At Stardell Farms near Fredericksburg, Iowa, the Kleiss family has been able to extract some interesting results from the data produced with their precision farming technology.

Data management offers equipment dealers an opportunity to build on their farm technology business and create a new profit center.

The deepest insight Paul Mask ever gained into the value of precision farming occurred more than a generation ago, years before the term became commonplace in agriculture.

Members of the farming industry are beginning to see the potential of using robotics technology to save money and improve efficiency, said speakers at the AUVSI Atlanta Chapter's Conference on Unmanned Systems in Agriculture.

Kinze Mfg. debuts autonomous tractor and grain cart technology at Elliott Bros. farm in Monmouth, Ill. on September 19, 2012.

Precision farming can be handled and defined in a variety of ways from one dealer to the next. We sat down with five precision farming specialists, across all colors, to ask them how they define precision farming, what they look for in their precision technicians & where the technology is headed.

As a farmer, a precision equipment dealer and a crop consultant, Bill Lehmkuhl gets to see pretty much every side of the precision equipment puzzle.

During a recent trip through Illinois — to include a couple of farm equipment dealer visits — one precision farming specialist offered a candid prediction about how intertwined technology and machinery will become in the near future.