Although a relative newcomer to the Farm Progress Show experience — this year’s event being only my second — I have an appreciation for the stamina needed to navigate the grounds.
Last week, I had a chance to attend John Deere’s 2014 product launch event in Columbus, Ohio, which was truly a sensory overload showcase of new equipment and technology.
When walking into equipment dealerships, it’s usually easy to spot the precision farming products, often in the form of an auto-steer system display or an interactive monitor set up to walk customers through a tutorial on the showroom floor.
Having grown up in a generation fed an abundance of eye opening and eye rolling science fiction fodder, I’ve gotten a pretty diverse taste of what the future of the world was supposed to look like by now.
Although I always see some familiar faces when attending precision farming trade shows and conferences, there are a growing number of new ones at each event, particularly focused on offering data management services.
Hot off the pressers, it’s Strip-Till Farmer’s 12th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study! And at first glance, strip-tillers continue to be heavy users of precision technology.
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.