There were plenty of the combines still roaming the fields in Indiana and Ohio during my swing through the two states last week visiting several precision farming dealers.

With winter inevitably approaching, I recently took advantage of an online deal to have my home heating unit tuned-up to hopefully avoid the nightmare of a broken furnace on a sub-zero day.

Precision farming dealers see opportunities in Wisconsin and Michigan.

The role of precision farming dealers will be to service and support technology.

During a recent trip through Illinois — to include a couple of farm equipment dealer visits — one precision farming specialist offered a candid prediction about how intertwined technology and machinery will become in the near future.

Customers get their first taste of the technology during fall harvest.

Ag scholars envision downsizing farm equipment to maximize safety and technology of autonomous systems.

After running the gauntlet of dozens of precision farming or ag electronics exhibits at my first Farm Progress Show last month in Boone, Iowa, I can honestly say it took a few days to physically recover and mentally digest the wealth of information shared during the event.

While traversing the grounds at the Midwest Ag-Industries Exposition last week in Bloomington, Ill., it didn’t take long to find out what was on the minds of dealers and manufacturers, beyond the beautiful weather that accompanied the event.

Case IH made a splash in June when it announced a supply agreement with Great Plains Manufacturing, to produce twin-row planters for the world’s second largest farm equipment maker.