At InfoAg 2017 in St. Louis, finding effective and lucrative avenues for billing precision support and streamlining delivery of data management services, were among the trending topics discussed by dealer attendees and speakers during the 3-day event.
Central Valley Ag co-operative (CVA) launched its precision agriculture department more than 20 years ago, turning agronomy from an aspect of their business into their calling card. CVA develops innovative, value-added, tailored solutions for growers that lead to lasting relationships with CVA’s customers.
Over two years has passed since American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) led an industry coalition to address issues of surrounding ag data ownership, privacy, and security. When AFBF published the "Privacy and Security Principles for Farm Data"--or as I call them, the ag data's "Core Principles," I expected the industry uptake to be swift.
Talking with a few precision dealers about their transition into agronomic services, one of them noted that this is actually where their business began. Almost 2 decades ago, the independent precision retailer opened his doors on the promise that the company could deliver mapping, soil sampling and field analysis services.
The new tool provides location-based intelligence to help users identify growers, crops, acres and field locations within a farm enterprise, and be able to do it “on the fly.”
In this webinar, and the final program in this three part series, Eric Lund provided examples of how soil mapping and sampling can be coupled with equipment expertise to meet unmet agronomic needs of growers and take advantage of untapped data management service opportunities. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
Hot off the pressers, it’s Strip-Till Farmer’s 12th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study! And at first glance, strip-tillers continue to be heavy users of precision technology.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.