During the National No-Till Conference, attendees discussed the future benefits of seeding populations and row width to create a cleaner field, leading to a profitable harvest. These discussions are only as profitable for you as the data you collect in the field and the management of every individual seed.

Recent generations of ag technology have seen new features undercut by rising reliability problems, says Clay Mitchell, co-founder and managing director of Silicon Valley-based Fall Line Capital, a farmland and venture investment firm. Mitchell says the shift to autonomy will accelerate reliability problems beyond anything we’ve seen before.

Agriculture’s increased productivity rates easily bump the “transformational” category over the past half century. A few tweaks from regulators, lawmakers and equipment makers can ensure that performance continues.

This marks a rare opportunity for these leaders to learn from you about the realities of precision services in dealerships, and for you to discuss the programs you need to support your customers and their business objectives.

When Kentucky-based Hutson Inc. expanded into Michigan, its new stores and staff were significantly behind the curve on the technology and the “mainstreamed” goals of the business. In short order, Travis Kiesel and the Hutson team needed to recruit new employees and properly train the team in Michigan.

At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing this week in Washington, D.C., senators and a panel of precision ag experts discussed how to address common barriers to the adoption of precision farming technology, including financing, connectivity and internet access.