Todd Boesen farms near Kimball, S.D., and has 2,000 acres of milo, soybeans, corn, peas and hay, primarily for feed for his livestock operation. Boesen integrated precision farming equipment into his operation more than 8 years ago and finds that RTK-guided equipment is essential for strip-tilled crops.

Chad Godsey works both sides of the precision agriculture fence. He helps his father, Don, and brother, Ryan, on their 3,000-acre Godsey Farm & Ranch near Wray, Colo. He also offers agronomic services, specializing in variable-rate seed and fertility mapping and farm-based yield trials through Godsey Precision Ag.

The Hunnicutts are no strangers to precision farming. For more than 10 years, they have been pushing the envelope, using first their own RTK base station and now a signal subscription to precisely strip-till, then plant, spray and harvest their 2,600 acres of corn, seed corn, popcorn and soybeans.

It's one thing to have issues with your own precision farming equipment, but when you're a custom applicator serving a 60-mile radius of farmers who operate more than 20,000 acres, precision equipment uptime takes on a new meaning.

Dave Myers farms about 2,000 acres with his father, Don, near Leaf River, Ill., and finds his best success with precision farming stems from equipment that's simple and straightforward.

Ordway Boriack’s venture into precision farming is quite a bit different than most farmers.

Precision farming is a bit of a dichotomy between theory and practice for Alexander Young, who farms 4,000 acres of corn, wheat and double cropped soybeans with his father, John, near Herndon, Ky.

Steve Berning has spent quite a bit of time researching precision farming equipment. On his 1,700 acre operation in Warrensville, Ill., using a mix of technology and brands helps maintain accuracy for strip-till and variable-rate fertilizer application.