Agtegra Cooperative Board Vice President Rick Osterday, together with Clemensen, presented a check for $500,000 to SDSU President Dr. Barry Dunn and Dr. Don Marshall, Interim Dean, SDSU College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences.

Mixing and matching precision farming equipment and components can, in many cases, produce a superior system for some operations. On the other hand, compatibility issues with such systems have been known to create major headaches for precision farming technicians whose job it is to make them operate properly.

ISOBUS isn't the solution to all compatibility problems. While progress is being made on improving functionality between different ag components and equipment, it's not always plug-and-play.

Some of the biggest challenges dealers face when planning and executing a successful precision ag field day are scheduling around farmers’ busy seasons and differentiating between a field day and customer appreciation day.