Chad Baker, co-owner Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., has his hands full with a customer’s new high-speed planter during a preseason maintenance check. He explains how he was able to fix the starter fertilizer pump while keeping an eye on other potential timebombs.

Chad Baker, co-owner Baker Precision Planter Works, helps a customer set up his new high-speed, 24-row planter, during a preseason maintenance check in Warren, Ill.

Chad Baker, co-owner Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., conducts preseason planter maintenance checks for customers in Warren, Ill. Baker shares some early-season advice for his customers, and he explains how the process helps cut down on service stress during busy season.

Go behind the scenes with Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., as he hits the road for on-farm visits and pre-season maintenance checks. Baker helps a first-generation no-tiller prepare for planting season, and later runs into a couple big challenges with a customer’s new, high-speed, 24-row planter.

It’s planting season, which means a lot of the technology we spotlight on this program is being used in the field as we speak. I paid a visit to Eagle, Wis., farmer Tyler Troiola who’s using John Deere See and Spray for the first time this growing season. He says it took his dealer about 2 solid weeks to install the system on his 2018 John Deere sprayer.

The evolution of precision agriculture and collection of agricultural data is providing farmers with tools to increase productivity and profitability. These core principles were originally developed by farmers, commodity organizations, and ag technology providers in 2014.