Heading into 2014, where are your greatest opportunities to grow the dealership’s precision farming business and what are the biggest barriers to increasing profitability?
Question: What types of continuing training/education does your dealership require in the area of precision farming and in which areas is training/education most lacking?
As precision farming dealers, when considering adding a new precision product/service to your offerings, what do you look for from the manufacturers you are considering?
Precision farming dealers from across the U.S. share what types of summer training/on-farm visits they provide for customers and how they leveraging these contact points as sales opportunities.
As precision farming dealers, how do you organize/track customer orders for precision hardware involving multiple brands/product types for customers, and what can manufacturers do to make the process more efficient?
How should precision farming dealers structure internships with local educational institutions and what benefits — both short and long term — should dealers see from these partnerships?
What are the essential components of a precision ag field day for farm customers and how has your dealership benefited from hosting or sponsoring these events?
Heading into planting season, how will your priorities and responsibilities change as precision farming dealers, both within your dealership and for farm customers?
Verdant Robotics showed off its new Sharpshooter at the FIRA Conference a few weeks ago. Dubbed the only robotic precision application system that aims before it shoots, Sharpshooter uses Bullseye Aim & Apply 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.