Applying Elon Musk's Engineering Principles to Autonomous Farm Machinery

By Colin Hurd posted on April 24, 2024 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

As startups and major OEMs alike strive to innovate and scale, the roadmap laid out by Elon Musk for rocket engineering offers some insightful guidelines, particularly for those venturing into autonomous farm machinery.

UPDATED: What Happened to John Deere’s Ag Spray Drone?

By Ben Thorpe posted on April 22, 2024 | Posted in Product Innovations, Industry News

One Deere dealer executive told Precision Farming Dealer the last time they heard about the Volocopter drone collaboration from John Deere was in early 2020 and that there have been no updates from John Deere since.

Your Customer Invested in Smart Spraying Technology, Now What?

By Rodrigo Werle posted on April 11, 2024 | Posted in Service & Support, Product Innovations

Source: WiscWeeds.info

"Balancing savings and effective management of troublesome weed species will be a major challenge with these novel precision application systems," says Rodrigo Werle, associate professor and extension cropping systems weed scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“Smart” Machinery Getting Better Eye Sight

A European tech firm has introduced laser-based technology offering crop monitoring images in five colors and the ability to operate night or day at ranges up to 300 meters.

By Dan Crummett posted on April 3, 2024 | Posted in Product Innovations

Over the past 40 years agricultural scanning technology has developed rapidly from sprayers with only the capability to recognize brown bare soil from very green growing plant material to machines capable of guiding moving sprayers to target individual plants

Who Packed Your Parachute? Tasks, Trust & Talent to Build the Best Teams

By Jim Henderson posted on March 28, 2024 | Posted in Dealer Development

Dealerships are built on teamwork. And as a leader, you may not always know who and what contributes to your success. You can learn from others to build great teams to be the employer of choice. You can also learn from those who aren’t so great.

Don’t Get Caught Fighting the Last War

By Mike Lessiter posted on March 25, 2024 | Posted in Dealer Development

This phrase refers to a tendency of militaries to engage an opponent in the same way as the “last war fought.” With generations often passing between large-scale conflicts, changing global dynamics means the past may have less relevance to the present.

Who is a "Foreign Person" in the Eyes of USDA?

By Todd Janzen posted on March 21, 2024 | Posted in Industry News

Midwestern politicians are drumming up support for increased oversight of foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural farmland.

Leaders Stand at the Front of the Boat

By Russ Green posted on March 11, 2024 | Posted in Dealer Development

As a leader, you are likely part of developing your company’s vision, mission and corporate values, often with your board.

To Sell EV Tractors, Manufacturers Need to First Sell Their Dealers

Car, truck and tractor companies need to get dealership sales teams on board first if they want buyers to follow.

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 6, 2024 | Posted in Precision Sales

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.

When Bypassing the Dealer to Buy Direct Goes Wrong

By Noah Newman posted on March 1, 2024 | Posted in Precision Sales

There’s a certain allure for customers to buy direct from the manufacturer, but as two recent news stories show — the grass isn’t always greener when customers bypass the dealer.

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[Technology Corner] Helping Your Customers Determine Which Technology is Right for Them

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.

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Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Campus

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.

Lake Region State College - Dakota Precision Ag Center

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.

HTS Ag Precision Ag Solutions

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.

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Applying Elon Musk's Engineering Principles to Autonomous Farm Machinery

UPDATED: What Happened to John Deere’s Ag Spray Drone?

Your Customer Invested in Smart Spraying Technology, Now What?

“Smart” Machinery Getting Better Eye Sight

Who Packed Your Parachute? Tasks, Trust & Talent to Build the Best Teams

Don’t Get Caught Fighting the Last War

Who is a "Foreign Person" in the Eyes of USDA?

Leaders Stand at the Front of the Boat

To Sell EV Tractors, Manufacturers Need to First Sell Their Dealers

When Bypassing the Dealer to Buy Direct Goes Wrong

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