Keith Kreps comes to 21st Century Equipment with over 20 years of experience in the farm equipment dealership business and spent the last 16 y ears as the executive vice president in the U.S. for RDO Equipment Co.

On Precision Ag Reviews, farmers rate their experience with precision farming products. The site is an independent resource for farmers to reference before investing in precision equipment and technology.

Surefire Ag Systems and Kinze Manufacturing have reached an agreement that will allow SureFire to install its industry-leading liquid fertilizer planter solutions on Kinze planters before they leave the factory. Beginning with the 2021 planting season, SureFire will execute transactions directly with Kinze dealers and professionally install its systems in space rented within Kinze’s manufacturing facility in Williamsburg, Iowa.

Previously, Warner served as vice president of marketing, sustainability and customer engagement at Agspring, the global developer of sustainable agriculture supply chains. In his role, Warner guides Farmobile's strategic efforts to collaborate with farmers and agribusiness companies to enhance food chain transparency. 

Reliable, affordable connectivity is critical for producers and growers. A recent report from the USDA predicted big returns across the U.S. with precision agriculture, if rural broadband is provided.

Raven Industries, Inc. will be displaying the latest advancements in autonomous agriculture at the DOT Demo Days in Maricopa, Ariz., this spring. The Dot Power Platform (Dot) is powered by Raven’s suite of machine control technology, including the RS1 for steering and guidance, Slingshot for remote support and connectivity, and Raven’s object detection and avoidance solution.

By and large, no-till farmers forecast a conservative approach to adding new equipment to their operation in 2020, especially precision technologies. Results of the 12th annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Study show that farmers generally plan to scale back use of precision farming tools and services on their cropping operations in the coming year.

Tillable CEO cites confusion over agreement which was to let farmers share Climate FieldView data with their landlords for farms they rent through Tillable.

What I really started to notice in the latter half of 2019 is that various larger farms, with a very progressive agronomy program and also independent agronomic consultants or regional size agronomy firms taking technology matters into their own hands.