Gary Wolf farms 500 acres near Verona, Mo., and continues to adopt precision farming equipment in his strip-till operation. But with that adoption, comes the challenge to cost-justify precision equipment upgrades.

Ryan Nell's family farm has been using precision farming equipment since 1999 — when he was 13 years old. Today, he's part of an extended family cash grain and dairy operation near Beaver Dam, Wis., and they continue to fine-tune and leverage precision farming data to improve productivity on their operation.

Adam Casner is a seventh generation farmer at Casner Farms in Carrollton, Mo., and since the family adopted precision farming techniques, they are into their third generation of equipment.

Mike Strang farms 1,600 acres of strip-tilled corn, soybeans and edible dry beans and no-tills winter wheat near Exeter, Ont. He carries on the family farming operation that began in the 1850s, but their practices have changed dramatically during the last 15 years.

Jason Robinson walks both sides of the road when it comes to precision farming. He farms 1,100 acres of corn, soybeans, oats and sweet corn with his father, George, near Courtland, Ontario. He also works as a local precision technician for Ag Leader.

Tryston Beyrer works with his father, Bill, and brother, Jeco, on their 2,000 acre dairy farm near Colfax, Wis. Tryston leads a double life — farming, while also working on his PhD at the University of Illinois, researching innovative ways to band fertilizer for best placement and yield response.

Tom Broeren readily admits he's a coward when confronting residue on corn fields going back to corn on his 1,100 acres near Walnut, Ill.