While navigating my first National Farm Machinery Show two weeks ago in Louisville, I made note of the number of potential next-generation farmers, dealers and innovators taking in the event.
Since becoming the technology editor for Farm Equipment and No-Till Farmer last year, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know numerous precision farming technicians — many in person — during dealer visits and industry events.
With all but two professional football teams in hibernation until next fall, the vast majority of players have a few months to recover from the rigors of another NFL season.
While attending my first National No-Tillage Conference last week, I found there was no shortage of programs and conversation centered on precision farming technology.
It’s always a pleasure to get a guided tour of farm equipment dealerships I visit and take an intimate look at the how each precision farming operation is structured.
It was both comforting and fascinating to immerse myself for a few days in the youthful precision farming culture at Ag Leader’s annual dealer event in Iowa.
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.
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.