Recruiting and preparing the next generation of precision farming professionals is no simple task. Precision farming experts Calvin Knotts, Redline Equipment, Archbold, Ohio, and Karl Huebner, Hutson, Inc., Mayfield, Ky., share their tips and tricks for finding those up-and-coming precision farming professionals in their midst.
This episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast features highlights from the top five most-listened-to interviews of 2021. Conversations range from practical advice about hiring new dealership staff to precision agriculture’s impact on the environment to interviews with CEOs of two high-profile precision ag tech companies.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we're joined by three members of the peer group, formed from about a dozen precision farming managers, who'll share their top takeaways from being a part of the group and how it’s directly benefited their precision business.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, 3 members of a precision dealer peer group share their top takeaways from being a part of the group and how it’s directly benefited their precision business.
A geographically diverse group of John Deere dealers share product info, service strategies and engage in ‘group therapy’ through virtual collaboration.
Precision Farming Dealer assembled a geographically diverse group of 8 different precision farming managers to discuss their involvement and interaction in a virtual peer group to exchange ideas, problem-solve and provide a source of professional therapy.
While in-person meetings provide valuable face-to-face contact, the chaotic schedules of precision managers don’t always allow for coordinated sessions. In 2018, a group of John Deere precision farming managers, organized by Phil Moskal from Mid-State Equipment, began communicating via text message to assist each other with troubleshooting in-field problems or trading insight on new products or services.
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.