maintain accuracy for strip-till and variable-rate fertilizer application.

A long-term commitment to selling GPS technology pays off for this single-store Kubota dealer.

Hexagon AB, a global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies, has signed an agreement to acquire Arvus, a manufacturer of precision farming solutions for closer, more site-specific management of the factors affecting crop production.

Size matters for ware potato growers and tubers that are too big or too small for your customer means less saleable yield and less profit.

Planting season is nearly upon us and it won't be long until field activities are in full swing. After visiting with producers all across the state over the winter, it's clear that the adoption of precision ag technologies continues in many operations.