The chief economist for Deere & Co. will review historical developments in agriculture and give his insight into what could lie ahead for the industry during Purdue University’s James C. Snyder Memorial Lecture April 11.
To more quickly disseminate timely precision farming news, the editors of Precision Farming Dealer are pleased to announce the launch of the publication’s Daily Update.
Novariant, Inc and Leica Geosystems have announced their joint partnership for the development of Leica Geosystems’ latest steering system, the SteerDirect ES PLUS.
Topcon Precision Agriculture announces the promotions of Michael Bourke to the position of vice president, sales, and Michael Gomes to vice president, business development.
Relying on hardware sales alone could endanger sustainability of technology sales for farm equipment dealers.
By all accounts, it’s been a prolonged period of profitability for precision farming dealers, built primarily on sales of hardware products. With disposable income, farm customers flocked to dealerships to add technology to their machinery.
Lake Region State College didn’t wait for Grand Forks to be named one of six national unmanned aircraft systems test sites last week before launching its own UAS curriculum.
Last week, I shadowed Dave Thompson in Amboy, Ill. He’s a precision farming specialist with Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor. He tells me most of his customers were done with harvest by the middle of October.
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.