Frank Lessiter founded Lessiter Media in 1981 and has spent more than 50 years in the agricultural and equine publishing business. He still oversees all of the company's publications as Chairman and Editorial Director, with an Emphasis on American Farriers Journal and No-Till Farmer magazines.
When the principles of regenerative ag are broken down to their core components, Shane Thomas sees it as a bundling of practices with the aim of “regenerating” the soil (an outcome), including increasing organic matter (soil carbon) encouraging biological activity and mitigating soil erosion.
High costs are apparently keeping many ag retailers from adding drone pesticide spraying, fertilizer applications, cover crop seeding and field imagery to their lineup of services offered to farmers.
In the farm equipment business, many managers often tell their sales crews to never mention the competition when making a product pitch to farmers. It’s a negative to bring up another dealer’s different colored highly competitive machines, service concerns, parts delays and other business practices.
In a recent Inc. article, Howard Tullman points out that most car dealers aren’t much interested in selling electric vehicles (EVs.) And the same is likely true for many farm equipment dealers.
360 Yield Center founder Gregg Sauder says the ideal 360 Rain dealer is someone who understands the farmers needs, infrastructure challenges, and will take the late night calls and more.
During the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville Feb.14-17, if you can identify your farm on Google Earth, Gregg Sauder of 360 Yield Center and his team will design a 360 Rain System for your operation.
Gregg Sauder, founder of 360Yield Center shares details on their 360 autonomous irrigation unit, straight from the assembly line. The 360 Rain unit is capable of handling a 60-foot to 80-foot boom with the goal of irrigating any crop regardless of field shape. The unit makes use of a heavy reel to transport and manage the hose as they maneuver through the field delivering half an inch of water to the plant on a weekly basis.
McDonald's out-of-order ice cream machines have become a standing joke. What is interesting about this is the extent to which companies like McDonald's will go to fight R2R issues.
John Deere made a wave of new precision-related product announcements over the last few weeks, one of them being MaxEmerge 5e and ExactEmerge meter upgrades.
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.