Jack Bartholomew, a former farmer himself, converted an ambulance into a “store on wheels,” fully stocked with parts and tools to serve his customers.

I had the chance to attend the FIRA USA Conference in Salinas, Calif. last week, and I got to see lots of new ag technology on display. Here is Guilherme Guiné, chief sustainability officer at Solinftec, explaining some of the key features of the company’s “Solix Hunter.”

Precision specialists often wear many hats — service technician, salesperson, business owner, farmer. The list goes on and on. Bruce West barely has enough closet space for the number of hats (and capes) he wears as owner of West Enterprises, an independent precision ag hardware and software dealer in Erie, Ill.

Precision Farming Dealer editors were on the ground for the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill, where the latest and greatest precision technology stole the show. Here are some of our top takeaways from Decatur.

Swiss Agtech company Ecorobotix recently introduced its spot-sprayer ARA in the U.S. Ecorobotix Americas Regional Manager Jose Marchetti goes over the nuts and bolts of ARA.

Drones took flight at the Precision Planting PTI Farm workshop. Precision Planting lead agronomist Jason Webster told the crowd of no-tillers and strip-tillers that he’s on board with the potential of these UAVs to provide a significant ROI.

We’re talking about drones this week, because they seem to be generating a lot of buzz amongst growers and dealers. Luke Schultes owns and operates Viola Drone Services in Audobon, Iowa.

"Farmers in Australia tend to embrace precision technology quickly because we need it in order to survive," says David McGavin, co-founder of Precision Seeding Solutions.

Versatile announced a partnership with Mojow Autonomous Solutions — the two companies are teaming up on the development of Mojow’s EYEBOX autonomous navigation controller.  Engineers from both companies have been working together over the past 6 months, to integrate the system on Versatile tractors.